Here's the story:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=578
How do you think Sprint's open WiMAX platform will affect the U.S. wireless market?
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I think the techies will jump in and get Sprint first. Then maybe after a season of killer apps being developed for free for Sprints mobile devices, then the mass public will hop on.
I think that this is as big as iPhone. It looks as if Sprint is bringing forth a worthy competitor. They are both operating systems, but think WiMAX equals freedom, and you are in control.
As a programmer who believes in Open Source I am very interested in all of this. When my current contract with AT&T ends I'm going to inquire with Sprint. If the people and the company have agreeable policies then I'm signing up with Sprint.
What I'd like to be able to do, is program "on" my cell phone. Like anybody else who texts like a mad man, typically teenage girls, I want to program on the go. I'm looking forward to it.
I think that this is as big as iPhone. It looks as if Sprint is bringing forth a worthy competitor. They are both operating systems, but think WiMAX equals freedom, and you are in control.
As a programmer who believes in Open Source I am very interested in all of this. When my current contract with AT&T ends I'm going to inquire with Sprint. If the people and the company have agreeable policies then I'm signing up with Sprint.
What I'd like to be able to do, is program "on" my cell phone. Like anybody else who texts like a mad man, typically teenage girls, I want to program on the go. I'm looking forward to it.
Sprint is jumping on the open WiMAX solution because they realize that WiMAX is going to revolutionize the mobile broadband market, and eventually penetrate into all kinds of markets and geographical areas that broadband hasn't been available to in the past. Once WiMAX starts to be deployed, the barriers to entry are going to be lowered, and Sprint is trying to get a jump on this by going with open APIs and SDKs to position itself as the leader in this new technology.
The continuing trend toward open wireless platforms is inevitable; it is simply not possible for an operator to create and support the plethora of applications that low-cost wireless data makes practical. Verizon and AT&T have already announced moves, albeit feeble, in this direction. It will take a long time. It will be a few years before Xohm is widely deployed and still longer for the impact of Xohm to be felt. But it WILL happen.
How does that work? WiMax is a term used to describe a standard, IEEE 802.16. (just as WiFi is used for IEEE 802.11x) As you stated here: " From its conception, WiMAX has been engineered to be an open platform... " it is already Open. How did that get twisted around. (and only in the US?) There's something wrong with that picture you painted. -d
Generaly stem from a lack of understanding dawgit. You are correct that WiMax is just another standard and the technology can be used and developed by anyone with funding. I serve as the Technical Services Director for a regional ISP and we may be rolling out our own subscription based WiMax service soon. It is definately going to be a major part of our mobile future!
I may have missunderstood the article as well. It happens. I wish lot with your project down there. I hope that it opens up the internet world to those folks in rural areas. A community as a business plan, one can't beat that. -d
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