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Sprint Rolls out WiMAX Access

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the to-go-with-their-new-card-toy dept.

Tokin84 writes "Today, Sprint announced that it would pour over $4.5Bn into a 2.5Ghz WiMAX system to be rolled out across the country. From the article: 'Sprint Nextel, the nation's largest holder of radio spectrum in the precious 2.5 GHz band, has reportedly chosen to deploy Worldwide Interoperability of Microwave Access (WiMAX) as the foundation of its technology platform for the carrier's mobile broadband Next-Generation Network (NGN) build-out.'"

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  1. Re:Here's an idea... by filmotheklown · · Score: 5, Informative

    Cheaper to cover an area with radio signal than to trench cable any day of the week.

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  2. Stupid headline by devjj · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sprint didn't "roll out" anything. They announced their intent to spend money to do so.

  3. Re:Here's an idea... by Chosen+Reject · · Score: 3, Informative

    Because its very expensive to do that.

    Yeah, it's not like the government didn't give them money to do it already.

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