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Sep
After months and months of anticipation, Sprint has finally launched their XOHM (WiMax) service. In downtown Baltimore, MD. With expectations of 2-4 Mbit service on average and peaks of 10 Mbit the bandwidth is certainly impressive. The location of the service, however, is not. Baltimore is a relatively small city (likely why it was chosen) and the downtown area is relatively poor, so I’m not sure that this will actually benefit too many people. But at least Sprint managed to get one city up and running.
No voice service on the network, yet, and a modem will run you $45 if you’re in the neighborhood. Oh, and the service will be $10/day, $35/month or $50/month for unlimited data for life. I don’t understand that last one and how it is different from the $35 plan, but I’m sure it isn’t just that they are charging $15 more for the same thing.
Chicago and Washington, DC appear to be the next cities scheduled for activation, with Dallas, Fort Worth, Boston, Providence and Philadelphia following eventually.
RLB said,
I’m working with XOHM, so I might be able to help you clarify the pricing. The XOHM $50/month option is a limited time offer, where you can get unlimited data service for two devices (modems, data cards, laptops) locked together at that price for life. The $35/month option is the monthly rate for home usage, while $45/month is the monthly rate for mobile usage. For a limited time, both home usage and mobile usage are offered right now at a reduced rate ($25 and $30 a month, respectively).
The Penalty Box - Page 2625 - FlyerTalk Forums said,
[...] is out there and working OK, but I haven’t heard anything about the 4 additional cities since the initial announcement. Or were you thinking of something else? Sprint actually sold all their holdings to Clearwire [...]
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