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Benson 2008-05-07 18:18
Re: WiMax will live; Xohm dies
 
Okay, renamed and half-sold-out; whatever. The trouble is, the headline makes it sound like Xohm, and consequentially, Sprint's WiMAX, is no longer coming, but someone, somewhere, is valiantly struggling on.

Perhaps a better title would have been:
Xohm is dead; long live Xohm!
Which, though rather non-literal, would have made the entire situation clear by inference.

Texrat 2008-05-07 19:04
Re: WiMax will live; Xohm dies
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SD69 (Post 178870)
I think you guys (especially the rat) are missing the important point.
Trust me, I am all too keenly aware of (and to an extent involved in) the important point, which I most assuredly did not miss.

At the risk of more axle-wrapping over semantics, I simply expressed concern over a subject wording that could lead to more hyperbolic rumor-mongering that does nothing but disrupt this place and feed the Engadget Monster. But I won't lose sleep over it. ;)

EDIT: okay, okay, "renamed" doesn't work... I like "absorbed" then. :D

deadmalc 2008-05-07 19:22
Re: WiMax will live; Xohm dies
 
But the real question, when will it roll out world-wide esp. in the EU!

IcelandDreams 2008-05-07 19:33
Re: WiMax will live; Xohm dies
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by deadmalc (Post 178903)
But the real question, when will it roll out world-wide esp. in the EU!
no no no, Canada gets it first. You Euros have other options for now, us poor slobs in Canuckistan have no wireless data services worth using. And to the south, well, that's a different planet.

:cool:

Texrat 2008-05-07 19:36
Re: WiMax will live; Xohm dies
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by IcelandDreams (Post 178909)
no no no, Canada gets it first. You Euros have other options for now, us poor slobs in Canuckistan have no wireless data services worth using.
Let them eat back bacon!

:p

SD69 2008-05-07 20:31
Re: WiMax will live; Xohm dies
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 178893)
Trust me, I am all too keenly aware of (and to an extent involved in) the important point, which I most assuredly did not miss.

At the risk of more axle-wrapping over semantics, I simply expressed concern over a subject wording that could lead to more hyperbolic rumor-mongering that does nothing but disrupt this place and feed the Engadget Monster. But I won't lose sleep over it. ;)

EDIT: okay, okay, "renamed" doesn't work... I like "absorbed" then. :D
Om, fiercewireless and others besides the Engadget monster are describing it the same way as I did. Sprint's loss of managerial control and concessions to JV participants are also being reported now, such as the Wimax service being resold under Comcast and TW brands, etc.

Texrat 2008-05-07 20:39
Re: WiMax will live; Xohm dies
 
*sigh*

Is this No Fun Wednesday or something?

:p

SD69 2008-05-07 21:32
Re: WiMax will live; Xohm dies
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 178948)
*sigh*

Is this No Fun Wednesday or something?

:p
Whiny Wednesday I thought :p

deadmalc 2008-05-07 21:53
Re: WiMax will live; Xohm dies
 
No offence to the US, but they don't have a mobile network yet ;-)
But seriously, I'm more worried that if they don't it will end up with the EU having some new tech and then them both costing a fortune for large data plans.

"no fun Wednesday", also known as mid-week depression

Texrat 2008-05-07 23:28
Re: WiMax will live; Xohm dies
 
I think the consortium should have compromised and called the product ClearXohm.

:p


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