The Department of Defense, working with the FCC, DHS, the President, and Congress, plans to purchase Sprint Nextel's iDEN network.
The plan will eventually ensure that everyone involved in national securitywill beon the same network, allowing all soldiers, first responders, and chains of command to be able contact each other in the event of, for example, multiple simultaneous disasters.
One result of this deal will be that Sprint will receive a large amount bandwidth in the 700 and 800Mhz bands, which it will use to offer nationwide mobile WiMax broadband services over the next four to five years.
Not long ago, Sprint also announced aplan to offer co-branded wireless services with cable broadband operators Comcast, Cox, and Time Warner. The two deals together may position cable operators to compete with telephony giants like SBC, enabling them to offer fast WiMax connections more cheaply.
PCS Intel Pro October 24, 2005Broadband Reports.com October 27, 2005
Dr. Mercola's Comment:So what's the upshot of all this? First, WiMax could receive a huge boost, bringing fast, wireless and cheap Internet access to your home in the not-too-distant-future
WiMax, in case you didn't know, is a system which is faster than Wi-Fi, the wireless standard which is currently popular in home and office networks. With WiMax:
- Hundreds and even thousands of people can be connected with a single transmitter
I have a history of being an early adopter and identifying trends and responding to them quickly. That is one of the reasons I was able to start this newsletter 8 years ago, long before the Internet and email became widely adopted.
It is easy for me to spot tech trends as this report is one of the most significant trends in tech developments I have seen in awhile. It will affect everyone reading this. Within 5-10 years yourconventionalphone service will not existbecause all phone service will packet based data transmitted over theInternet (Voice over IP). This also includes your cell phone.
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Their deal with the Defense Department virtually securesrnthey will be the leading WiMax carrier in the not-too-distant-future. The articlernabove explains how Sprint will be able to take licenses as needed from whoever has themrnregardless of how fairly they gained them at FCC auction in the past. rnrn
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Their deal with the DefenseDepartment virtually secures they will be the leadingWiMaxcarrier in the not-too-distant-future. The article aboveexplains how Sprint willbe able totake licenses as needed from whoever has them regardless of how fairly they gained them at FCC auction in the past.
With the USCongress, the FCC, and the President in the loop, Sprint will have no problem in gaining dominancein WiMax. This is huge and virtually NO ONE has seen this Defense Department document oris aware of it.
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I especially like that it can accept a memory card so I canrninsert a 1 gigabyte card and have my phone be an MP3 player. It also serves asrna 2 meg camera and camcorder. But best of all, and the reason I got it, for $15rna month I can use the phone as a modem to connect to the Internet a near cablernmodem speeds of 700 Kbps on the EV-DO network.rnrn
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My New Sprint PhoneLast week I just replaced my phone to the new Sprint EVDO phone. I chose the Samsung A940that is absolutely loaded with features. It was the PC Magazine Editor's choice phone and is pretty good looking and has a four hour battery life (four hours of talk time).I especially like that it can accept a memory card so I can insert a 1 gigabyte card and have my phone be an MP3 player. It also serves as a 2 meg camera and camcorder. But best of all, and the reason I got it, for $15 a month I can use the phone as a modem to connect to the Internet a near cable modem speeds of 700 Kbps on the EV-DO network.The system offers a greater range Users can access the Internet from miles away, rather than a few hundred feet There is little question that WiMax will change our lives forever. We will finally have inexpensive high-speed universal net access anywhere we go.
One of the greatest features of WiMax is that it can be broadcast for 30 miles. This greater range and higher bandwidth gives service providers the ability to offer broadband Internet access directly to homes, without having to worry about the problems that can arise.
As a result, there is no need tobe concernedabout connection problems when laying down a physical connection over the so-called last mile, which connects homes with service providers' main networks.
Another effect of these deals? Experts on the subject judge that Sprint could be placing itself in a position to nearly monopolize the wireless business. I also wouldn't be surprised if their main competitor becomes Google, which is also poised to become a major player in the wireless market.
