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Key Quotes from Agilent on WIMAX, Semi-conductors and China

That's because America is much smarter...we're waiting for LTE. Vodaphone seems to be behind it so I trust them a bit more than companies that are new.

Wireless War: 4G Battle Lines Have Been Drawn

And Pakistan having ANYTHING is supposed to influence me? They can't even control their own citizens & I'm to be impressed? They're lucky they're still not using smoke signals!

Wireless War: 4G Battle Lines Have Been Drawn

It's not an argument, it's an opinion. We could go on & on about the pro's/con's of both WiMax & LTE (did we also forget about UMB?) but again, it's just an opinion. As stupid head mentions above as well, it will all be left to the consumer to decide. I also mentioned above in a previous post (being a former loyal Nextel customer for years until Sprint botched that merger up) why I am so biased against anything Sprint has to offer so that's my burden to bear. The "soft launch" you mentioned is true & I voice my concerns about that above in a previous post ("soft launch" a LONG time ago but still haven't allowed paying customers to use yet...smells like trouble). Good luck to you also on your stock!

Wireless War: 4G Battle Lines Have Been Drawn

I disagree on the errors comment (besides the network one, which I still disagree...they're horrible) but I wish you luck as well on your stock!

Wireless War: 4G Battle Lines Have Been Drawn

Then why so hyped up on WiMax??? Good god, it's like I'm arguing against the holder of the patent with you both! In a nutshell, all I'm saying is that I think it's overrated. Clearwire (Portland) & Sprint (Chicago & DC I believe) both have markets built out since last year but have yet to launch them...smells like trouble to me. I personally will wait for LTE (& did everyone forget about UMB?) as I have a bit more trust in GOOD companies then I do with failures (i.e.-Sprint).
Enough said...

Wireless War: 4G Battle Lines Have Been Drawn

BaileyD-did some research on the countries you mentioned above. Couple glaring differences...networks there are not designed for mobile use; more of a stand-alone type (similar to DSL or cable) whereas what Clearwire is proposing is for mobile use as well. In Korea it's also not WiMax but "WiBro" which is a bit different.

Wireless War: 4G Battle Lines Have Been Drawn

Since both of YOU are either Sprextel or Clearwire employees I guess we'll just have to wait & see...enough of this back & forth as we'll all have different opinions.
Humps-look at the sheer unprecedented number of defections by
Sprint customers....enough said. Take a look at stupid head's post stating the same thing about Sprint's network; I'm not alone.
stupid head-not sure which analyst you've seen that said WiMax is not a gamble so please forward any links you have to the contrary. I would love to go back to Nextel as a customer but their roaming was also an issue...& the fact that I hear the network has also gone to pot.

Wireless War: 4G Battle Lines Have Been Drawn

Yep, & Betamax was 1st to market with video players too...we all know how that played out. "First to market" doesn't mean jack when you have a horrible network, no build plan, & not enough money (those piddly billions that were thrown at Clearwire don't amount to much when building an entire network). Listen, I don't even work for a carrier but I am a disgrunted ex-Nextel customer that feels Sprint screwed that deal up so yeah, I'm a bit biased. Hump, yep you're right, I said it would work. I have a bit more confidence in it working correctly than I do WiMax (& since you're a fan of paraphrasing my words, "though both are unproven").

Wireless War: 4G Battle Lines Have Been Drawn

stupid head...good fit for your posts. Take a look at the 4th bullet point (www.eogogics.com/talkg...). Since 4G standards aren't necessarily approved yet, it is on the list for 4G (open access). There is nothing "wrong" with WiMax, just that it's unproven. Yes, LTE is as well (or UMB for that matter) but I tend to "go with the masses" and believe that the other carriers are a bit smarter than Sprint, especially with them going down hill fast. No, not an engineer but very interested in what's going on. And where the heck did I repeat myself over & over???

Wireless War: 4G Battle Lines Have Been Drawn

Not exactly the truth BaileyD. You can verify that with the major vendors of equipment that would be used (i.e.-the Motorola's, Alcatel's, etc.). It is deployed in a lot of countries but no where near the scale envisioned by Clearwire/Sprextel (feel free to post a link for all of us to see if you find different). Overseas also has a different spectrum then the allotted 2.5Ghz to be used here, which of course is a major contention of WiMax penetration coverage.

Wireless War: 4G Battle Lines Have Been Drawn

Nextel-nice try to spruce up a "hit or miss" technology coming from a Sprextel employee. Nortel made an excellent decision to back something that will actually work
Gunark-ALL 4G is required to be open access so your comment bashing the other carriers is unfounded
Mike Cooper-of course you'll comment positively, being a stock holder
Fred C-WiMax does work...but is still unproven in the sense that it has yet to be used to cover entire cities or markets.

The WiMax Deal Is a Disaster: How Google Got Snookered

I don't really believe the other major carriers are too worried about this "new" competitor (can't really call Sprint a competitor to AT&T and Verizon with the hemorraghing of customers they've had lately). Both Clearwire (Portland) & Sprextel (Chicago & DC) have had WiMax markets built out for almost a year now & still have yet to release them to the public....smells like they're having troubles getting it to work to me. Even if they already broken promise to launch by end of year comes to fruition, the supposed "first to market" advantage will be greatly negated as LTE is literally (in wireless terms) right around the corner. At most all the new Clearwire is promising is less than half the population covered by 2010, which just happens to be when the other carriers start LTE launch. I can promise you they will not take as much time as Clearwire is taking to fully launch & cover their markets. I also want to comment it takes MUCH more money to deploy a new nationwide technology than the pittance the bidders (Google, Intel, cable companies, etc.) have committed to so again, doesn't look pretty to me.

WiMAX Doubts Dispelled, Alvarion Spikes; Is Omrix Back?

Must be a "Sprextel" or Clearwire employee....they blow dog!

WiMAX Doubts Dispelled, Alvarion Spikes; Is Omrix Back?

WiMax sucks! LTE is the future...

The WiMax Deal Is a Disaster: How Google Got Snookered

Folks, it is indeed still an unproven technology. Everyone keeps touting how it works overseas but as he even mentions, not many customers (not just in Korea, anywhere). It has not been proven to work in a large market yet, though Sprint (Chicago) & Clearwire (Portland) already have markets built for many months now & still haven't launched...smells like trouble to me.
And yes, there are mobile devices already working on Clearwire's "Expedience" technology, just look at the numbers on their sales as well as google their customer complaints, they're horrible. By the time they figure out how to run things (Sprint REALLY needs to go back & fix their very glaring customer defection issue before branching out) LTE will be deployed & the small advantage of "first to market" they should have taken advantage of LONG ago (even by 2010, about when LTE will start deploying, they'll have only half their population covered with WiMax) will be gone. It takes a TON of money to deploy a new techology & that little pittance that the cable companies, Google, & Intel provided won't cover diddly.