The future of WiMAX seems a lot less promising now that FD-LTE is the clear winner for wide-scale mobile deployment, and TD-LTE, 802.11n and proprietary technologies will compete for non-paired spectrum and/or niche markets. But one can build a network with WiMAX and make money out of it; global market forces have established the big picture, not what would happen on a specific scenario. Rubens On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Seth Mattinen <sethm@rollernet.us> wrote:
A while back I remember reading a comment here that "WiMax is not a future proof technology" and that several manufacturers have dropped it or something to that effect. I think it was in the starting a WiMax ISP thread. This has stuck in my head, and I was curious if there was any truth to this.
WiMax sounds promising, but I certainly don't hear a lot about it other than Sprint/Clear. Is it just that everyone that's doing wireless is sticking with relatively inexpensive 802.11 a/b/g/n products, or is WiMax really a dead end?
~Seth