Comments on: San Francisco’s Wait for WiMAX May Soon Be Over http://gigaom.com/2010/09/21/san-franciscos-wait-for-wimax-may-soon-be-over/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:28:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: At CTIA, AT&T — and Its LTE — Are a No Show: Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2010/09/21/san-franciscos-wait-for-wimax-may-soon-be-over/#comment-291564 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:34:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=158300#comment-291564 [...] rolling out LTE to 30 cities (including San Francisco) before 2011 rolls around. Sprint WiMAX is already being rolled out in many locations. Even T-Mobile USA, which doesn’t have a pure-play 4G network, has a [...]

]]> By: By End of 2010, San Francisco Will Have SuperFast Wireless: Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2010/09/21/san-franciscos-wait-for-wimax-may-soon-be-over/#comment-290378 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:13:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=158300#comment-290378 [...] Clearwire/Sprint4G network (based on WiMAX) is currently operational in San Francisco, as Ryan Kim noted last month. I’ve been using the brand new Samsung Galaxy for Sprint and I can tell you, the network is [...]

]]> By: ohjoy ohjoy http://gigaom.com/2010/09/21/san-franciscos-wait-for-wimax-may-soon-be-over/#comment-288694 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:57:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=158300#comment-288694 Clearwire is overselling its WiMax services. It recently imposed an 8GB monthly cap on its users. Once users hit that limit, they are throttled to 25kbps for the rest of the month.

]]> By: chas http://gigaom.com/2010/09/21/san-franciscos-wait-for-wimax-may-soon-be-over/#comment-288027 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:56:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=158300#comment-288027 Clear announced they will switch to LTE. They also announced they are broke and don’t have the money to make the switch. Their owners (some of them) have announced they are not going to get any more money. So, enjoy it until they can’t pay the power bill.

]]> By: Henry Tsau http://gigaom.com/2010/09/21/san-franciscos-wait-for-wimax-may-soon-be-over/#comment-281255 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:56:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=158300#comment-281255 Why does anyone want WiMAX?

It is withering on the vine!

LTE is becoming the global standard.

]]> By: News about 4G-LTE Wire issue #127 | 4GLTEWIRE.com http://gigaom.com/2010/09/21/san-franciscos-wait-for-wimax-may-soon-be-over/#comment-281250 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:52:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=158300#comment-281250 [...] usage will be the rise of 4G wireless networks such as WiMAX and LTE. Goldman es more… San Francisco's Wait for WiMAX May Soon be Over – GigaOm – gigaom.com 09/21/2010 IntoMobileSan Francisco's Wait for WiMAX May Soon be [...]

]]> By: ryan http://gigaom.com/2010/09/21/san-franciscos-wait-for-wimax-may-soon-be-over/#comment-281116 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:08:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=158300#comment-281116 3 meg is 4G? I get 3meg on my nexus one in some areas. For $60 a month!

Good job sprint catching up to 3g tech speeds with your 4g investment.

]]> By: Marin http://gigaom.com/2010/09/21/san-franciscos-wait-for-wimax-may-soon-be-over/#comment-281100 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:27:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=158300#comment-281100 Yep, I saw 4G coverage in Embarcadero, Soma and parts of Financial District. Speeds were about 3 Mbps with bursts of over 8.

http://www.intomobile.com/2010/09/20/sprint-4g-san-francisco/

]]> By: Scoopster http://gigaom.com/2010/09/21/san-franciscos-wait-for-wimax-may-soon-be-over/#comment-281013 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:45:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=158300#comment-281013 I was pretty happy recently when I got 4400kbps down / 930kbps up with tethering to my Nexus One (on T-mobile) in Redwood City. Why pay for additional data services and/or carry extra devices when you can have it as fast (or sometimes faster) on your phone for free?

Thanks Nexus One, Google, and T-mobile!

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