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Author Sprint abandons its future
Jackzwick

2007-11-09, 10:33 am

Sprint, still without a CEO, has cancelled its agreement with
Clearwire (a Craig McCaw company) to upgrade its Network to WiMax.




http://www.news.com/Sprint-and-Clea...2100-7351_3-621
7730.html?tag=nefd.top
Steve Sobol

2007-11-09, 3:33 pm

On 2007-11-09, Jackzwick <jackzwick@yahoo.com> wrote:

> http://www.news.com/Sprint-and-Clea...2100-7351_3-621
> 7730.html?tag=nefd.top


But they still have plans to build a WiMax network. Just, apparently,
not with Clearwire. "We're not working with this vendor anymore" does not
mean "we've abandoned our WiMax initiative."

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Ron

2007-11-09, 3:33 pm

On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 20:48:48 +0000 (UTC), Steve Sobol
<sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:

>On 2007-11-09, Jackzwick <jackzwick@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>But they still have plans to build a WiMax network. Just, apparently,
>not with Clearwire. "We're not working with this vendor anymore" does not
>mean "we've abandoned our WiMax initiative."



It means any proposed completion date needs to be moved many years
out.
Jar-Jar Binks

2007-11-10, 7:33 am

This is very sad news.

"Ron" <ron.clifford@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 20:48:48 +0000 (UTC), Steve Sobol
> <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> It means any proposed completion date needs to be moved many years
> out.



Flatus Ohlfahrt

2007-11-10, 10:33 am

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:24:27 GMT, Jackzwick wrote in
news:jackzwick-E9B79F.09242709112007@news.dallas.sbcglobal.net

> Sprint, still without a CEO, has cancelled its agreement
> with Clearwire (a Craig McCaw company) to upgrade its
> Network to WiMax.


Sheesh, we're still waiting for EVDO in almost all of South
Carolina.

Flatus
Ron

2007-11-10, 10:33 am

On 10 Nov 2007 14:39:46 GMT, Flatus Ohlfahrt <flatus@ohlfahrts.org>
wrote:

>On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:24:27 GMT, Jackzwick wrote in
>news:jackzwick-E9B79F.09242709112007@news.dallas.sbcglobal.net
>
>
>Sheesh, we're still waiting for EVDO in almost all of South
>Carolina.
>
>Flatus



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