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SwatLax
08/01/09

In reply to Leaked 2009 Roadmap of Sprint's 4G WiMax Rollout
Set up my WiMax (Xohm?) 7 hours ago in Baltimore. At the moment, 3.5 down, 1.5 up. It'll be interesting to see how reliable this is, but if it works like my cell phone, its a steal at $25 a month with no contract.
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crsrc
08/01/09

In reply to Leaked 2009 Roadmap of Sprint's 4G WiMax Rollout
The reason the important major cities have been left off is that people in those cities would actually use the service, crippling it. While some of those listed are fairly large, they aren't exactly technologically advanced as a whole. There wouldn't be many people who care enough or know enough about the service to actually sign up.
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hodayathink wants WWFRD back!
08/02/09

@crsrc: Have you ever actually been to Chicago? Or heard of it?
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crsrc
08/02/09

@hodayathink is running for president of Naughty...:
No. Yes.
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hodayathink wants WWFRD back!
08/02/09

@crsrc: Third largest city in the country isn't big enough for you then? Alright.
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crsrc
08/02/09

@hodayathink is running for president of Naughty...: Of course it is but thats 1/18. Their inclusion doesn't exactly disprove my theory.
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hodayathink wants WWFRD back!
08/02/09

@crsrc: When I look at that schedule, what I see is a ramping up of tech-level of the cities. While stuff like West Texas isn't too heavy. Once you get to the fourth quarter, you have Chicago, Philly, and, while it doesn't look that impressive Salem/Charlotte/Raliegh/Greensboro, NC would probably cover a pretty big tech population, including, more than likely, the entire campuses of Duke, North Carolina, NC State, and Wake Forest.
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crsrc
08/02/09

@hodayathink is running for president of Naughty...: Thats pretty much the same thing I saw. But you really can't argue that they left off the cities in which people would most likely be eager to use 4G.

It could be also be a strategical move to bring in new customers. Maybe they have decided that the above cities have most room for growth as far as new customers are concerned and are rolling it out in those cities in hopes of luring them in.

But I still think it has to do with the fact they want to prevent from having any major congestion problems with the network. If too many people are using it, or if they had to turn away people because they were getting congested then it will likely be looked at as a fail for WiMax/Sprint which could greatly affect the public perception of a company that is already struggling to stay afloat.
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Micster5
08/01/09

In reply to Leaked 2009 Roadmap of Sprint's 4G WiMax Rollout
Sprint 4G rolled out (through "Clear") today in West Texas. Interesting because 3G isn't even available here yet.
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tande04
08/01/09

@Micster5: There is some discussion about that.

Are they (and you) saying "West, TX" or "West Texas, TX"? Is it the city or the region? You're saying city right?
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Micster5
08/01/09

@tande04: No, I mean 5 cities of more than 100,000.

West Texas refers to:
Amarillo, Abilene, Lubbock, Midland, Odessa all went active today. These are all Clearwire areas. Odessa has expanded coverage on Clear from the Clearwire coverage before.
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tande04
08/02/09

@Micster5: Well maybe there wasn't any confusion. I just didn't know what the hell I was talking about.
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tande04
05/05/09

In reply to T-Mobile Roadmap Reveals Visual Voicemail, Dash 3G Release Dates
Well I would of thought that the touch pro 2 sitting at the bottom of the page there would of been the big news, but they covered up the release date with arrows pointing to visual voice mail.

What is it? July 2nd? July 22nd?
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Nick
05/05/09

@tande04: looking at the rest of em i would guess 22nd
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Nick
05/05/09

In reply to T-Mobile Roadmap Reveals Visual Voicemail, Dash 3G Release Dates
every comapny, but srpint got sued cause they didn't license their visual voicemail. that might be why it took so long. they wanted to get the licensing right or find a valid work-around.
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hodayathink wants WWFRD back!
05/05/09

In reply to T-Mobile Roadmap Reveals Visual Voicemail, Dash 3G Release Dates
7/16 is July 16.
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