Actually there are no differences when it comes to coverage between LTE and WiMAX. You still need base stations to provide coverage on a particular location. What's so special about LTE can provide nationwide coverage where WiMAX can only focus on small neighborhoods? Aren't they the same? You still need base stations. It depends on how much you have in your pocket that drives your business model (cover the entire nation or just start with major cities).

For a green field investment, there is no difference in financial investment when it comes LTE or WiMAX. The only reason LTE is 'popular' is because conventional telcos have to work with their legacy (circuit switched). LTE PROVIDES that option and while they move to IP-based communications. For a green field investment, they don't need to be constrained with these legacies.

I don't understand what is the technical superiority of LTE over WiMAX. They both use the same modulation, very similar radio infrastructures, etc. Another reason the big guys choose LTE besides giving them the choice to work with their legacies is economies of scale. It drives equipment costs down. Companies and ODMs move where big guys move. The ecosystem shifts.

By the way, the future is IP-based communications. LTE is the future but WiMAX is the future we have today and ready. WiMAX 802.16m is on the way. By the way, does LTE have QoS? ;-) The standards for LTE is not yet ratified. Still open for changes.

Hahaha bro... people haven't collected your money how to cheat you. When you make purchase, you would have gone through the details and conditions wut... when you are not satisfied with the level of quality in service, there are always options to terminate the service or stop using it whenever you feel like it. Unlike other companies that tie you in, provides bad service/performance and still collects your money as if there's nothing wrong with it.

The way I see it if YES cheats on people, those other companies must be doing daylight robbery. Sometimes I feel consumers need to know and be smart about it too.

Well nobody said YES offered 10Mbps as a 'de facto speed'. This one you said it yourself. They just say 3-5x the speed of 3G. Over time as subscribers increase, you may get slower speed but I expect they keep their promise of 3-5x the speed of 3G which is really good to begin with (if they kept the promise). So whats the problem?

This post has been edited by davidmak: Nov 28 2010, 10:05 PM

Did you for some reason 'photoshop' this photo? The CINR part... the number 45 has some purple fringing at the top of number 5. Also the alignment and spacing is out compared to the other figures there. Most importantly... by RF standards today (at least WiMAX)... CINR 45? Not at RSSI = -70. You better be kidding hehehehe

Moral of the story... well... you would figure it out by now.