[TriLUG] Buh bye ClearWire

[Danielle White via TriLUG]

That was the view of my friends who had devices like the N810 WiMAX: it was nice when it was available but that was rare and, for most, it wasn't enough to justify the extra cost of the device with that capability.

On September 15, 2015 8:46:32 AM EDT, John Vaughters via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>WiMax is just a wireless communications technology. I guess it's
>success will depend on if there will be enough volume to continue to
>make the technology. It is a great technology for SmartGrid that
>requires large WAN networking. But as we all know, technology comes and
>goes and losing big internet services contracts certianly does not work
>in WiMax's favor.
>
>The WiMax technology itself is great. So was Betamax. I wonder if all
>things with a "max" are overselling `,~)
>
>John Vaughters 
>
>
>On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 4:16 AM, Danielle White via TriLUG
><trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>   
>
>I had no idea that WiMAX was at all a thing still. After Nokia withdrew
>the N810 WiMAX tablet after less than a year (poor sales due to low
>utility if that capability) that WiMAX was dead seemed apparent.
>
>Danielle
>
>On September 14, 2015 3:03:37 PM EDT, Reginald Reed via TriLUG
><trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>>No shock there, it was clear, no pun intended, when Sprint acquired
>the
>>remaining shares of Clearwire that the goal was to shut it down and
>>move
>>the spectrum to the Sprint network.  WiMax was nearly dead as soon as
>>it
>>went online.
>>
>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearwire
>>
>>On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 10:04 AM, tj via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
>>wrote:
>>
>>> I remember  that Sprint was part of clear(clearwire) business.
>>> does this mean sprint bought whole clear to get clear's spectrum?
>>> if does, this is very reasonable to to get spectrum quickly and let
>>clear
>>> customers on the dust :|
>>>
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