http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/ Engadget Comments for Clearwire in no rush to move to next-gen WiMAX Release 2 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/Jan 20th 2010 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/
Read that last portion of the article: "you've got to wonder if backhaul isn't the real concern here".

I'd rather have a more-consistent 6Mbps than to have the variability between 3Mbps and 7Mbps.]]>Jan 20th 2010 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/Ditto that. Backhaul is Clear's problem. I've got the 6 Mbps plan, never even come close to that for more than a few minutes, often about 1/10th of that during busy hours. And I thought Comcast sucked...

There's no way Clear's backhaul can support a faster delivery network. No way at all. I'm wondering if they can't pay the bills sometimes...]]>Jan 20th 2010 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/Jan 20th 2010 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/
would i like a 120Mb/s connection? Hell ya! but is the timeline concerning for me? not especially. ]]>Jan 20th 2010 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/ Six times the speed of my home internet connection

Who cares if you're the fastest if you're not available?]]>Jan 20th 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/
Exactly. Clear is in what, a handful or two of cities?

And it *still* isn't 4G yet - more or less pre-4G - it's not a defined standard by the ITU-R, yet it's overly hyped as being "full 4G".]]>Jan 20th 2010 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/Jan 20th 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/Jan 20th 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/
To add insult to injury, they brush off any potential speed increases. ]]>Jan 20th 2010 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/Jan 20th 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/
I think you're seeing what you want to see.

Half the comments in any post about T-mob are complaining about their 3G coverage. In fact, in another post I was downranked all to hell for pointing out that Clear's coverage area made T-mob's 3G look like Verizon's map.
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From what I read is that they launched it in metro areas that are very dense and not spread out cus it's easier that way and places like LA where it's spread out won't get it for a while.]]>Jan 20th 2010 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/Jan 20th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/Jan 20th 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/shouldnt iphone 4g go to sprint ?
no.. they go to verizon with less than half sprint coverage and no lte yet. ]]>Jan 20th 2010 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/
The rest of the planet is going LTE.

And don't think it wont take more than 3 months for Verizon to light up 700mhz LTE and make a joke out of Clear/Sprints coverage map.
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Only a bunch of clueless fools would leave their Iden network running and not have, at the very least, converted it all to CDMA. If they had any clue, they would have outmaneuvered Verizon and switched it to WCDMA.

Sprint has failed on so many fronts that it's no longer funny. First off, they have a good portion of the bargain basement customers, who pay almost nothing using Sero's and a range of other discounts. Neither Verizon nor AT&T want these sort of customers. Furthermore, they have chosen poorly and have squandered every opportunity they had, including a good 4 year head start over Verizon and AT&T regarding 4G.

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i respect your argument, but falling into the lte vs wimax debate, is not only endless as it has already been discussed over, and over and overrrr again. it doesnt get anywhere. time will tell. thats the truth.

what I stated and I still remain on it, is that, sprint would be a better choice than verizon. acctually verizon and sprint would be better choices than att. its everywhere the overusage problem of data on att network.]]>Jan 20th 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/Jan 20th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/Jan 20th 2010 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/Costs: 900rub per month (30$).
Speed: up: 3,3 mb/s, down 0,61mb/s
Pretty good for an person like me, who doesn't have a working place and doing it where ever i want to...]]>Jan 20th 2010 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/Jan 20th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/Jan 20th 2010 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/Jan 20th 2010 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/
Clear obviously aren't worried about WiMax 2 because...there is currently no competition in the mobile broadband space. As several comments pointed out above, they're probably more concerned with opening new cities(SF and NY this year) than they are with increasing bandwidth in their current cities where they have no competition. ]]>Jan 20th 2010 4:53PM