Comments on: Sprint's Xohm and Backhaul Bottleneck

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[...] is the best, obviously, but most towers still use an array of T1 lines. And that bottleneck, as Om pointed out last year, could be mobile broadband’s biggest roadblock. Assuming you get past all those other [...]

By: Xohm WiMax Finally Gets Going with Limited Service - GigaOM

Xohm WiMax Finally Gets Going with Limited Service - GigaOM — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:44:39 +0000

[...] Higginbotham, Monday, September 29, 2008 at 6:40 AM PT Comments (0) After six months of waiting and few leaked launch dates, Sprint launched commercial availability for its Xohm WiMax network in [...]

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» Boston, Philly, Dallas next for Sprint’s WiMax Sidecut Reports — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:09:57 +0000

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» What’s Next for the New Clearwire? Sidecut Reports — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:06:21 +0000

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» AT&T: Our 3G Goes to Eleven Sidecut Reports — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:00:17 +0000

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By: Mobile Back Haul Equals Big Money Opportunity - GigaOM

Mobile Back Haul Equals Big Money Opportunity - GigaOM — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:47:55 +0000

[...] has issued a report which forecasts 4.4 billion mobile subscribers worldwide by 2011, and their needs will push the demand for wireless backhaul equipment to over $10 billion by that year. Infonetics predicts [...]

By: Fonearama » Sprint, Clearwire Mull $12 Billion Joint-“Miserable Failure”

Fonearama » Sprint, Clearwire Mull $12 Billion Joint-“Miserable Failure” — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:41:14 +0000

[...] said, the deal is not without its problems–top among them WiMax itself. As Craig Moffett, an analyst with Bernstein Research, explained in a note to clients earlier this [...]

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Tue, 06 May 2008 23:12:43 +0000

[...] said, the deal is not without its problems–top among them WiMax itself. As Craig Moffett, an analyst with Bernstein Research, explained in a research note to clients [...]

By: techboy2000

techboy2000 — Sat, 03 May 2008 04:36:13 +0000

Business is so strange today. Math and due diligence seems passé.

Each base station usually has a couple stinking T1s for backhaul (Not good enough for WiMax broadband).
The upgrade will be:
Expensive
Will take a long time to provision the new backhaul lines
Will require configuration (more time delay)

Ok, now we have our network up and enormous new costs but NO CUSTOMERS. Adding a handful of business customers with WiMax laptop data cards will not pay for the network. You still need a lot of handsets on the network. I have not seen a single WiMax handset.

Solution:
Beg Verizon to buy Sprint
Fire the employees/consultants that created the farcical spreadsheets showing WiMax short term profitability
Fire management that believed the spreadsheets
Hire a new outside management team who can actually implement the transfer of Nextel customers to Sprint
Punt and go to LTE in a few years