Who plans to go HD2?

[rorytmeadows]

Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

Well I look at it like this...

T-Mobile has several devices right now that will get 7 meg real world speeds when they turn on the new network. Sprint is advertising their 4G network as getting real world speeds that average 6 megs.

And, again, T-Mobile has a whole bunch of devices capable of this right now. You can bet there will be plenty that support the 21 meg standard going forward. No, they probably won't get real world speeds of 21 megs. But they will certainly get 10 megs or more. It's not uncommon to get 2 meg speeds right now on T-Mobile's 3.6 meg HSPA network.

Now, having said all of that, Sprint, right now, doesn't even have a single phone for it's WiMax network. And this is a network that has been in use for over a year already (first market launched September of 0. And we're seeing prominent CEOs of device manufacturers basically saying they don't see anybody supporting that technology (see the link I posted earlier). So if you want to make a case that Sprint will have device support, I will need something to back that up. So far all signs point to WiMax being a bust. I hope oit does prove successful, but with everyon else (even Verizon) going LTE, I don;t see how WiMax is going to have any support by device manufacturers.

Honestly, when I think that Sprint's 4G has been up for a while, but only usable with USB adapters, I kind of think they are thinking, "How can we charge them more for this?" I have the feeling that tethering plans are going to be through the roof for these one's rushing to get their networks out.

T-Mobile has already said that their network can handle the iPhone. Considering it's popularity, that's pretty impressive.

Also, bomb Atlanta and Kentucky.