WiMax: Baltimore is the first city to get Sprint wireless broadband service

A few weeks ago Sprint launched a new revolutionary broadband wireless service, and Baltimore is the first city to have this technology. WiMax is considered a 4G, 4th generation, technology that significantly improves upon the new 3G, 3rd generation, iphone and current Wi-Fi capabilities. Right now Wi-Fi has a range of up to 150 feet indoors and 300 feet outdoors, while WiMax as a steady range of 6 miles inside or outside. It allows customers to move large data files such as movies, to your computer. The actual 

hardware is about the size of a coffee maker and has a wireless design so you can carry it easily

around your house or office. There is also a "tablet" which looks slightly bigger then a side ways

sliding cell phone, and a laptop. The download speed can be up to 4 megabits per second and 

upload speeds of up to 3 megabits per second. The actual technology allows for a fatter "pipe"

in a mobile environment getting rid of slow downloading of large files and eliminating crowded

networks that we all experience with Wi-Fi. In short WiMax enables you to have a conference

call, be looking at blueprints and share them all the same time at real time speed. Or watch

two movies at once, a father can even bring his tablet to his sons soccer game and watch Monday

Night Football in real time while cheering on his kid. Baltimore is the first city to have this

technology but the goal of WiMax is to connect 140 million people in the U.S. by the end of

2010. In my opinion this will revolutionize the business world, making every business activity

that much easier and almost eliminating the limitation of inconsistent wireless service. Having

3G technology just become available to all and already having 4G technology available to some,

is a testament to how quickly our resources are evolving. Which makes you wonder... what else

will we be able to do in the future?