http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r17371774 en Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:55:26 EDT Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:55:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17371774 pende_tim : I seem to recall reading about 3 years ago that WiMax was the soon to be killer delivery method for HSI in rural areas where DSL and Cable were not available.

Well 3 years later....

New all technologies face 3 major hurdles:

Technology development is always at least 3x more expensive and takes at least twice as long as planned.

Financing: some investors will have to foot the bill for the development and roll out and he will want a decent payback based on risk.

Customers: Once you have the technology and financing, you actually need someone who will pay you for the new super-wiz-bang technology. You need more than the early adopters who will try anything, you need many long term customers that will pay back the people who financed the technology.

PBL is in this category I am afraid. The technology is not done, investors are nervous and since it is not really ready, customers are few.
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