Verizon's LTE vs. Sprint's WiMAX

As of 8/14/2009 I wrote up this halfass post on cell phone technology... didn't like it, so I never posted. Today I'm throwing it out there as a post, old info or not, with the hopes that I will follow this with updated post, soon.

     Chances are good your familiar with the term 3G, the wireless generation. As you may know, it's not even fully nation wide. Now, 4G is attempting to squeeze in. Maybe it's the same battle such as Betamax vs. VHS, or Blue-ray vs. HD DVD. The victor becomes the standard and the flop becomes dead weight for the company who supported it. In this case it's Sprint supporting WiMAX and Verizon supporting Long Term Evolution (LTE). The difference is similar yet very different in some many respects.

As you can see the spread of WiMAX greatly overwhelms LTE currently as of this writing. (Shaded area does not mean coverage area).

Lets start with WiMAX, as it already has roots in sixteen states. It's backed by Intel Capital, Comcast, Sprint, Google, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks.

Now we have LTE, which just finished initial testing of 10 sites in Boston and Seattle.

Resources:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/business/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=219300110&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

Government Control isn't always Bad

Sometimes the government intervenes in our free market society. Take for example Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, whom recently wrote a letter to the major wireless carriers (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon) asking each of them Whats up with pricing? His letters ask specifically; Why have prices on text messaging doubled since 2005? The size of texts has stayed at 160 characters and the technology hasn't changed... so why the doubling of the price?

Thats what senator Kohl wants to find out. He doesn't think these companys should raise the cost because it takes away the competition from the consumers, whom rely on competition for the best prices. Kohl asked for a reply by October sixth, so we will hear more about this next month.

Depending on their replys, which most (if not all) of them will be loaded with bullshit excuses, will determine the reponse by the government...
Time will tell.