These days, I’m consulting and I’ve been in need of Internet access at my office in downtown Salem, Oregon. I’ve looked at CenturyLink, Comcast and other options as I’m entirely dependent on high-speed Internet access to do my work. Luckily, Salem, Oregon is one of Sprint’s markets for 4G WiMAX service. I’ve used the Sprint…
UPDATE: As Sloan Bowman points out on FoneArena, Sprint is one of only a few carriers that provide true unlimited 4G – meaning you can eat as much data as you want. Other carriers advertise ‘unlimited’ data, but throttle you after 5GB or charge you overage fees. I’m a huge fan of Sprint – they…
Sprint’s claim to fame is that they had the first 4G wireless broadband network. Since they launched the network, a plethora of new devices have come out including tablets, the iPad, eReaders and other Wi-Fi devices that need a way to get online. Enter the MiFi, a little device that connects any device to the…
After months of San Francisco residents not caring about Sprint’s 4G service, these Bay area types now have a reason to stand up and pay attention. Sprint has launched their WiMAX service today in San Francisco, San Jose, Palo Alto and Oakland. The Bay Area joins Los Angeles in the 4G circle, as the Southland…
There is a lot of marketing spin going right now in the mobile industry here in the United States. Sprint is selling Clear’s Wi-Max service and branding it as 4G, when industry insiders are saying that no, it’s not 4G…just capable of 4G-ish speeds. Then, the little guy of the mobile carrier bunch, T-Mobile USA…
Sprint announced an expansion of the 4G service to new cities today. The Wi-Max service available in the cities of Eugene, Oregon and Tri-Cities and Yakima, Washington. Sprint will start selling the service on the 11th of July, but the network is active now. While the company is also rolling out the service to major…
In the United States, we are mainly a postpay mobile market.’a0 That is, around 70-80% of US mobile customers are pay a fixed monthly cost for a bucket of minutes and SMS messages each and every month.’a0 Also, we are happy to have subsidized handsets that are either free or very cheap.’a0 In exchange for…
I have checked out a few mobile broadband offerings from Verizon Wireless and Sprint, the two options were pretty similar. They all featured EVDO data cards (or MiFi hostpot) that offered 3G speeds on very widespread, trusty networks. I found Sprint’s speeds to be a bit faster than Verizon, but this is one element that…
CTIA 2010 has wrapped up and now we can look back on the news and see what the year holds for the mobile industry here in the United States.’a0 It was alarming to me how almost every announcement had something to do with Google’s Android operating system. New Handsets Galore It is impossible to me…
CTIA is happening today and it’s quite the mobile show for the US Mobile Geek crowd, aka me.’a0 🙂 The United States might be home to a lot of innovations in the technology world, but I would say in many areas we’ve been lacking in mobile technology.’a0 However, some announcements and innovations today restored a…