I'm not sure if rogers realizes it, but wireless could be the broadband future for competition.
I'm guessings its alot cheaper, to set up towers in and around a city, then it is to lay down a copper/fibre system.
One of the reasons north america doesn't have a strong broadband competition, is it wouldn't be financially feasible for an independant company to lay down there own set of copper/fibre. What we end up with is your local dsl internet and cable internet. Plus all the companies that resell that service (or at a minimum have to rent the last mile from said companies).
I would think wireless would drastically reduce the entry costs for independant isp's launch their own services.
If wireless speeds can keep increasing, I think it'll be the competition of the future and we might get out of the dsl/cable duopoloy rut.
True, the spectrum is still finite. But I believe Canada and the USA recently held auctions for the additional spectrum gained by the digital TV transition (even though Canada will not be all digital until 2011). Isn't this why there are new entrants to the market such as Globalive/WIND Mobile?
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