Sprint Announces WiMax Rollout Cities

Adam Frucci — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:20:00 EDT

Sprint has announced the launch city lineup for their upcoming 4G WiMax rollout, so pay attention. If you live in one of the following cities, you'll be enjoying fast, wireless access by April of next year:

Chicago, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Providence, Washington DC, Austin, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, and Seattle

If you don't live in one of these cities, like all of the Giz editors, it sucks to be you.

What's the deal, Sprint? I live in NYC, so I have a sense of entitlement that says I deserve to get the best stuff first. Baltimore? Grand Rapids?! This is a slap in the face, and if WiMax didn't look so sweet I would say I won't come groveling to you for the service when you eventually roll it out here. But I will, so I guess I'll just keep my big mouth shut. –Adam Frucci

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Sprint WiMax: 2-4Mbps, $55/month, Open Access? Yes, Please.

Adam Frucci — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:30:58 EST

Here's yet another reason to hold off on buying that iPhone this year: Sprint's 4G WiMax wireless broadband is coming along nicely, and by next year should be available to 100 million customers.

Rather than lock yourself into two years with 2G web access, why not wait for WiMax? When it's unrolled in DC and Chicago early next year it'll provide 2-4Mbps speeds for $55 a month, and it'll be open access. That means you won't be stuck in the "walled garden" of approved sites that some cellular web carriers put you in, and it'll provide open access to the Internet like your broadband account. If it's as reliable and as fast as they claim this has the potential to replace cable and DSL lines as people's connection of choice. Let's make NYC the third city you roll this out too, OK Sprint? –Adam Frucci

Sprint WiMax: $55, Open Access? [DSL Reports]

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Sprint Announces WiMax Rollout Cities

Sprint WiMax: 2-4Mbps, $55/month, Open Access? Yes, Please.