The future of WiMAX seems a lot less promising now that FD-LTE is the clear winner for wide-scale mobile deployment, and TD-LTE, 802.11n and proprietary technologies will compete for non-paired spectrum and/or niche markets.
But one can build a network with WiMAX and make money out of it; global market forces have established the big picture, not what would happen on a specific scenario. Rubens On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us> wrote: > A while back I remember reading a comment here that "WiMax is not a > future proof technology" and that several manufacturers have dropped it > or something to that effect. I think it was in the starting a WiMax ISP > thread. This has stuck in my head, and I was curious if there was any > truth to this. > > WiMax sounds promising, but I certainly don't hear a lot about it other > than Sprint/Clear. Is it just that everyone that's doing wireless is > sticking with relatively inexpensive 802.11 a/b/g/n products, or is > WiMax really a dead end? > > ~Seth > >
