sprint 4g pre?!

Mutiny32 · #1 (**permalink**) 04-25-2009, 04:56 PM

Sprint's 4G wireless infrastructure has been in place nationwide for some time now. The reason why they're slowly turning it on is because they do things the right way with their network (unlike other US carriers); they are making sure backhaul is in place before they flip it on.

This is why all of the other carriers are so far behind them in 4G rollout. Sprint had three companies implement WiMax in the US to speed the buildout. Now they are already ahead of all the other carriers because if they wanted to go live with 4G today, they could. But now they are waiting on the implementation of higher-speed links to towers so they can handle the increased bandwidth usage.

svtracer05 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-07-2009, 07:06 PM

If you look at the sprint palm pre website, under wireless conectivity, it shows not only wifi 802.11 b/g but it also shows 802.1X authentication..... This got me thinking and I called sprint advanced tech support...

They told me the palm pre is being held back from distrubution until they are all upgraded with.... 4g WIMAX radios!!!!

So yes Sprint Palm Pre will have 4g Wimax capability unless the Sprint Tech lied to me...

**MrHawaii** · #3 (**permalink**) 05-12-2009, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by svtracer05

If you look at the sprint palm pre website, under wireless conectivity, it shows not only wifi 802.11 b/g but it also shows 802.1X authentication..... This got me thinking and I called sprint advanced tech support...

They told me the palm pre is being held back from distrubution until they are all upgraded with.... 4g WIMAX radios!!!!

So yes Sprint Palm Pre will have 4g Wimax capability unless the Sprint Tech lied to me...

???

I am not sure if they lied to you on purpose or if they simply did not know what they were talking about, but 801.1x authentication has nothing to do with WiMAX. That is just a security standard to connect to wireless networks (wi-fi). Read the Wiki article on it if you want more info.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.1x

Also, on the same webpage you referenced www.sprint.com/palmpre the tech specs state that Network Specs will use EVDO Rev-A.

I'm sorry but I do not think the Palm Pre will be WiMAX enabled, it would have been great though. Also the Sprint WiMAX network (branded as CLEAR) is not nationally launched yet. They would have to have a dual chipset that enables WiMAX and EVDO for the most places where WiMAX does not work, like the Motorola USB Modem. I have not seen anything that says they are doing that.