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Originally Posted by Fungineer
WiMax, not WiFi - IEEE802.16e, not 802.11
Sprint is pushing WiMax because they are one of the only carriers to offer both mobile and fixed internet services - they could very easily use 802.16 to extend their fibre / commercial offerings to SoHo type businesses without as much overhead (ie: digging and laying cables). And they are more than happy to give you a WiMax card for your laptop so you can get "mobile broadband"... but in a phone, not likely anytime soon (despite WiBro being available in Korea). Technology wise it still takes up too much power to be useful in a handset.
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Really? AT&T and Verizon dont offer fixed internet services? i think all the companies have that oppertunity to extend their reach but at what cost? I see this being limited as you say by battery life in phones and the availability of the technology (takes along time to roll this out).