Sprint's Xohm is ready to unwire Baltimore
Baltimore, a city that served as the gritty locale for HBO's underrated drama, "The Wire," is the first market to go live with Sprint Nextel's Xohm WiMAX broadband wireless service which, if it succeeds, will wean high-speed data users from wired devices.
While the carrier has a dog-and-pony show planned with its vendors in the Harbor City Oct. 8, it's already making the service available to customers who can buy computer plug-ins via the telephone or online and visit a Web site to pay for the service. Even more intriguing, considering the hoopla around the Oct. 8 activities, reports say consumers can begin accessing the network as soon as they install the devices, meaning today.
The Baltimore launch is the first in a nationwide network Sprint Nextel announced before it decided it would devour its WiMAX compatriots at Clearwire and form the new Clearwire. That joint venture, which also includes some cable heavyweights like Comcast and Time Warner, along with Intel and Google, is expected to become reality by the end of this year and begin operations early next year. Xohm is ready in Baltimore and surrounding Baltimore County now with about half the network completed. The carrier is also pushing ahead in Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, Providence, R.I., Philadelphia and Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Posted by Anonymous | September 29, 2008 - 3:01pm
Sprint can't keep customers on their two existing networks and now they launch a third as we enter a recession? This is comical to everyone who lives in Kansas City and knows the history and the current status of this company. Sprint makes a complete mess of everything they touch.
Posted by Anonymous | October 2, 2008 - 5:11pm
I have to agree with the first reply, you don't understand what wimax is all about. it is not simply a "3rd" network
Posted by R.L. | October 2, 2008 - 6:24pm
XOHM is not just another network – it’s powered by WiMAX (Worldwide Operability for Microwave Access) which is a wireless Internet technology that provides reliable broadband connections over large areas. Unlike accessing the internet with your 3G cell phone via Wi-Fi (which typically uses an unlicensed spectrum), XOHM runs on its own licensed spectrum. XOHM also has the support of Clearwire, Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. I work with XOHM and invite you to test the service first before passing judgment about it.”
Posted by Jared W. | October 22, 2008 - 6:59pm
Looks like we're their headed on the path for aother major monopoly. This locks out all other WISP's from the hope of competing and will eventually put them all out of business! The FCC throughout history has always locked up the opportunities for small businesses and entrepreneurs and favored one business over an other! I think the Kevin Martin and his accociates have been bouhgt and paid for and that's why Sprint and Clearwire are so optimistic! Before Sprint & Clearwire bought up all the rights to the 802.16e RF's, I was considering starting up my own WISP using WiMAX. But that dream has been shattered! Oh and AT&T are Hippocrates! They used to have the monopoly!
