Sprint expands WiMax to 17 new cities
August 16, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Wi-Fi
Sprint, together with Nextel will be expanding its WiMax service to 17 new cities by the end of 2009. The move to 4G mobilizing is apparently brought about by a loss in consumers for their other services to their consumers. And this is happening despite positive consumer support feedback.
Let’s see what’s happening here. Spirint aims to gain new customers by running a new service that requires the procurement of new WiMax compatible hardware. Given that the western economic recession is still at its peak, I’m not sure people would be willing to shell out additional money just to get WiMax into their devices, when in fact, 3G may really just suffice. How fast do we want these services anyway?
[photo c/o rkgage.net]
