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We're about to get this in the part of Sweden where we have our holiday house. It's IP Wireless's UMTS TDD (or whatever it's called) infrastructure built by Accelerated Wireless. The advertised 1Mbps up/down isn't much, but it's enough (depending on what the final price will be!).
It sounds perfect for us, as we're not going to buy a plain POTS subscription or drag fiber to the vacation house, what with the little time of the year we spend there.
But is it any good? How does it compare to other wirelss solutions?

A Londoner (ttys00) further up this thread mentioned their net is demoed with Vodafone and not IP Wireless 3G modems. I've gotten the impression that the Swedish project I'm talking about will be built and run by Accelerated Wireless (AW), using licensed IP Wireless (IPW) technology, and then ISPs/telcos will pay AW to be allowed to sell services to end-users, who will have to buy IPW modems from AW...

This was a project ordered by the authorities (i.e. politicians, not technicians and enterprises who have a clue) and partly funded by tax/EU money, so naturally one fears that nobody knows what they're doing and they've locked themselves to a crap system...

Clearwire doesn't use WiMax, they use 3GPP (cell technology). More specifically they use IPWireless's technology.

There are no deployments of WiMax yet, because the field trials have not even started.

Clearwire doesn't use WiMax technology, they use 3GPP. More specifically they use IPWireless's technology

Sprint has field trials going using technology from IP Wireless and Navini Networks [Annoying Flash].

Nokia's site says:
Measuring less than 30" in height, the unit includes a versatile mount to attach to a variety of surfaces.

This unit looks more portable.

Something like this in the UK too....
TDD or something..
www.ipwireless.com