http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/ Engadget Comments for 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/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
Still, its so very obvious that Verizon is better.]]>Mar 30th 2010 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/]]>Mar 30th 2010 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
They're just hedging their decision to support wimax. It makes business sense.]]>Mar 30th 2010 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
Lucient said they wheren't investing any more into WiMax development, and why whould they since it's being deployed?

WiMax is deployed accross the world, LTE is still a glimmer in carrier's eyes.

Never could understand all the Hate on engadget against sprint. Oh well.]]>Mar 30th 2010 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/The problem is that USA is not leading the world any more. Better cheaper more efficient technology is developed and deployed elsewhere. It would be unwise for US carriers to carry the burden of developing their own non compatible network.

Ask yourself, why was the US the last western country with a working cell network (if you can call it working now), why is USA in the bottom of the charts when it comes to broadband speeds in households?

You don't have to learn another language to understand there is a bigger world out there than Sprint vs AT&T.]]>Mar 31st 2010 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 31st 2010 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
Because being first to market (Dreamcast), and equivalence or superiority in tech (HD-DVD) unfortunately don't guaranty success. It's the boardroom deals that make a given technology sink or swim. While Wimax has greater deployment to date, LTE has more pledged support, which makes it the front runner for the farther reaching future (the acronym stands for Long Term Evolution after all).

Mind you, I'm not saying LTE is better or will end up being the dominant technology, but the current situation makes that outcome a very real possibility, since there aren't any huge technical advantages between Wimax and LTE...]]>Mar 30th 2010 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 31st 2010 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
Screw AT&T and Verizon, I'll side with Google, Comcast, Time Warner and WiMax]]>Mar 30th 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
+1 to you sir. Yes, & that is why Clear is branding wimax as a replacement for home internet cable or dsl as well as mobile broadband. For the price & bundle of the pick 2 or 3 or whatever it's a damn good deal & most people wouldn't see a drop in their home internet since it hooks right up to your current wireless router. Only people playing online games would hate it bc of latentcy. (which sprint kills everyone in response time mobile-wise fyi, last time I checked) But, according to my buddy, whose a huge WoW player, Comcast's cable internet is horrible w latancy too... So it's not like that's even a given advantage! I don't play online games so it wouldn't be as big an issue for me...]]>Mar 30th 2010 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
@Chris Ziegler -- point conceded. i was being a bit hyperbole-ey

regardless, it will be at least a year or two before we can do direct comparisons of the technologies. should be interesting!]]>Mar 30th 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
Secondly there is no way it could replace home internet. I tried it out at a Clearwire store and it is slow. I mean apart from noticeable latency it speedtested at 1.5Mbps. Try it yourself.

In any case that could not replace my home internet but maybe it would be good for a car. The prices are good too. ]]>Mar 31st 2010 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
Might I remind everyone that Verizon used CDMA/EVDO, which was the "underdog" technology, to build it's 3G network vs the widely popular GSM.

Verizon is the very example of why no one should dismiss WiMax.]]>Mar 30th 2010 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
I've got Wimax with Clear now. Soon to be joined by an EVO on Sprint. I'll evaluate LTE if/when it finally comes around.]]>Mar 30th 2010 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
I believe Clearwire stated they didn't have plans to upgrade to 802.16m to at least 2012. But yeah, that could bring theoretical 120 Mbps down and 60 Mbps up.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Clearwire-In-No-Rush-To-Test-WiMax-2-106473]]>Mar 30th 2010 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
Just tell them the only catch is that they have to run the same fiber internet that goes to the tower, to your house as well.]]>Mar 30th 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
GSM telco's in Europe are switching to LTE? I must have missed that posting.]]>Mar 30th 2010 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Apr 5th 2010 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Apr 5th 2010 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
+1 for Sprint rocks. You forgot to mention that sprint has the second largest 3g network in the country, speeds that match or exceed those of Verizon/At&t and a network that is pretty much underutilized.]]>Mar 31st 2010 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/
You guys are obviously forgetting the sheer mass exodus of post-paid customers, the drop in revenues, and the sheer collapse of the stock price. If Sprint were as great as you both claim, then the stock price should have been easily over $10/share. It's still under $4.00! Also, one does NOT lose over 8M post-paid subscribers if one is so cheap and provides such great service. Trust me...this company is run by morons!]]>Mar 31st 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sprint-clearwire-among-companies-asking-for-td-lte-standard-in/Mar 30th 2010 9:54PM