Comment Re:Wimax (Score 1) 74
lol little b, I shouldn't rush /. posts while working.
Comment Re:Wimax (Score 3, Informative) 74
Typical average speeds are 3-3.5 MB down and 0.5-1 MB up. Peak is around 10 MB down and 5 MB up. As I understand it they are capping up at 1 MB during the phased rollout.
Comment Wimax (Score 5, Informative) 74
It is worth nothing that while LTE is still in development Sprint and Clearwire have already deployed 4G services that are operational and covering 30 million people in the US. Wimax is deployed in around 145 countries worldwide. Sprint will have a 4G device in 2Q or 3Q this year, and will likely have 120 million people covered by 4G before LTE is even deployed here.
Why the First Cowboy To Draw Always Gets Shot 398
cremeglace writes "Have you ever noticed that the first cowboy to draw his gun in a Hollywood Western is invariably the one to get shot? Nobel-winning physicist Niels Bohr did, once arranging mock duels to test the validity of this cinematic curiosity. Researchers have now confirmed that people indeed move faster if they are reacting, rather than acting first."
