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| to compete or not to compete with self/others the wireless industry is NOT ready to allow wireless technology to compete with wireline technology. they already lost BILLIONS with VOIP customers fleeing copper (telcos).. why lose BILLIONS in their investments for FTTX and DSL upgrades?
Yet, if someone else-- say a google would try to muscle in on the market.. that would be heresy.. with big wireless carriers spending billions on wireless spectrum-- to have a technology come in on some frequency that wasn't "AUCTIONABLE" would be crazy talk... yet, the thing is this is still a niche market because competitors aren't allowed to build something from the ground up.. using their own towers & equipment / frequencies. To setup shop as a data carrier offering wireless data/VOIP without all the costs associated with being a cellular carrier is DEAD ON ARRIVAL (for the most part) in the USA.
I'm not writing this to debate the merits of WiMax vs LTE.. only the nature of the wireless business & it's interests in keeping low cost competitors OUT of the marketplace. That more than anything is what kills WIMAX as a mass market technology (and there may be some truth to costs of the equipment compared with DSL equipment during its shining years). |
