| Wimax Yes...LTE has big backers. But I'm not going to be able to get LTE for $27.50 a month.
Price? I get the "6mb" Clearwire tier here in Portland, this has no monthly bandwidth cap. Speeds range from 3-12mb/s down. I have a USB dongle plugged into my laptop that serves as my home and mobile internet connection.
6 months ago, Qwest was still trying to charge $39.99/month for 1.5mb DSL. Now it's $14.99/month for them. Competition, as others have mentioned, is a good thing for consumers.
Also, I think it's worth noting, that while yes, it's nice to have faster speeds(LTE, WiMax2), most consumers don't need it. If they can stream YouTube, that's pretty much the most they'd need. So while LTE has higher theoretical speeds, the price difference may be a large factor for WiMax. In the same way you can get 100mb cable now, but most people have 8-12mb. They're not going to pay $120 a month for that upper tier because they don't really need it. |
