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YESSS!!!!!!!!!!!]]>Feb 19th 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/
Thanks Sprint for trying to keep carriers segmented on tech when Verizon finally agrees to follow the 3GPP like the rest of the world and use LTE.]]>Feb 19th 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/How is LTE better? Looking at previous gen cell tech. GSM is used around most of the world. However, did you know, and this may shock you, that it's inferior to CDMA? CDMA had an upgrade path to 3G. GSM did not. That's why all of Verizon and Sprint network is 3g, while ATT is not. ATT makes big deal about being able to talk and surf the web. CDMA has it in the spec, however neither Sprint nor Verizon chose to enable it. Take a gander http://cdg.org/news/press/2009/Aug17_09.asp
one nice tidbit in there "The improvements, in theory, are capable of quadrupling the voice capacity of existing CMDA2000 1x networks. " I bet ATT users in NYC and SF would love to make phonecalls.]]>Feb 19th 2010 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/
VHS/Beta, BRD/HDDVD, GSM/CDMA/PCM = billions wasted. I'm sure I've missed dozens of other comparisons.]]>Feb 20th 2010 3:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/
And what's wrong with a wireless format war?]]>Feb 19th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/
It creates the same disparity that we have now btween CDMA and GSM. So wireless carriers GET those exclusivity contracts for handsets, you'll have to buy a new handset if you want to switch carriers, etc.]]>Feb 19th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/I believe Sprint announced 120 Million+ covered by the end of this year. They haven't said anything about how much more they intend to cover in 2011 though.]]>Feb 19th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 21st 2010 12:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/A format war means ridiculous wasted effort and money. In a perfect world the industry would just adopt a standard and compete on service. Wireless format competition is like the different gauges used for rail lines a century ago. ]]>Feb 19th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/You do know Sprint's US network is not even close to the only Wimax network right?

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/02/17/wimax-growth-in-the-us-lags-worldwide-growth-explodes/]]>Feb 19th 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/
how long have you been with at&t?

]]>Feb 19th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 20th 2010 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/
More people = better? Why?]]>Feb 19th 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 20th 2010 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Maybe in your part of Dallas. I live north of LBJ, right in the middle of a Clear area. Perfect reception for three weeks, then ZERO to 2 or 3 bars. Horrible, terrible partial reception. It ain't good!! They should stop selling it as covering the city when it is not even close.]]>Feb 20th 2010 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Austin, Boise, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Raleigh, and San Antonio all launched in addition to 20 other cities in 2009.

I think some of those are in between SF and NYC...]]>Feb 19th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 20th 2010 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Study before you post. You can walk into any Clear store and see and interactive map of your location and every tower around you. They claim to "cover" an area even when they only have a few towers up!]]>Feb 19th 2010 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/On my hero you can shut off gps in google maps and it will show you were the nearest tower is.]]>Feb 19th 2010 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/In the link, Clear "has set a lofty goal of blanketing 120 million people by the end of 2010." What they omit is, that blanket is FULL OF HOLES filled with unhappy, former Clear customers who are not receiving usable 4g reception, not the great reception they are claiming to sell.]]>Feb 19th 2010 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/No, the same reason we hated the HD disc war, neither was really that much better at anything and it just segments the market. Standards are what we want.]]>Feb 19th 2010 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/
Personally though as a former Clear user (in Raleigh, NC) I found that the service sucked a lot. Surfing the internet was painfully slow.

I'll wait for Verizon's ass to get FiOS out here or hopefully TWC will upgrade their service to FiOS like quality.]]>Feb 19th 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/
Umm I hate to break this to you but... FIOS is not a wireless technology. Its a wired tech for the home competing with cable internet/tv/phone and DSL.

I hope you're not waiting for FIOS to give you wireless 4G coverage because you might be waiting forever.]]>Feb 19th 2010 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/
In this case, yeah, I'm looking forward to it. Both technologies are (theoretically) fast enough that choosing between one or the other won't drastically cripple you, which should hopefully foster some healthy competition for faster speeds and better coverage—something that has been lacking from the American wireless industry for a while now.]]>Feb 19th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/
]]>Feb 19th 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/You do know there are hundreds of Wimax deployments and over 600 million people covered already to only 1 production LTE network right?

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/02/17/wimax-growth-in-the-us-lags-worldwide-growth-explodes/]]>Feb 19th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/
Like, really people. How many of you even leave your own city more then 10 times a year let alone your own country ever?

99% of the people that have a CDMA carrier don't really worry about what the rest of the world uses. WiMAX will do fine.]]>Feb 20th 2010 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 20th 2010 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 20th 2010 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/wimax-will-cover-one-billion-people-in-2011-coming-soon-to-nyc/Feb 19th 2010 12:15PM