How is WiMax going to cover 120 million people

[Wrxdrunkie]

I'm betting that plenty of unannounced cities are getting Wimax also.

Yup, for instance, San Marcos Texas is not listed on any of the coverage areas but we have 4g.

 

[drksilenc]

6 months for the core of the city are u kidding? maybe new york and la... pittsburgh was done in a month... for the core theres a marker board that shows timeframe... most of this is just droping a box and running wires up which almost all the foundation is alrdy there there just ammending towers not constructing many new ones

 

[cabbie]

6 months for the core of the city are u kidding? maybe new york and la... pittsburgh was done in a month... for the core theres a marker board that shows timeframe... most of this is just droping a box and running wires up which almost all the foundation is alrdy there there just ammending towers not constructing many new ones

had a few beers tonite?

 

[RiverOfIce]

Sprint and Clearwire today announced 18 more markets that will gain its WiMax wireless network later this summer. WiMax will go live in Nashville, Tenn.; Daytona Orlando and Tampa, Fla.; Rochester and Syracuse, N.Y.; Merced, Modesto, Stockton, and Visalia, Calif.; Wilmington, Del.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Eugene, Ore.; Yakima and Tri-Cities, Wash., during the summer months, joining 32 markets already covering 41 million people. Clearwire, Sprint detail their summer 4G push - Kansas City Business Journal:

 

[ekt8750]

Wow Wilmington, DE eh? All they need to do now is add Allentown, PA and the Jersey Shore and I'll never be without 4G where I primarily travel.

 

[SprintFun]

I said earlier that they couldn't cover 120 million people with the existing announced list, but that will significantly boost the chances of it happening.

Edit: but some of those markets were already included by me, so maybe not as promising as I thought...

 

[reallynotnick]

I said earlier that they couldn't cover 120 million people with the existing announced list, but that will significantly boost the chances of it happening.

Edit: but some of those markets were already included by me, so maybe not as promising as I thought...

Maybe you can redo the math to see what the new total is? I'm kind of interested.

Also it just says cities to get 4G this summer, so I wouldn't be surprised if more cities got 4G in the fall and winter that have not been announced.

 

[SprintFun]

Nashville 1,600,000
Orlando 2,100,000
Tampa 2,750,000
Jacksonville 1,300,000
Daytona 500,000
Merced 250,000
Modesto 500,000
Stockton 675,000
Visalia 425,000
(Wilmington DE is considered part of the Philly MSA)
Eugene 350,000
Yakima 240,000
No clue what the tri-cities are in Washington
Rochester 1,000,000
Syracuse 650,000

So the newly announced MSAs add up to 12.35 million...but as I said before they wont get 100% coverage.

The glaring omissions for coverage are Phoenix AZ and Detroit MI. Adding those two would put them at the 120 pretty easily I think...and I have to think that is in the works...

 

[legacy]

I expect to see a lot more of these unannounced cities being lit up, and them meeting their goal.

 

[reallynotnick]

you have to add the suburbian areas of city's that already have 4g as well, such as my hometown, flower mound TX, a suburb of dallas, right now im about 5 miles away from wimax but it has been slowly getting closer.

He's using the metro areas which include the suburbs near the cities, so if anything it is an overestimate.

 

[SprintFun]

He's using the metro areas which include the suburbs near the cities, so if anything it is an overestimate.

Holy crap, somebody gets it

 

[cabbie]

can i come to the party you're throwing if they don't reach 120m?

 

[bernechad]

Am I the only one that actually reads?

expects to have up to 120 million people covered by the end of 2010

"Up to" 120 million people covered means they could cover 80 mil and they still met their goal.

 

[SprintFun]

That's a cop out. Why not "up to" 80 million then? They obviously have a goal, and its not like its a typical number. Why not 125 million then?

 

[neodorian]

Sorry if repost but did you catch this?

Sprint Announces Plans and Partnerships to Roll 4G Out to Many More Cities This Summer | Android Phone Fans

• Kansas City, KS
• Rochester, NY
• Syracuse, NY
• Orlando, FL
• Tampa, FL
• Jacksonville, FL
• Daytona, FL
• Nashville, TN
• St. Louis, MO
• Salt Lake City, UT
• Merced, CA
• Modesto, CA
• Stockton, CA
• Visalia, CA
• Wilmington, DE
• Grand Rapis, MI
• Eugene, OR
• Yakima and Tri-Cities, WA

 

[JustFrozen]

yay a bunch of californian cities i've never heard of but no L.A, S.D or orange county wtf

 

[neodorian]

yay a bunch of californian cities i've never heard of but no L.A, S.D or orange county wtf

I live on the east coast and I've heard of those

Also LA has been on the list of planned cities for a while.

 

[ekt8750]

Where have you been? LA and SF have already been announced. LA should be up in time for their EVO event in 10 days.

 

[akayareal]

Like someone else has said, this is mainly a marketing thing by saying they will cover 120 by the end of the year. Im sure they threw out a number that was achievable but if not achieved (for whatever reasons) will only fall short by a few.

I really think that the number they threw out may end up being less than what they really want to achieve by yrs end.

If they fall short by 10 million, its not like falling short by 50 million.

 

[JustFrozen]

Okay, you got me on LA, i just threw that in there to emphasize the point lol, but seriously if you've heard of Visalia you're either also stretching the truth or thats your birthplace. Wikipedia says its the 112th largest metro area in the country. Great.

Meanwhile there's rumors for SD and not a single word of OC, yet OC has a larger population than SD.

*sigh*

it's okay i'm still going to love the phone, but it's frustrating. i'm sure some of you can understand. seeing meaningless cali cities feels more like a slap in the face than a blessing

 

[eieio]

Okay, you got me on LA, i just threw that in there to emphasize the point lol, but seriously if you've heard of Visalia you're either also stretching the truth or thats your birthplace. Wikipedia says its the 112th largest metro area in the country. Great.

Meanwhile there's rumors for SD and not a single word of OC, yet OC has a larger population than SD.

*sigh*

it's okay i'm still going to love the phone, but it's frustrating. i'm sure some of you can understand. seeing meaningless cali cities feels more like a slap in the face than a blessing

I know for sure towers were going up in the O.C.

 

[cabbie]

im right on the edge with no wimax that is literally a couple square miles of a black hole. pretty much the only gap like this in the entire region of the city

 

[RiverOfIce]

im right on the edge with no wimax that is literally a couple square miles of a black hole. pretty much the only gap like this in the entire region of the city

Please report it. Call both sprint and clear. Ask them to fill the gap. They will.

 

[RiverOfIce]

^no it doesn't^ it means they are rolling it out like mad and spreading across the states in a frenzy, it'll be at our doorsteps before virizon puts their fist LTE tower up, then all sprint has to do is change software and they are good to go on LTE

That will not happen.

 

[Fandroidboy]

Is there any way I can look at a cell tower and know that 4G is installed on that tower? Any 4G specific hardware on the tower that would be different from 3G?