Well, we said it was Game On, WiMax, and now we know the when: According to Sprint/Clearwire WiMax guru Barry West, the “new” Clearwire network will officially launch this September in Baltimore, followed by Chicago and Washington D.C. in the fourth quarter.
As I told a reporter here at the NXTcomm show, nothing beats proof of concept and the sooner the better for the New Clearwire as its battle against the still-under-development technology LTE gets underway. More thoughts on WiMax when we get back from Viva Las Vegas and the resurgent NXTcomm show, which by all show-floor accounts was much more vibrant than last year’s event in Chicago.
Paul Kapustka is the editor of Sidecut Reports, which has recently published an updated report on the state of WiMax deployments in the U.S., focusing on the new Clearwire deal.
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Esme Vos
June 19th, 2008 at 10:46 amPaul,
Do you know what the download and upload speeds will be for Clearwire’s service? Worldmax in Amsterdam is offering 1 Mbps down, 128 Kbps up. Disappointing, considering for years, WiMAX proponents have been calling it “Wi-Fi on steroids”.
Paul Kapustka
June 21st, 2008 at 5:52 amThey (Sprint) have said several numbers, ranging from low of 1 Mbps to high of 6 Mbps for the download (not sure on upload, probably close to 1 Mbps). What they guarantee and at what price will be the key.
Galan
June 29th, 2008 at 5:30 pmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearwire
Should have some answers