Originally Posted by
Mackieman
...line-of-site ....
Normally this term is "line-of-sight".
Originally Posted by
Mackieman
...WiMAX was not originally designed to be truly mobile, where other standards are for the most part...
There is some truth to this. Not due to the signaling scheme (modulation, propagation etc) but due to the power it needs to afford high speed. LTE is more geared toward mobile by using a lower performance but lower power uplink signaling scheme (SC-FDMA vs OFDM in WiMAX). So it is more suitable for small handheld devices. Rationale goes that a handheld device won't be uploading gigabytes for sustained period.
No matter what they advertise, somethings don't work. I found out the hard way that CDMA2000 data (pre-EVDO) doesn't work at above 45MPH with a lost driver and me trying to get a mapquest map on a Treo650. Once he got off US101, the map came up. This is not in the boonies with weak signal either.
A Sprint EVDO card did a lot better giving me good connection at any highway speed.