bkrodgers

It is going to be an issue for early LTE device adopters in many WiMax markets. Someone in a WiMax market who uses it regularly, should probably wait to upgrade until NV is well under way in their area.Robert

I just hope Sprint does the right thing (at least in their own sales channels) and trains the sales folks to make sure this is clear to people when they buy an LTE device in a market that has WiMax and not LTE. Not only because disclosing it is the right thing to do, but also because they don't need that kind of negative blowback.

I realize there are places where WiMax 4G doesn't even exist, and also places where Sprint's 3G network is usable. But as spotty as Clear's 4G network is, it's sometimes the only data I have if I'm away from WiFi. The 3G network is so overloaded where I work that it's basically down most of the time. I wonder how much trouble Sprint's going to have with people who live in WiMax markets and have been using 4G, upgrade their Evos, and start complaining about how bad the data speeds are. I bet a lot of them won't even realize that until NV is live in their city, they've actually downgraded and given up access to a high speed network.

Yes, I know when the Evo launched, lots of people bought it without having WiMax. But Sprint's 3G network was in a lot better shape then.