Wireless Internet Reviews

Found this because it shows how WiMax can be so much more than a mobile platform. The Marquette campus of Northern Michigan University has announced the launch of a WiMax network for their students. It provides a long enough range to cover the entire campus and then some, making it ideal for those all around. This will go well with the new Lenovo ThinkPad computers it will distribute to students in the fall. They will have hybrid Internet access cards, picking up WiFi and WiMax signal. The ability to have the same Internet connection whether in a dorm, in a classroom, at the library, or even at the student center should prove to make life easier for those at Northern Michigan.

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It looks like Clearwire is starting efforts to beef up its sales staff in the Dallas and Chicago areas in anticipation of future launches. Via PhoneNews.com, we learn of Craigslist postings in the Dallas/Ft. Worth and Chicago pages for sales reps and execs to join the Clearwire team. That’s the prelude to a launch. While it’s not known when Clearwire will unveil its WiMax services in these markets, they’ll probably be the next ones.

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Cable companies sure are trying to capitalize on wireless Internet services. We’ve seen Comcast involved with this before, as they’ve joined Cablevision in an effort to provide Wi-Fi hotspots as an add-on to home TV and Internet service. This has worked well in attracting customers. The latest word is that Comcast will offer wireless Internet services in Portland, Oregon starting today. The offering makes Comcast essentially an MVNO of Clearwire’s WiMax network. Details after the jump.

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One big issue in the U.S. broadband industry is getting those high-speed connections all the way out to the boonies. WiMax is seen as one of the potential solutions, and now we learn of some specifics. Open Range Communications, a high-speed Internet and voice operator, has contracted vendor Alvarion to deliver WiMax to various rural areas across the United States. The contract covers 17 states and 546 communities, which could entail a potentially served population of six million. This could be a story worth following, as it could mean big things for WiMax.

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The service has technically been available for a month or so, but yesterday we got word that Clearwire has announced the Atlanta market for their WiMax network. The only real change is that Clearwire will now being an enormous marketing push to make everyone aware of the service. This represents Clearwire’s biggest market yet, as it nearly doubles the size of the networks in Portland and Baltimore.

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Having traveled to Las Vegas four times in 12 months, there is one thing I can definitively say about the city: they could use some better wireless Internet access. This can be said of many cities, but Las Vegas is the host to countless conventions year-round, many of which involve businesspeople who rely on the Internet. The improvement may be in the form of WiMax, as Clearwire has begun offering its Clear service in the city. This is a soft launch, so there are no store openings or advertising, but customers can still sign up for the service if they want to be part of it before the public gets wind.

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The United States government is poised to spend $7.2 billion in stimulus funds on the expansion of broadband technology. Unsurprisingly, the WiMax industry wants a slice. And why not? It’s the perfect opportunity for them. The government has allocated funds for broadband, and WiMax presents many advantages in that regard. They’d also like to snap up those funds now, as they have an inherent advantage over rival LTE technology: WiMax already exists in many markets around the world. Portland, Oregon, and Baltimore, Maryland, are the only markets currently operational in the U.S., but Clearwire plans nine more markets in 2009. So should the WiMax industry receive these stimulus funds?

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One theme we’ve heard lately is that mobile Internet technologies will eventually replace home broadband. While that’s quite a bold statement, especially considering the existing infrastructure, it’s still a possibility. In fact, a recent Juniper Research report shows that 12 percent of current DSL customers will be WiMax-bound by 2013. This is mainly in areas where DSL speed isn’t the greatest. This has long been said to be one of the advantages of WiMax: bringing broadband service to under-served areas.

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Yesterday we talked about surveys and how they’re tough to believe. This was in reference to LTE growing 404 percent between 2010 and 2014. It’s not even 2010 yet, and there are no LTE networks, so it’s kind of tough to project that. Today we get a similar prediction from WiMax. This one claims that revenues from WiMax subscribers will exceed $15 billion by 2014. This presumes a widespread adoption of the technology, which we know is all but a given. Still, it seems just as plausible as the LTE projection. We don’t know what the mobile broadband landscape will look like once both LTE and WiMax networks cover the country, so it’s almost impossible to make predictions about their growth five years from now.

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