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« Motorola Announces WiMax Dongle for Laptops | Main
September 29, 2008
Sprint Xohm Launches in Baltimore
By Glenn Fleishman
At last, WiMax: The first real market saturated with WiMax anywhere in the world for general consumer home and mobile use is out. Yes, Seoul has WiBro, compatible with mobile WiMax, but they have very few users because—the last I’ve heard about the network—deployment is focused in limited areas.
Baltimore is a real production market, where Sprint will actively push the service as a home broadband replacement ($25 per month), a mobile option ($30 per month), and even an a la carte option (the egregious $10 per day). Subsidized laptop cards are $60; home receivers $80.
The company also offers a two device, $50 per month plan; I expect those deals will become cheaper over time because the WiMax promise is an ecosystem of devices owned by one person. That’s not going to happen with a high monthly price tag attached to every device.
Two more markets have been in preparation for a while, and are expected soon. The Clearwire joint venture could complete in fourth quarter.
Posted by Glennf at September 29, 2008 2:45 PM
Categories: launches
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