| 1. Posted by GSMDude |
Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:03 pm |
Wooow! HSDP-what? Things are looking up for Sprint!
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| 2. Posted by mgoblue |
Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:09 pm |
oh man i can almost taste voip phones now. so long roaming! hello unlimited international calling!
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| 3. Posted by Cadd |
Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:13 pm |
The trials are the end of 2007... that's over a year away. initial deployment isnt for another year and a half. That's a lifetime in the wireless industry.
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| 4. Posted by 100mph |
Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:45 pm |
Sure, "hello unlimited international calling!"
... until your brain fries.  
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=wimax+and+health+issues&btnG=Search
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| 5. Posted by dogie fresh |
Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:59 am |
wimax on sprint, they can barely keep up their coverage and they promise to integrate nextel and sprint into 1 company by august this year, guess what not happened. they still have to spend a lot of money for that integration and i don't think they will have much more for a full scale roll out of that service, see the actual resutls by urself.
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| 6. Posted by tampadelphian |
Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:16 am |
Sprint announces everything and then never follows up---they're the last to get EVDO and now they think they can be the first to go 4G? I'll believe it when I see it.
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| 7. Posted by Jadall |
Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:08 pm |
yeah their "integration" resulted in my father in law cancelling his service and going to cingular. they shut off the nextel towers in our area.
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| 8. Posted by steve0092 |
Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:17 am |
omg read this
The week previously, the township of Göten had their first -- and hopefully last -- taste of modern wireless technology when their new WiMAX base-station was activated. Within hours, there were calls to the local hospital emergency service from residents near the base-station, ranging from sharp headaches to difficulty breathing, blurry vision, and even two cases of heart arrhythmia. All symptoms abated once the sufferer relocated away from the base-station.
i got from
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/537044.html
i hope they dont put 1 around me.
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| 9. Posted by mramsay_24 |
Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:03 pm |
How can Sprint build a 4g network with the amount of cust they are losing since the service sucks.
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| 10. Posted by McGirk |
Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:56 pm |
From everything I have read, the WiMax is not initially being researched for cell phones, but wireless GPS updates and other mobile applications other then cell phones.
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| 11. Posted by Verizon010 |
Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:49 pm |
i agree with others based on the statement that they never ever follow up on things they promise. yeah, remember when they announced they would be first for EV-DO, well guess what, they were last.
...VZ010
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| 12. Posted by McGirk |
Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:36 am |
Try to remember that forward looking statements are just that, forward looking statements and are not a guarantee. Although if we want to go there with it, Verizon should promise to charge more for customizables like ringers and wallpapers then anyone else does. Oh and they would also claim to lock down several of the capabilities of the phone so that they can continue to charge more then anyone else does for those items.
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| 13. Posted by Connex |
Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:25 am |
yeah their "integration" resulted in my father in law cancelling his service and going to cingular. they shut off the nextel towers in our area.
I dont believe that, that is close to impossible.
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| 14. Posted by McGirk |
Tue May 01, 2007 1:51 pm |
It could have happened while Sprint Nextel was consolidating towers. Each system having a tower in the same area is a little on the expensive side, they were supposed to be loading both signals onto whichever tower in the area had the best coverage.
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| 15. Posted by IOWA |
Thu May 10, 2007 4:32 pm |
Bring On The WiMAX
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| 16. Posted by McGirk |
Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:57 am |
What the hay, sure, I want WiMax, we could all use a prehensile tail anyway!
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| 17. Posted by tbonilas |
Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:57 pm |
As far as Sprint holding up with there end, they have always done it. The only thing i have seen, is that they didn't integrate as fast as they said. Verizon sucks, and Cingular is prety good, but i believe that Sprint will rule all in the end. i heard rumor of Sprint and Comcast merging. oh yea, bring on WiMax. until there is a cheap FiOS, i'll stick with cable.
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| 18. Posted by McGirk |
Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:42 pm |
Cingulars 3g data technology hasn't been implemented in very many places. Oddly enough even Alltel's 3g works in more places then the #1 cell company by subscribers.
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| 19. Posted by en2b |
Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:41 am |
hmm. I have to bookmark this.
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| 20. Posted by Rayden |
Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:28 pm |
4g?  Are you kidding me? How to you build a 4g network, when you dont even have an average 3g network to build from. Building a 4g nationwide network from nothing will take forever. Even if you rush to get it done it will only work in Major cities. Do you know how much money that would cost them. Sprint is not doing that well to be able to fund this anytime in the next 10 years. By then the rest of the industry will be lightyears ahead. (because they already are) Sorry Sprint. This is just smoke and mirrors for their investors. Everyone knows Sprint is dead last in every IMPORTANT aspect in the wireless industry. Profit, Churn, Customer service, coverage, customer satisfaction.The list goes on. Customers are jumping ship, and investors are getting nervous. This is just something to try and keep whats left of their sinking ship. 
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| 21. Posted by McGirk |
Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:34 pm |
Not true, Sprints 3g network already exceeds that of everyone elses, and everyone as well as Sprint is already looking into their 4g data solution. What'ts interesting is, Sprint is the only one to be close to testing theirs in the real world. Even odder is that Verizon, a CDMA company, is looking at LTE, the GSM 4g solution.
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| 22. Posted by IOWA |
Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:05 pm |
Sprint Has The Best Coverage In America Hands Down. Sprint's EVDO is the fastest wireless data service period. ATT has nothing but outdated obsolete phones, except the iPhone, which is really a piece of crap IMO. But don't even get me started on Apple.
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| 23. Posted by McGirk |
Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:31 am |
Well I won't bash anyone, but the iPhone is not even capable of using what limited access to 3g data that At&t does have rolled out. Sprint's may not be the fastest, but who cares how fast a technology is if it is not available in your area, or many others? One thing that I like about Sprint is they don't advertise their peak speeds as much as other companies do. The peak speeds are speeds that you'll almost never EVER see, so to set the expectation that that is what you get is just a little false. I spend my whole day at work using a Sprint Data card as I can't get DSL or Cable here, and I have to say, that despite using a first generation data card, the connection is still very solid.
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| 24. Posted by IOWA |
Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:25 am |
Well I won't bash anyone, but the iPhone is not even capable of using what limited access to 3g data that At&t does have rolled out. Sprint's may not be the fastest, but who cares how fast a technology is if it is not available in your area, or many others? One thing that I like about Sprint is they don't advertise their peak speeds as much as other companies do. The peak speeds are speeds that you'll almost never EVER see, so to set the expectation that that is what you get is just a little false. I spend my whole day at work using a Sprint Data card as I can't get DSL or Cable here, and I have to say, that despite using a first generation data card, the connection is still very solid. Just wait til rev,a comes out 
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| 25. Posted by IOWA |
Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:28 am |
And One Other Thing, Verizon Caps Thier Users At 5Gigs Of Transfer Per Month. Then Thier Service Is " Throttled Down" Sprint's data is not only truely unlimited, it's faster.
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| 26. Posted by McGirk |
Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:57 am |
Rev A is out, has been out for quite some time now. This was a discussion on 4G, and Sprints XOHM or WiMax service that Sprint is currently testing is a couple of major markets.
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| 27. Posted by IOWA |
Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:24 pm |
Rev A is out, has been out for quite some time now. This was a discussion on 4G, and Sprints XOHM or WiMax service that Sprint is currently testing is a couple of major markets. I Meant Nation Wide. It's Not Supposed To Be Nation Wide Til Sometime In April.
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| 28. Posted by McGirk |
Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:51 am |
Most areas have had major Rev A coverage, even in the country for better then a year now. I work at a dealership in a fairly rural area, and have been selling the USB cards for a high speed internet solution for at least that long.
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| 29. Posted by IOWA |
Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:15 pm |
Mcgirk got any hook ups on some nice bt headsets? i need to pick up a few of them.
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| 30. Posted by McGirk |
Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:01 am |
I would look into the X3Micro from BlueAnt. They come with wall and car chargers, have the loudest volume that I've ever heard on a BT headset, have a 2 year warranty that you don't have to touch, the customer deals directly with BlueAnt.
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| 31. Posted by IOWA |
Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:50 pm |
Nice! got a approximate cost on these? what kind of battery life?
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| 32. Posted by McGirk |
Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:16 am |
We retail them for 60, with all the accessories that makes this a bargain. Specs say 7 hours of talk time, hard to say, I don't usually talk that much consecutive, but I only have to charge mine every 3-4 days depending on use.
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| 33. Posted by McGirk |
Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:19 am |
Back onto topic. Sprint will be releasing Dual CDMA/WiMax phones this year, according to Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint. This means that Sprint will be WAY ahead of the competition with the 4G rollout. Verizon may have to rethink it's commitment to LTE, unless they want to be LaTE getting into the 4G data picture. If Sprint has shown one thing at all about themselves, it's that they know how to roll out a data network.
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| 34. Posted by IOWA |
Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:18 am |
Back onto topic. Sprint will be releasing Dual CDMA/WiMax phones this year, according to Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint. This means that Sprint will be WAY ahead of the competition with the 4G rollout. Verizon may have to rethink it's commitment to LTE, unless they want to be LaTE getting into the 4G data picture. If Sprint has shown one thing at all about themselves, it's that they know how to roll out a data network. indeed! i can't wait to see the line up of wimax phones. hopefully they include qchat.
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| 35. Posted by McGirk |
Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:00 am |
The WiMax phones will be out before WiMax will even be rolled out to anything more then just a few major markets. QChat will probably not be made available on all phones that Sprint releases, so for this first year for both I wouldn't expect to see 'DirectConnect'(qchat) or 'XOHM' (WiMax) on the same phones, but in the near future I would expect to see it, sometime early next year perhaps.
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| 36. Posted by IOWA |
Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:56 am |
The WiMax phones will be out before WiMax will even be rolled out to anything more then just a few major markets. QChat will probably not be made available on all phones that Sprint releases, so for this first year for both I wouldn't expect to see 'DirectConnect'(qchat) or 'XOHM' (WiMax) on the same phones, but in the near future I would expect to see it, sometime early next year perhaps. I Think Other Wise,according to sprint all new phones will include ptt so why not include them on wimax phones?
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| 37. Posted by McGirk |
Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:44 pm |
Not all of phones are even evdo capable yet, and they will need to be to be compatible with qchat.
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| 38. Posted by IOWA |
Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:49 am |
Not all of phones are even evdo capable yet, and they will need to be to be compatible with qchat. Yeah That's True.
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| 39. Posted by McGirk |
Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:20 am |
Eventually all phones will be evdo and later Xohm capable, at the same time, all Nextel phones cost much more then other companies, largely because of the walkie talkie. I'd hate to see someone pay for a feature on a phone that they'll never ever use.
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| 40. Posted by IOWA |
Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:22 pm |
Eventually all phones will be evdo and later Xohm capable, at the same time, all Nextel phones cost much more then other companies, largely because of the walkie talkie. I'd hate to see someone pay for a feature on a phone that they'll never ever use. Actually The QChat Is Supposed To Be Inexpensive. The Reason Moto Direct Connect Cost So Much Is Because They Were An Exclusive Provider And Cornered The Market.
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| 41. Posted by McGirk |
Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:32 pm |
The service doesn't cost so much more, that is pretty much even, it's the price of the equipment that is more.
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| 42. Posted by IOWA |
Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:34 am |
Well All The New QChat Handsets Are Going For About 280 Or Less. LG Ironically Being The Most Costly. It Appears None Of Them Have Camera's. I Want A Camera On My Phone. 
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| 43. Posted by McGirk |
Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:25 am |
Why, so you can take crappy pictures? It could be 200 Megapixel and still take a bad picture, because a camera is only as good as the glass.
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| 44. Posted by IOWA |
Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:04 pm |
Why, so you can take crappy pictures? It could be 200 Megapixel and still take a bad picture, because a camera is only as good as the glass. For Impromtu pictures. plus i like having picture caller id.
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| 45. Posted by McGirk |
Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:44 am |
That and bonfires when drinking is involved.
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| 46. Posted by elmo01 |
Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:39 pm |
That and bonfires when drinking is involved.
now why do gunracks and pickup truck come to mind?
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| 47. Posted by IOWA |
Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:11 pm |
Man i love bonfires. and gun racks.
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| 48. Posted by McGirk |
Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:33 am |
Nothing wrong with bonfires or gunracks. And it isn't really a bonfire if no one is drinking . . . DAMNIT, fire roasted marshmellows sound good now!
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| 49. Posted by IOWA |
Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:14 pm |
Nothing wrong with bonfires or gunracks. And it isn't really a bonfire if no one is drinking . . . DAMNIT, fire roasted marshmellows sound good now! Man i can't wait for my camping trip.
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| 50. Posted by McGirk |
Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:01 am |
I can't wait for it to warm up enough to paintball. I've got my new gun, last night I got a site for it and a new mask. Sometime soon I'll be getting my 10 round feed tubes for it. I can't wait.
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| 51. Posted by IOWA |
Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:47 pm |
What kind of gun did you pick up?
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| 52. Posted by McGirk |
Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:28 am |
CCI Phantom Stock Class with 10 round feed, and rear CO2 charge and an LStock. It's a pump, so the CO2 is fine. It wasn't a cheap gun, but it wasn't the most expensive either. Google CCI Phantom. The are made by a guy in Oregon. I'm impressed with the quality so far, but with the cold, I can't exactly do much with it yet.
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| 53. Posted by McGirk |
Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:20 am |
Another blow to Sprint, WiMax's launch is being postponed after they failed to get a solid commitment from Clearwire and Intel . . . negotiations are still underway, and Hesse assures us that they are still moving forward, but they don't want to release it until it meets Sprint's high expectations. One positive note however is that At&t has said that they plan on using the spectrum purchased in the FCC auction for their 4G LTE network, but don't expect to have it deployed until 2012. Another speculative note, Alltel had planned on winning some of the FCC spectrum to roll out their 4G network with. Since they did not win any of the auctions, they may be forced to side with Sprint and go with WiMax. One Alltel rep told me that Alltel had sent Sprint a purchase proposal, but Sprint turned them down, Alltel is formulating another proposal.
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| 54. Posted by IOWA |
Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:16 pm |
Alltel Couldn't Afford to buy sprint even if they sold all thier existing contracts.
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| 55. Posted by McGirk |
Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:24 am |
Are you kidding, Alltel is owned by a private investment company, you know, the same sort of thing that bought Chrysler . . . do you think that with Sprint's financial issues that they are not cheaper to buy now then ever? The purchasing company does not have to be bigger, or have more subscribers, and for your information, Alltel has no outstanding debt, unlike Sprint, Verizon, or At&t, that is pretty substantial ground to be standing on.
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| 56. Posted by IOWA |
Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:13 pm |
Even so, i doubt sprint would sell out. it's not in thier nature. they always find a way to bounce back.
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| 57. Posted by McGirk |
Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:45 am |
You're giving a business human qualities, it's just a business, and Sprint shareholders would demand they look at a good enough proposal. If I knew for a fact it would happen I'd buy every Sprint share I could, it's at an all time low in price, and a purchase always drives the price up once announced.
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| 58. Posted by IOWA |
Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:12 pm |
Either way buying up sprint stock sounds like a good idea. it can only go up from here, and you know they aren't going to bankrupt, they would sell before doing that.
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| 59. Posted by McGirk |
Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:53 am |
A lot of companies have been making offers, I would like to see Alltel get them. Can you imagine the network after that? How about QChat and MyCircle on the same phone? How about Sprint's data and Alltel's customer service? That would be a bright future, and a great company.
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| 60. Posted by IOWA |
Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:23 am |
I Still am very doubtful sprint will sell out. they didn't bring high priced genius dan heese in for nothing.
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| 61. Posted by McGirk |
Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:30 am |
No they didn't, but that doesn't mean the right offer can't be found. And it's Dan Hesse.
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| 62. Posted by IOWA |
Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:53 am |
No it's not! heese is hesse's evil cousin!
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| 63. Posted by McGirk |
Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:48 am |
That doesn't improve Sprint's outlook.
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| 64. Posted by IOWA |
Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:01 pm |
Lol
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| 65. Posted by McGirk |
Fri May 16, 2008 9:57 am |
Bad news for Sprint, Alltel has joined the LTE bandwagon, and Sprint now stands alone in the cell industry backing WiMax. The more delays they experience, the less likely it is that they can change the other CDMA companies minds about supporting LTE.
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| 66. Posted by IOWA |
Sun May 18, 2008 11:41 am |
Bad news for Sprint, Alltel has joined the LTE bandwagon, and Sprint now stands alone in the cell industry backing WiMax. The more delays they experience, the less likely it is that they can change the other CDMA companies minds about supporting LTE.
Doesn't matter what alltel does. All the other companies are going to fall flat on their faces. The new Clearwire, Intel, and Google are all the backing Sprint needs.
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| 67. Posted by McGirk |
Mon May 19, 2008 8:56 am |
Not true, because if Sprint doesn't win CDMA carriers over to it's side it will suffer coverage issues the same way that Nextel did. If your data cannot roam on other networks, then it will cost you much more to cover the same area that all the others do. Don't get me wrong, I'd still love to try WiMax out at home when it is available, if the coverage is strong enough there, but that doesn't mean that it will save Sprint, or prevent the sale.
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