Comments on: Analyzing the Sprint/ClearWire Deal http://www.techcraver.com/2008/05/07/analyzing-the-sprintclearwire-deal/ Craving tech, craving life! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:28:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Josh Bancroft http://www.techcraver.com/2008/05/07/analyzing-the-sprintclearwire-deal/#comment-756 Josh Bancroft Wed, 07 May 2008 20:03:05 +0000 http://www.techcraver.com/?p=213#comment-756 (trying again without OpenID - last time, it sent me to a WordPress "failed login" screen, and the comment didn't go through...) I think this is a good think for WiMAX adoption. Sprint is having too many problems, financially, it seems, for them to have a real chance of delivering a nationwide WiMAX network. Clearwire has already done a lot of the groundwork for getting WiMAX deployed, so it makes sense to have them take over. As far as the investors, I think they make sense, too. Intel has an obvious interest in getting WiMAX actually, you know, available. Plus they've already invested many hundreds of millions of dollars in Clearwire, Xohm, etc. And Google is a no-brainer, too, given their history of promoting broadband access (free wifi in Mountain View, buying up dark fiber, their interest in the wireless spectrum auction, etc.). I'm not surprised to see Comcast and Time Warner in there, either. I think they want to get their dirty evil tendrils in every aspect of broadband/internet access. I'd frankly rather not have them involved, but at this point, I think of them as a necessary evil. It's kind of weird knowing that my company (Intel) just bought a stake in a wireless carrier. ;-) (trying again without OpenID - last time, it sent me to a WordPress “failed login” screen, and the comment didn’t go through…)

I think this is a good think for WiMAX adoption. Sprint is having too many problems, financially, it seems, for them to have a real chance of delivering a nationwide WiMAX network. Clearwire has already done a lot of the groundwork for getting WiMAX deployed, so it makes sense to have them take over.

As far as the investors, I think they make sense, too. Intel has an obvious interest in getting WiMAX actually, you know, available. Plus they’ve already invested many hundreds of millions of dollars in Clearwire, Xohm, etc. And Google is a no-brainer, too, given their history of promoting broadband access (free wifi in Mountain View, buying up dark fiber, their interest in the wireless spectrum auction, etc.).

I’m not surprised to see Comcast and Time Warner in there, either. I think they want to get their dirty evil tendrils in every aspect of broadband/internet access. I’d frankly rather not have them involved, but at this point, I think of them as a necessary evil.

It’s kind of weird knowing that my company (Intel) just bought a stake in a wireless carrier. ;-)

]]> By: Rick Turoczy http://www.techcraver.com/2008/05/07/analyzing-the-sprintclearwire-deal/#comment-755 Rick Turoczy Wed, 07 May 2008 19:59:47 +0000 http://www.techcraver.com/?p=213#comment-755 This is only an uniformed guess. But, given that I'm a Comcast customer with ancient cabling whose television and Internet connections often get shaky when there are any major media events, I have to imagine that the amount of data they're starting to push through those pipes for television alone is starting to strain the existing infrastructure. And that's only going to continue to grow. As is that ever-popular high-speed Internet thing. Rather than invest in even more buried-wire infrastructure, it would make sense to get the Internet types off of that pipe and on to another service. Especially in light of some of the fiber optic competition entering the markets. Maybe? Maybe I'm idiot? Just a guess. ;) P.S. Does anyone find it ironic that these folks are pushing the Internet signals INTO the air at the exact same time that they're pushing television signals OUT of the air? This is only an uniformed guess. But, given that I’m a Comcast customer with ancient cabling whose television and Internet connections often get shaky when there are any major media events, I have to imagine that the amount of data they’re starting to push through those pipes for television alone is starting to strain the existing infrastructure.

And that’s only going to continue to grow. As is that ever-popular high-speed Internet thing.

Rather than invest in even more buried-wire infrastructure, it would make sense to get the Internet types off of that pipe and on to another service. Especially in light of some of the fiber optic competition entering the markets.

Maybe? Maybe I’m idiot? Just a guess. ;)

P.S. Does anyone find it ironic that these folks are pushing the Internet signals INTO the air at the exact same time that they’re pushing television signals OUT of the air?

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