• T-Mobile starts 3G in San Francisco [cnet.com]
• FCC Hopes To Review Two Wireless Mergers This Year [cio-today.com]
• Movie giants sue RealNetworks over DVD copying software [theregister.co.uk]
• Analysis: Sprint's WiMax shines on price, but not on coverage [computerworld.com]
• Comcast's cap should increase privacy, since the company won't sniff traffic... also now selling bridges in Brooklyn [pcworld.com]
• Cable vs. DSL vs. dial-up vs. cellular - which to lose?[networkworld.com]
• Operator Of The Year: One Time Warner Cable Era Ends, Another Begins [multichannel.com]
• UCSniff - VoIP eavesdropping made easy [theregister.co.uk]

• Broadband Providers Suck. Can Google Help? [wired.com]
• U.S. Bounds Ahead on Broadband Proliferation, but it still has a long way to go [internetnews.com]
• Air Canada to offer Wi-Fi [mydesert.com]
• If Apple really wanted to revolutionize the iPod, it would embed wireless broadband [zdnet.com]
• FAU set for $173 million windfall as it leases unused broadband spectrum to Clearwire [palmbeachpost.com]
• Comcast says wireless deal could close this year [yahoo.com]
• Senator examining rising text messaging rates [620ktar.com]
• Olympics Coverage Breaks Web Records [wi-fiplanet.com]

• FCC to test proposed free wireless service for interference [news.com]
• AT&T-iPhone Problems May Signal Difficulties For Android [informationweek.com]
• Judge: Qualcomm violates Broadcom ruling [post-gazette.com]
• China's 3G strategy revealed [theinquirer.net]
• Clearwire WiMAX demo coming to S.F. CTIA show [muniwireless.com]
• Phone Companies Launch Backup Plans for Gustav [foxnews.com]
• EVDO and VoIP for remote audio transmission [linux.com]
• One in nine broadband users breaking law [thinkbroadband.com]

• Engineer accidentally deletes cloud [theregister.co.uk]
• Mobile Broadband value added services: Industry can learn from Asia-Pac’s lead [telecommagazine.com]
• Broadband makes kids smarter, get better grades [silicon.com]
• Sprint lines up partners for Geobrowsing WiMAX but keeps mum on who [Kansas City Business Journal]
• Growth in Mobile Broadband to Drive Changes in Regulation of UK Mobile Industry [marketwatch.com]
• Deutsche Telekom to provide 96 pct of German households with DSL by end 2008 [afxnews.co]
• Eligible Consumers in Nearly 40 Florida Communities Now Can Get Verizon's Fastest DSL-Based Internet Service [marketwatch.com]
• Quebec sued for buying Microsoft software insted of Open Source [theinquirer.net]

• Mobile Broadband Starting to Threaten Established ISPs [ispreview.co.uk]
• Sprint-Clearwire Deal Expected to Close in Q4 [seekingalpha.com]
• 3G iPhone update still leaves problems say users [computerworlduk.com]
• Can Comcast Make TV 2.0 A Reality? [multichannel.com]
• Orange Takes Broadband TV (IPTV) Trials National [ispreview.co.uk]
• Japan to start overseas cell phone technology push [adn.com]
• Symantec nabs PC Tools for added street cred [theregister.co.uk]
• Too much iPod will give you a heart attack [theinquirer.net]

In June of last year, T-Mobile introduced their Hotspot@Home UMA service, which lets users "seamlessly" (depending who you ask) transfer calls between their cellular network and Wi-Fi. Hotspot@Home costs T-Mobile users $19.99 per month for a single line (on top of your existing wireless plan), or $24.99 per month for up to five lines.

Welcome to the Product Spotlight -- a continuing series of articles highlighting individual products commonly used by our members.

In The Spotlight: Clearwire Wireless Internet broadband service.
Previously:
· Verizon FiOS Spotlight
· HughesNet Satellite Spotlight
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Despite recent rumblings of discontent, Sprint's plans to offer 2-4Mbps WiMax service for around $50 starting in 2008 are on track, though the company has been looking for ways to reduce costs. As had been floated as an option, their solution appears to be a partnership with WiMax ISP Clearwire -- according to a company press release: story continues..