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Right now, this is a silly argument anyway, but it's interesting. My point is, if you google "walmart wimax" you'll see all the reports are old, mostly. The newest ones go back to January, but then nothing since.
yeah, to me it just doesnt make sense to put an antenna on walmart when walmarts are usually in an area with towers around.
 
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im not trying to bring the mood down but those green dots are 30 mile radius and from my understand the wimax signal has from between 1.5 and 3 mile coverage.
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Yea, I was going to say if you look aty a singular dot in Nevada or Montana those things are bigger than a typical county...no way there would be that much coverage.
 
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its 50 mile radius actually... for wimax coverage per tower


Yea I was going to say, with a stronger line of sight antenna WiMax can do upwards of a 30 mile radius.

HowStuffWorks "WiMAX Wireless Network"


So even one Walmart could cover a large town/community. Now add in towns with multiple Walmarts, and the coverage/signal strength is even far greater.

Of course, we kinda are over speculating something, that hasnt had any buzz in recent weeks/months.


So anything good EVO news lately?
 
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Yea I was going to say, with a stronger line of sight antenna WiMax can do upwards of a 30 mile radius.

HowStuffWorks "WiMAX Wireless Network"


So even one Walmart could cover a large town/community. Now add in towns with multiple Walmarts, and the coverage/signal strength is even far greater.

Of course, we kinda are over speculating something, that hasnt had any buzz in recent weeks/months.


So anything good EVO news lately?
the clear representatives have been telling people if they are within 3 miles of a tower they can get a signal
 
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Yea I was going to say, with a stronger line of sight antenna WiMax can do upwards of a 30 mile radius.

HowStuffWorks "WiMAX Wireless Network"

Theoretically it probably has a range like that, but not in a real world setting. Or else they could just plop a $3500 cabinet in the middle of every city in America and give it coverage.

Everything I've seen says it has a realistic range of 1-3 miles (per tower or whatever).
 
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If this event is being held in NYC, does that mean NYC will have 4g coverage by then?

You would think if they are showing off this device then they would want to show off the 4g also.
Welcome spridell. From my understanding, it's already there and just needs to be turned on. Also, see this from CNET News.
 
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Hey guys, yess do not be surprised if you here of Sprint and Walmart around Q4 2010. This is something Sprint has been talking with Walmart for sometime. If you saw that video Drex left it shows why its possible. All you need is some routers in a file cabinet like enclosure and an antenna on the top of the building. It would benefit walmart and Sprint...it only makes "sense"

As far as froyo goes, i told you nothing is like a nice frozen yogurt on a hot summer day. Especially on or around June 6th waiting in line to get one at a Sprint store. Who ever thought Sprint would be selling Frozen Yogurt? Not me....

hahah Jackson

ohh hope you all liked the hardware, that may be the only thing u recognize...

I thought Clearwire already had a deal with Wal-Mart for their nationwide roll out?
 
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Non-line-of-sight use of WiMax, as would be seen with mobile devices, will not get anywhere near 30 mile radius coverage. Not even close. Maybe 4 or 5 miles, and that's probably a stretch.
According to the Intel WiMAX video, the signal is only good for 1/2 to 2 kilometers. That's less than 2 miles, however, existing WiMAX signals can overlap each other to form arrays, which will boost the signal strength.
 
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According to the Intel WiMAX video, the signal is only good for 1/2 to 2 kilometers. That's less than 2 miles, however, existing WiMAX signals can overlap each other to form arrays, which will boost the signal strength.

I guess I don't know if you're disagreeing or agreeing with my post, but I'll nibble.

Do you have a Walmart every 2 miles in the town you live in?
 
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