Yeah, I'll be an old man by the time crapwire rolls 4g out
The "fix" works except for "a small number of high-accuracy receivers", which includes most of the critical GPS systems, as opposed to the one in your car or phone. Surveying/Construction, farming, aircraft nav/landing systems, etc are still getting burned.
Also, I think almost all their phones will only be LTE, and not able to use their single satellite they have going. You definitely will NOT get 4G over a satellite.
Yeah, you and me both! I just hope this deal with LS2 doesn't end up being Clearwire Revisited. if it's done right, this could be an awesome deal for us Sprint customers. If their LTE is rolled out the same way the WiMax has, then we all will be jumping ship in about 24 months.
Sprint, please, oh please, don't screw this one up! It's our last hope, and your last chance!
I still have to admit the thought of being on a remote mountain in Colorado camping and getting a 4G signal just sends thrills up my spine. Or driving to Iowa and streaming Netflix the whole way. Just get it right, Sprint. And fast! :-\
Sorry man, but they can't provide high bandwidth of satcom the way they can with towers. Instead of the bandwidth being split among X users on one cell tower covering Y area, it's split among all satcom users covered by the satellite...LS2 has said in previous articles that they will give access to all their whoelsale customers to do LTE via terrestrial only, LTE via satellite only, or both. I am wanting Sprint's deal with them to be for both. I know I'm just dreaming. Or at least through Sprint, sell us a satellite option. I don't mind paying for the hardware.
In fact, I think it would be pretty trick for them to come up with hardware for their satellite system to put an antenna on your car (or RV) that picks up the signal and then automatically rebroadcasts in the vehicle a wifi signal. That would be cool.
I'd be willing to pay a few hundred bucks for the hardware and an additional $20 a month for that. That way I can stream my radio apps, Netflix, surf the web, make reservations...do whatever...no matter where I go.
For those on the East Coast, this may not seem like a big deal. But for us folks in the rural West, this would be a dream come true!
Sorry man, but they can't provide high bandwidth of satcom the way they can with towers. Instead of the bandwidth being split among X users on one cell tower covering Y area, it's split among all satcom users covered by the satellite...
I'll be very surprised if a consumer phone with a satcom data option at a reasonable price comes out...