[Tfug] Sprint wireless broadband

[Andrew Ayre]

I subscribed to this service Dec 2000 back when Cox refused to give me 
separate bills for TV and internet... Was stable for me until early 2005 
then became very flaky. By that time Cox had decided to be reasonable 
about separate billing.

Andy

Ryan Cresawn wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 5:45 PM, John Gruenenfelder <johng at as.arizona.edu> wrote:
>> I've tried Googling for news about this, but "Sprint wireless broadband" just
>> gives hits on things like EVDO service.  I guess I don't know the specific
>> name for the radio wireless service.
> 
> It might be Sprint Broadband Direct.
> 
> http://www.sprintbroadband.com/
> 
> Sprint is probably phasing out that service.  I have tested it before
> and found it to be very poor with high lag and slow transfers.  My
> tests revealed that the transfer rate was about 50% of Verizon's EVDO
> service through a PCMCIA card.  I suspect that they want to begin
> pushing their upcoming WiMax service named Xohm.
> 
> http://www.xohm.com/
> 
> Ryan
> 
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