The percentage of returned gadgets that have nothing wrong with them.
Of the $13.8 billion worth of returned products in 2007, only 5 percent were because gadgets were actually broken, according to a 2008 study.
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How LTE is "Far Superior"? other then having more cheerleaders what is an actual tangible advantage? Potentially continuing the use of QAM wouldn't seem to be, otherwise the underlying technologies are the same (S)OFDM/A.
Sprint however seems to be trying to manage its way to complete failure, turning every advantage against themselves. I wonder if they went to the same school of business management as the JournalSpace people?
For a start it can deliver much faster speeds. Not to mention the coverage advantage. Mobile Wimax operates on a 2.5ghz frequency, therefore the range per tower is quite limited. Whereas LTE will operate on 700mhz so the coverage advantage alone is huge. Let alone all of the other existing frequencies it will take over.
Sprint had a chance to get a lead on Verizon / AT&T (LTE) by basically pulling a 360 over the ps3. That is, launch a national 4G network which is compatible with their EVDO network yet faster than the competitors network. This would have given them a 2 to 4 year advantage. I realized how intelligent their management team was when they decided Baltimore out of all places should be the launch city. Then on top of that they have comcast and Time warner (part owners) making decisions on the wimax network. Two companies who are only around because of their monopoly in various markets.