said by ricep5:Intel has been funding Clearwire for over a year now, so this is not surprising.
Clearwire is going to need the money to fund the transfer of their existing customers to WiMax.....whenever it comes out.
They are using leased spectrum from the school districts right now.
This announcement tells me that they are closer to an actual deployment schedule.
After they deploy, I wonder what will happen to all of the "free" internet schools are getting from Clearwire for using their spectrum?
Wow, so Comcast AND Clearwire are giving the schools free internet. I am in Jacksonville too, and I know that Comcast has provided the schools with free internet access since high speed has been available. It is provided for education, and also for server space in some locations (since the schools are usually in the middle of 4 or more different major neighborhoods). What would they want with a Clearwire connection if they can get 1.5Mbps symetrical for free with a UBR900 router/modem? Anyway, my point is that the schools won't suffer at all, considering their MAIN provider is the cable company.
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