Clearwire holding back on lanching the next form of WiMax

2. omarc26 posted on 19 Jan 2010, 13:45 0 0

same here im waiting for da LTE koolaid lol

7. rhomaion posted on 19 Jan 2010, 23:49 0 0

Yeah and if I remember right verizon said they are going to limit your koolaid so drink up cause it will dry up...

5. remixfa posted on 19 Jan 2010, 19:32 0 0

uhh. yea.. its got 5 markets up.. wooo hoo!! go wimax!! oh yea, and every other carrier in the world is going LTE exept sprint. im sure in 3-5 years we will be going .. "remember wimax.. didnt some company called sprint invest in that and alienate themselves from being able to get the coolest handsets and large network footprint because they werent compatable with other services? Clearwire said in an interview they also plan to launch on LTE as well, when LTE starts expanding. So where would that leave Wimax and sprint?

6. rwolf1984 posted on 19 Jan 2010, 20:34 0 0

I think it is too soon to tell whether Sprint's 4G network is a failure...jury is still out. Sprint's 4G is available in 30 markets and growing... Sprint's 4G service is the last that allows for truly unlimited data (on Wimax) @ speeds up to 10Mbps... While att and vzw cap 3G @ 5gb, charge 25cents/MB for overages and offer speeds up to 3Mbps If you're in the market and want the speeds Sprints 4G is the way to go. Sprint is the fastest NOW! It's the NOW network, not the 2012 when att and vzw start the 4G roll out. Weigh the advantages, consumers will vote who is the best with there "$"

8. rhomaion posted on 19 Jan 2010, 23:54 0 0

LTE handsets? What world are you in? If 4G is truly as fast as they claim it will be it will be too fast for a MOBILE device such as a phone... hence the fact that a mobile phone uses a battery. Perhaps you should look up how fast 4G WiMax can drain a pretty decent laptop battery before you go yappin.

9. Jaycjs posted on 20 Jan 2010, 00:07 0 0

Wow, You have the Worst Facts that I have ever read. Thanks for Wasting my time. If you want the honest true: Clearwire is owned by Sprint. They own 54% of the company. And No, Clearwire isn't Launching an LTE Network. That would be stupid and a waste of money. WiMax and LTE are almost similar technology, the difference is where the each company uses its spectrum. So then Article that says "Clearwire plans to Launch LTE," Simple means if LTE becomes the more popular choice that it can be simple convert to the 700 Mhz spectrum. The benefits of WiMax over LTE is that one tower can produce a 31 miles radius tower which in turn cause the 12 MBPS downlink speeds but LTE is reduced its cover to have 100MPS speeds. See the correlation? Sprint and WiMax want to obtain coverage before speed then Covert to WiMax MIMO which is already in development. Same for LTE, they are going to increase there cover as popularity grows. I think neither will Win as most of Europe as signed to LTE but most of Asia has signed to WiMax. Both use Voice over IP and both can manipulate Spectrums.

10. brasshat posted on 23 Jan 2010, 00:40 0 0

Well, I would think that leaves Sprint in pretty decent shape, given that they own 51% (the controlling interest) of Clearwire...

11. cuddybonz posted on 25 Mar 2010, 13:42 0 0

Really cuz the rest of the world is already using Wimax. We are playing catch up.