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Comcast/Time Warner - now Cable - future WiMax ($$) - low/moderate income levels
AT&T/Verizon - now cellular - future LTE ($$$$) - moderate/ high income levels
This is the way the FCC wanted it and this is what we will get... the same transition we experienced with cable/twisted pair to wireless/cellular. Nobody has said that WiMax is the 'be-all' of future broadband technologies.
Cable had to have a wireless strategy, and this alliance is the first viable option available.
Clearwire isn't that far away from folding. They are fraudulent and dishonest. Sounds alot like Sprint. They should make a great couple.
BEWARE OF CLEARWIRE!!!! IT'S A SHAM!
May 08,2008
The latest news of Sprint and Clearwire coming together( in a joint venture) to launch the largest WiMAX network was always seen as the beginning of new era of universal connectivity, new devices and new architectures. However, back in mid 2007,the news that Sprint and Clearwire had decided go ahead on independently with their respective rollouts ( Scene 2) had brought in gloom to the industry. At one stage, it was even being said that the technology had serious problems and hence the delay. Next came the news of the major MSOs and Intel supporting a new initiative with fresh infusion of funds. This was scene 3 and the trial launches of XOHM in three markets went ahead. Now we finally have the news of Sprint and Clearwire coming together again, but this time with Time Warner, Comcast, Intel and Google also pitching in to form a joint venture.
Each one of the players is a winner, an innovator and embraces the latest technologies and is a leader in its field. In the new launch, do not expect merely a network such as WiFi but a new ecosystem of devices and applications based on QoS which is guaranteed by WiMAX.. The presence of Google signifies a range of applications developed around the Google portal, mobile and desktop as well as Google Talk, Android phones, Google maps and Google earth to be available in an integrated manner without the limitations of the traditional internet. The Cable MSOs will get the better of quadruple play services with interactive television, broadband wireless internet, VoIP and Video streaming.
As is always the case, when such a large ecosystem falls in place, it emerges with extremely disruptive technologies. The curtains are now up and the new scene about to be begin.
http://www.wimax-home.com
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/05/technology/saving_the_grid.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008050710
These non-profits could have easily formed local public/private partnerships to build out both 3.65 and 2.5 GHz networks, established their core access plans and peripheral applications, and then lease all the space they want to service providers.
This asset could have been used to benefit the citizenry, local businesses, local governments, and communities as well as the non-profit licensee. But now all we can expect is for Sprint/Clearwire to blanket our cities and communities with coverage and compete to pull every dollar they can from those cities and communities.
Shame on these non-profits. The monies they could have generated through local public/private partnerships would have dwarfed the under-valued lease payments by Sprint and Clearwire? so in the long run they have done a huge disservice to their constituents, communities, and local governments.
This is an outrage... but as goes the money, so goes the FCC and the Educational Broadband Spectrum.
See:
http://www.freepress.net/node/40251
http://www.govtech.com/dc/articles/325143
http://www.accessdelray.org/Broadband+Future.html
- by TimS1975 January 16, 2009 2:05 PM PST
- Clearwire and Sprint already have a joint venture market launched in Portland under the brand name "Clear". The speed is 6 Mbps for $40. From what I understand, Sprints Xohm service is being rebranded "Clear" and Clearwire's prewimax markets are going to be converted to wimax. Some of these other people may have not been using the product correctly. Probably outside of the range or maybe the have spyware, virus, or malware hogging their bandwith. Why is it that nobody ever wants to admit anything is their own fault? Always looking for someone else to blame. I keep my computer clean and Clearwire works great for me. The speed is great and the connection is constant. I had questions myself after reading some comments posted in various locations but then I chatted live with a salesman on http://www.clearwirebroadband.com and he explained the techonology and set the expectations properly so I have no complaints.
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- by Clearwire_Blows April 9, 2009 2:17 PM PDT
- "Probably outside of the range or maybe the have spyware, virus, or malware hogging their bandwith." I keep my computer clean as well with Spybot, Adaware and CCleaner, I am within range of their serice so says their coverage maps and their reps. Yet I suffer from some of the most disgustingly slow connectivity ever branded as high-speed in the history of technology.
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(15 Comments)Why? Because they admit the tower is saturated... has been for 2 years, why they haven't fixed it... because they don't give a ****.
Clearwire Blows... thats the bottom line. They fail to deliver in 100 different ways. Only the lucky people get good service... you sir should consider yourself lucky.
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