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2008-12-09 , 01:18
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Originally Posted by gonzo1082 View Post
So i called clearwire again, i spoke to advanced tech support this time. They said the n810W should work in the very near future. i asked "what do you mean by that?" he said within 1-2 months. =)
Unlikely to happen. read the links in this thread where the new Clear hadn't even decided what to do with DC and Chicago. Even those users will be fortunate to have official Wimax in 1-2 months.

More Xohm death coverage:
http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/2...49987/-1/rss01

Edit: article contains a mistake that Sprint "controls" 51%. Sprint owns 51% of (partnership interest or similar of) JV, but has no managerial control.
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Originally Posted by SD69 View Post
Unlikely to happen. read the links in this thread where the new Clear hadn't even decided what to do with DC and Chicago. Even those users will be fortunate to have official Wimax in 1-2 months.

More Xohm death coverage:
http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/2...49987/-1/rss01
Soo... us early adopters are screwed?
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2008-12-13 , 15:56
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Originally Posted by rjzak View Post
Soo... us early adopters are screwed?
Sort of. There were plenty of people at Sprint who knew that the Wimax networks were pledged to the Clearwire venture, and IMHO the "for life" offers were a bit unfair. People thought their life was the limiting factor and it actually meant Xohm's life! Intel wanted some WiMax marketing buzz. Who knows, maybe Clear will voluntarily adopt those Xohm for life offers?
 
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2008-12-13 , 17:00
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Originally Posted by rjzak View Post
Does the NIT support OFDM? And what is OFDM?
OFDM = "Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing". It does jack **** for security (it's a common approach), and "licensed space" does jack **** for security. There may be other security mechanisms in place (they make some oblique reference to it other places) - but OFDM and licensing aren't them. That's just marketing FUD.

I'm not familiar with the 802.16d/e protocols, but maybe someone else can speak to any built-in security mechanisms.
 

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2008-12-13 , 23:18
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OFDM basically does multiplexing. Think of it this way: imagine a crowded room where everyone is talking at once. How can you ensure that you the speaker are able to reach the person you are talking to, and that person can also reach you, given all the noise from everyone else chatting?

One is Time Delay Multiplexing, so that each speaker has X time to say what they want, then its the next speakers turn, and you can't speak again until your turn comes. Another is Code Division Multiplexing, which I believe, has everyone speak a different language. Another is Frequency Division Multiplexing, which is where each person speaks at a slightly different frequency, which hardly fits the people in the room analogy. But if I'm not mistaken, ODFM is just another approach at this problem.
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I think you guys (especially the rat) are missing the important point. Xohm was owned and controlled by Sprint. The new entity is a joint venture of which Sprint is merely one of several minority members - the JV is a new and DIFFERENT entity, controlled and managed in a different way. In particular, CATV companies are calling some of the shots now. This is far from a mere renaming or a rebranding.

Since the JV is a new entity, all of the vendor contracts with Xohm (Sprint) for network buildouts, devices, etc., may but do not NECESSARILY transfer to the new entity. In other words, they may (or may not) have gone "poof".
As I thought might happen,

"Nokia stopped production of the tablet because Clearwire didn’t want to sell it..."

http://www.xchangemag.com/hotnews/wi...ire-spins.html
 

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FWIW, I was just in Raleigh, NC crabtree mall and they had clearwire kiosks in there. I hadn't seen anything about it being there yet(though I wasn't looking)
 
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Stumbled across this article at Toms Hardware:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...orch,2174.html

They also confirm that the N810 WiMAX Edition has been pulled... Other than that pretty informative article. (One exception I found is the WiMAX BTS cabinet picture they have. It seem to me that it is not complete... Can not believe it can be that simple?)
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Stumbled across this article at Toms Hardware:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...orch,2174.html

They also confirm that the N810 WiMAX Edition has been pulled... Other than that pretty informative article. (One exception I found is the WiMAX BTS cabinet picture they have. It seem to me that it is not complete... Can not believe it can be that simple?)
What is most interesting is that they're gonna use a portable-WiFi-AP-with-WiMAX-modem. That way, you can connect your WiFi-only device to your WiMAX modem. Pretty smart given the lack of WiMAX capable devices. That might also explain why the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition got pulled: together with such modem a user can pick their current WiFi device instead of using a Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition which furthermore cannot easily tether or function as AP while the Maemo 4 interface is not user-friendly enough.
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> together with such modem a user can pick their current WiFi device instead of using a Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition

What's wrong with both ways? Besides, a WiMax specific device can take advantage of the greater transfer rates of WiMax over WiFi.
 

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