WiMAX 2 Collaborative Initiative eyes the second half of the year

3. BrokenImaege posted on 12 Apr 2010, 17:43 0 0

This is true. Its kind of scary to be honest. LTE can always evolve, but for WiMax to move that fast, just impressive. Will be interesting to see how fast they roll this out into several markets

4. Kiltlifter posted on 12 Apr 2010, 21:08 0 0

Technically this isn't anything amazing for wiimax. If you research WiiMAX 2 all they are doing is basically taking two existing WiiMAX chipsets and running them together, it is like cylinders on an engine. 4 cyllinders to 8, they are doubling the speed by running two WiiMAX towers essentially at the same time, and the receivers on the devices will have to be two as well to receive... It is hard to explain as a I am not a physicist or telecomm engineer... but it isn't that impressive, but it works. LTE is something different, like a rotary engine, just as capable, but way more efficient and way smaller in size.

5. omarc26 posted on 13 Apr 2010, 05:02 0 0

i wonder wats taking verizon soooo freaking long to rollout LTE??

6. corps1089 posted on 13 Apr 2010, 11:11 0 0

And LTE is more expensive. And LTE is more widely adopted at this time. And LTE is slower to market than WiMax in the US.

7. Striker13084 posted on 13 Apr 2010, 11:52 0 0

@omarc26 "SO LONG"?!?!?! There isn't even any LTE networks available in the US yet. The verizon LTE network will be the first to rollout, and they gave the end of this year as the launch time. It's not like they said "Oh, it's coming. We'll let you know." It is being built as we speak. "So long"? you need to be happy that things are moving at any rate at all. Before you know it SKY NET will be here and John Conner will have to save your lilly a$$.

8. omarc26 posted on 13 Apr 2010, 16:16 0 0

na im just saying cause verizon has been saying that its getting ready to roll out LTE SInce 2008 O_o and were already in 2010...