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Finally some WiMAX news. While Clearwire and Sprint’s 4G services continue to confuse everyone as to each one’s jurisdiction, its good to know that some parts of the United States actually are getting WiMAX. According to the usual run-of-the-mill boring press release, Sprint will be bringing its WiMAX support to Las Vegas, NV; Portland, OR and Atlanta, GA. Th. If Sprint manages to stay on schedule, it may well follow through on its WiMAX roadmap. As for pricing, Sprint’s 4G broadband mobile plan will cost you $69.99 per month for unlimited 4G (includes 5GB of 3G data) and $10 day passes are available.

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LTE is becoming a clearer reality in the U.S. with every passing day and Sprint is the one carrier who hasn’t made any recent announcements about how it plans to deal with that reality. So finally we’re pleased to hear something of Sprint and its efforts to bring some sort of reason to subscribers to stay on board, WiMAX. It’s not official, but a possible leaked roadmap tells us that that rest of 2009 may come with more action that we anticipated. There will be a WiMAX rollout starting from Baltimore via some kind of service update and then moving on to a New York, LA, or San Francisco launch. Sweet.

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Rumors and cautions to all Sprint people. The Rumor first, according to PhoneNews.com Sprit is strategically positioned to go all Android. And now the words of caution, big rumor walking! Don’t get your hopes up too much. The rumors say that the company is testing out the HTC Hero and is aiming for a release date sometime towards to end of this year. And let me again remind you all that this is a rumor and rumors tend to be inaccurate at times and can disappoint at others. Now there is no real and substantive movement inside Sprint to warrant such news but it seems so logical that it’s believable. I mean all the cool carriers are going Android so why not Sprint? The blog also claimed that in addition to the HTC Hero, Sprint was also toying around with a Samsung Android make which features WiMAX and CDMA. So definitely seems to be in the air, particularly for Sprint. Let’s all hope that these rumors bear fruit.

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4G may have been out there for a month but Clearwire has only just now made its own WiMAX presence known to the people of Atlanta. It is among the other 15 cities to be covered or are already covered between now and the down end of 2010. It looks to cover around 1200 square miles and 3 million people, so this may as well be one of the biggest launches to date. Atlanta is a city where the airways are thick with traffic and the airport is frequently off schedule on good day so those of you waiting for an obviously expected delayed flight will no longer have to pay the airport people for WiMax usage especially when you prefer to hiss at them anyway. Atlanta is offering the WiMAx at $20 per month for a home plan, $40 per month on mobile and day passes at $10.

Verizon wireless is the biggest carrier of the United States and the way it’s developing its network, it’s also going to be the most modern and fastest carrier of the US. Big Red has recently trailed its network that will be running on the newly acquired 700 MHz spectrum, and things are looking good great, 50-60Mbps download speeds great. These speeds were recorded on a clutter free network, but they’re impressive nonetheless. LTE is looking like a major reality for its scheduled 2010 commercial release. This could spell serious trouble for Clearwire and Sprint. The LTE technology will be competing directly with WiMAX, and the WiMAX roll out is as slow as it can get. Looks like Verizon is going to steal the show from right under everyone’s noses.

Well Sprint certainly has taken a technological jump forward, it has just recently announced that it will be making the very first 3G/4G dual-mode device, which operates on both the Sprint 3G and 4G networks. The device is available in stores now.

The Sprint 3G/4G USB Modem U300 delivers the power of the Now Network, the nation’s largest and most dependable mobile broadband 3G network, while also harnessing the turbocharged speeds of Wi-MAX on the new Sprint 4G network.

Sprint has already launched 4G in Baltimore in September and has plans to launch in other markets across the country throughout 2009. The dual-mode device will enable customers to experience blazing fast Internet access, greater productivity and enhanced multimedia quality throughout 4G markets, and offer access to the dependable Sprint 3G network virtually everywhere else. Also the 3G/4G USB modem represents another major development in truly un-tethered broadband access.

Sprint 4G is the tomorrow of how people will use mobile broadband. Businesses, consumers and governments will be able to extend their Internet experience beyond home or office use. For the business customer, a typical user experience might be the ability to participate in a video conference from anywhere within the coverage area in a Sprint 4G city in addition to sharing and retrieving large data files in a matter of seconds.

For consumers, it might be the ability to download a song in several seconds or a movie in significantly less than an hour while in the park or moving through the city, three to five times faster than 3G networks. The Sprint 3G/4G USB modem will access mobile multimedia applications at an average downlink speed of 2-4 Mbps within Baltimore Sprint 4G service areas. In areas where the Sprint 4G service isn’t available yet, the dual-mode device will operate on the Nationwide Sprint Mobile Broadband 3G Network at average downlink speeds of 600 Kbps – 1.4 Mbps.

And now for the 3G/4G USB Modem itself, it was manufactured by Franklin Wireless, is a sleek, easy-to-use data card which connects to a standard USB port. The device is priced at $149.99 with a two-year subscriber agreement, after a $50 mail-in-rebate. You can purchase the USB data card from the Sprint direct business sales force, at most Baltimore-area Sprint stores and at select Baltimore-area retailers.

Starting in January, the device will also be available in Baltimore-area Best Buy stores. With the Sprint 3G/4G USB Modem, users living in and traveling to Baltimore will be able to work even faster while on-the-go. For $79.99, yes that is $20, more than other mobile broadband connections, but it will give you simple-to-use access to the best possible mobile broadband connection. The Sprint Connection Manager recognizes and connects to the fastest connection available. You can visit Sprint’s website for more details.