http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/ Engadget Comments for Sprint and Motorola take a slow boat down Chicago's Xohm fast lane http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/Sep 26th 2007 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/Sep 26th 2007 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/Sep 26th 2007 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/bring your own hardware and join without contracts. i cant wait for xohm to hit philly]]>Sep 26th 2007 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/Sep 26th 2007 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/Sep 26th 2007 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/Sep 26th 2007 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/Sep 26th 2007 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/Sep 26th 2007 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/Sep 27th 2007 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/Sep 26th 2007 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/
Stop complaining NY, Verizon hooked you up with FiOS. I'm still waiting on that one.]]>Sep 26th 2007 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/Sep 26th 2007 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/
Seriously though..what the hell takes the big companies so long? I know cabling is a major project and investment, but it seems like there are plenty of wanting customers to cover that. I'd jump all over an alternative to Time Warner in a second.
(upstate NY)]]>Sep 26th 2007 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/
Now if the fed. gov't decides that broadband is a universal service the way they did with telephone, you'll see FiOS nearly everywhere, because laying NEW twisted pair copper is just not worth it.]]>Sep 26th 2007 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/
Kudos to Sprint for being first to market with this technology, but c'mon Engadget, if you are going to compare fruit, let's use apples and apples!]]>Sep 26th 2007 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/
And by the way, what else would you compare a new technology to except an existing one it is supposed to be better than?]]>Sep 26th 2007 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/Sep 26th 2007 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/
Is that like the Slow Train from Philly?]]>Sep 26th 2007 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/
Very clever of Moto and Sprint to do it on a boat. Great way to show an ideal, but still "real world" demo.]]>Sep 26th 2007 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/Sprint's WiMAX spectrum is 2.5GHz, which isn't very good at penetrating buildings or trees, and it doesn't seem to be appreciably faster than what is already available in Europe or what will be available in the near future, so I'm curious... what's the big deal? It sounds like Sprint is banking on something they don't need and consumers don't want.]]>Sep 30th 2007 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/Sep 27th 2007 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/sprint-and-motorola-take-a-slow-boat-down-chicagos-xohm-fast-la/ Seemed quite stupid and expensive system for me, Also Chicago doesn't have so high buildings right? ]]>Sep 27th 2007 11:57PM