Sprint XOHM WiMax – Now Live in Baltimore

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Sprint has taken off the wraps on the first US 4G service. “XOHM” is now live in Baltimore, with DC and Chicago expected to come online soon. More than just a faster wireless network, Sprint’s attempting to encorach on the home broadband market, in addition to serving road warriors, by bundling high speed Internet access – $50/mo covers two WiMax devices, such as a home router and a laptop card. To put that in perspective, service on one typical 3G card currently runs $60/mo. They’re also touting no long-term commitments or contracts, though good luck finding another use for the hardware when you deactive. If they can quickly blanket large swathes of the nation in coverage and promote this thing right (no easy feat), WiMax has a real shot at taking off. At the very least, new competition should help push or keep broadband prices down.

6 thoughts on “Sprint XOHM WiMax – Now Live in Baltimore”

  1. “…$50/mo covers two WiMax devices, such as a home router and a laptop card. To put that in perspective, service on one typical 3G card currently runs $60/mo. They’re also touting no long-term commitments or contracts…”

    That caught my attention too!

    Methinks I can pull that USB thingy apart and make a nice Skype phone out of it ;)

  3. I’m more curious as to what kinds of actual speed over distance people end up getting with this. If it’s decent, then it might be a good alternative to comcast, in areas which won’t see FiOS for a while.

  5. Do we know the roll-out schedule for the rest of the country? Sprint has been talking about WiMax to us for over a year now. Also, will this be headed for the Canadian side of the boarder?

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