Sprint Nextel Prepares To Announce WiMax Broadband Rollout
Sprint Nextel would like to turn your world into a gigantic Internet hotspot. But it won’t be cheap and it won’t be ready overnight.
But maybe by 2008, Sprint will be ready to roll out its new WiMax wireless broadband alternative on a nationwide basis. The technology promises to offer service not only in homes and businesses, but in moving cars or walking down the street.
Sprint’s not the only one. Craig McCaw’s Clearwire company is holding licenses to provide WiMax service too. And the parent companies of DirecTV and Dish Network are interested in pairing wireless broadband with their satellite TV packages, to compete more effectively with cable.
But hold the phone (or the VoIp?).. this technology may not be ready for prime time just yet. Business Week quotes one expert saying WiMax technology is years away from being ready to go to market. So while the graphic designers in the marketing department come up with these cute little drawings of how it’s all supposed to work, the technology geeks are still figuring it out.
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