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Jul19
Wait! Don't Install WiMax! NOT!
In what I think is an unusual move, the Gartner Group is recommending that companies, cities, and other organizations don't spend any more money on WiMax, saying that we should wait until there are more WiMax receivers in the field. Is Gartner trying to hold this technology down on purpose? The spread of handsets and infrastructure are tied irrevocably together. A recommendation like this from a major name in the industry would do a lot to insure that this popular worldwide technology never catches on in the US.

wimax.jpegThere are millions of WiMax users in Asia who love the technology. It is pretty obvious that it works. Telling people not to install the infrastructure is a sure way to keep WiMax handsets away as well, since there is no incentive to introduce and sell handsets unless we are going to install the technology infrastructure. It is a case of chicken and egg, and Gartner may be insuring that that particular chicken never crosses the road. Call me cynical, but I would love to see how this particular study came about! Was it a sponsored study? What are the competing technologies? Who stands to lose money if Wimax is adopted here? Questions, questions, do I have questions!

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WiMax is already in use in Madison, WI. But after I did some searching and reading, I find very little information about how people like it. At $50 per month it is too expensive in my thinking. I would love to see it grow organically by small start up companies. $20 per month would be a good deal. From dslreports.com it seems that the only major proponent of WiMax is Sprint. The other big wireless companies are looking to a 4th generation product. Seems like everyone is hedging bets now because the entry costs are high. If I could swing it I would love to put up my own tower here in Oak Park, IL.

Brent -

In other countries, WiMax has been an excellent technology for widely spread areas without another easy route to broadband anything. I think it could do that here, as well. If everyone always waits for the next generation, nothing ever happens. If the arrival of 4G is soon, and if people get off the dime, that would be all right, too. I just want to see some action that will enable us to get on with it. :)

Michael (BestBizWare)

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