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heshere2001 wrote:Thanks Tstt. Thanks Digicel. Wimax for the fail.
LTE is the future.
shottah_crew wrote:heshere2001 wrote:Thanks Tstt. Thanks Digicel. Wimax for the fail.
LTE is the future.
Future? Yeah, but maybe when they have 6G and 7G at the rate them goin...
noobie wrote:shottah_crew wrote:heshere2001 wrote:Thanks Tstt. Thanks Digicel. Wimax for the fail.
LTE is the future.
Future? Yeah, but maybe when they have 6G and 7G at the rate them goin...
The developed countries like the US and Europe are going with LTE.
Over 40 manufacturers are going with LTE. So all the latest phones will be using LTE first, and maybe a WiMAX version later, if ever.
So manufacturers are now dumping WiMAX on third world and developing nations, citing cheaper costs and rollout fees.
The thing is that once LTE reaches critical mass (2011), there isn't going to be a cost advantage to WiMAX anymore.
LTE 4G can handle both top end Phones and Rural internet.
Analysts are already calling this battle in favor of LTE. Pretty soon we are going to have the equivalent of HD-Dvd in the Caribbean when everyone else is using BluRay.
shaneelal wrote:noobie wrote:shottah_crew wrote:heshere2001 wrote:Thanks Tstt. Thanks Digicel. Wimax for the fail.
LTE is the future.
LTE phones won't be affordable to the common man till 2013. The big providers need to push this technology to bring down the cost, then our local providers will follow suit.
noobie wrote:shaneelal wrote:noobie wrote:shottah_crew wrote:heshere2001 wrote:Thanks Tstt. Thanks Digicel. Wimax for the fail.
LTE is the future.
LTE phones won't be affordable to the common man till 2013. The big providers need to push this technology to bring down the cost, then our local providers will follow suit.
They already have brought the price down. With all the rollouts going on around the world, and the fact that manufacturers are already ramping up for production of these new phones, they are NOT going to be any more expensive than the smartphones with 3G on the market today.
We could start seeing LTE phones at retail by the end of this year and definitely early 2011.
noobie wrote:shottah_crew wrote:heshere2001 wrote:Thanks Tstt. Thanks Digicel. Wimax for the fail.
LTE is the future.
Future? Yeah, but maybe when they have 6G and 7G at the rate them goin...
The developed countries like the US and Europe are going with LTE.
Over 40 manufacturers are going with LTE. So all the latest phones will be using LTE first, and maybe a WiMAX version later, if ever.
So manufacturers are now dumping WiMAX on third world and developing nations, citing cheaper costs and rollout fees.
The thing is that once LTE reaches critical mass (2011), there isn't going to be a cost advantage to WiMAX anymore.
LTE 4G can handle both top end Phones and Rural internet.
Analysts are already calling this battle in favor of LTE. Pretty soon we are going to have the equivalent of HD-Dvd in the Caribbean when everyone else is using BluRay.
Smokey wrote:noobie wrote:shottah_crew wrote:heshere2001 wrote:Thanks Tstt. Thanks Digicel. Wimax for the fail.
LTE is the future.
Future? Yeah, but maybe when they have 6G and 7G at the rate them goin...
The developed countries like the US and Europe are going with LTE.
Over 40 manufacturers are going with LTE. So all the latest phones will be using LTE first, and maybe a WiMAX version later, if ever.
So manufacturers are now dumping WiMAX on third world and developing nations, citing cheaper costs and rollout fees.
The thing is that once LTE reaches critical mass (2011), there isn't going to be a cost advantage to WiMAX anymore.
LTE 4G can handle both top end Phones and Rural internet.
Analysts are already calling this battle in favor of LTE. Pretty soon we are going to have the equivalent of HD-Dvd in the Caribbean when everyone else is using BluRay.
Again, this isn't totally true.....WiMAX won't die. While it will never become a mainstream Cellular Broadband format, it was always meant for more fixed wireless applications and wireless broadband (not on phones, but on laptops). Look at the what Sprint and Clearwater have deployed in the US....you think TSTT's Blink on the go WiMAX will disappear once the launch LTE? Why would they clog up the system with Mobile phone users and real internet users? Keep them separate and not congest the system.
You must also realize that WiMAX network deployment is not significantly cheaper than 3G. In fact, if TSTT or Digicel were to go 3G they'd save money in the long run in terms of Network Capex as a lot of the same equipment is easily upgraded to LTE from 3G.....not so with WiMAX.
WiMAX however made sense to 'poorer' nations because, the user devices are cheaper than 3G devices which are already dirt cheap, so you can imagine how cheap they are. These devices are always a significant cost. TSTT is giving away Blink on the Go 4G modems...
Also, WiMAX and LTE share very similar technology and therefore can achieve almost equal speeds.....and one is here now (WiMAX) and readily available, the other is still a year away from being commercially launched.
There's an even bigger factor at play here.....TATT.....which has awarded large amounts of spectrum in the 2.5GHz band for WiMAX.....I think both TSTT and Digicel has 50 MHz each....which allows for very fast data rates and a lot of capacity for growth.
TATT hasn't awarded any significant amount of spectrum for LTE. Therefore, even if TSTT or Digi were to launch LTE, they'd have such limited spectrum that the max speeds would be 1mbit.
scotty_buttons wrote:Is it true that the WiMax is currently prepaid? just spoke with someone working tstt..not in that sector tho and she said that it's currently prepaid and u pay per bandwidth use..is that true?
i was of the notion that u pay a fixed price for the 2mb package...unlimited!
Nighttroll wrote:I went to TSTT to find out if there is service for the wimax in my area and if there is then I wanna sign up...
They located my house on google map with the signal strength shown bordering yellow and green and said i'm good to go with wimax.
Then said, this is only for users that signed up for blink that they cannot provide the service to because of lack of facilities in their exchange.
So the woman went and talk to a few people and came back and said that my area has no more provision to provide blink to any more customers. This i know about a year ago because i enquired about blink and they said the same. I do not have a lan line. My neighbours have lan line and have no choice but to go with greendot since there is no more provision for additional blink customers in my area.
So they have confirmed that i cannot get blink on a lan line.
They said the only way i can get the wimax modem is to apply for a lan line, then apply for blink , wait for them to tell me no more blink in my area and only then i will get the wimax modem. Then disconnect the lan line.
I said doesn't make sense to apply for a lan line when both of us already know that i can't get the blink over a lan line. That is the only way i'm going to get it they said.
They going to make me waste $200 and more to apply for a lan line that we know doesn't work for blink, waste their technician time to come install the lan line, i'll have to pay again to have the lan line disconnected when i do get the wimax. So much unnecessary steps , time and money wasted.
I said this lan line is no use for me if i can't get blink on it. That is the only way to get the wimax modem.
Eventually i got the demo modem for a day to check for the signal at home and it was excellent and signed up for the lan line the next day...
That is a real stupid way to do business, waste everybody time and make me waste my money.. I even offer to pay to apply for a line and pay to get it disconnected but have no technician to come install it .They said i have to go with procedure.
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