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McCaw's Wireless ISP Begins Trial Run This Summer

Posted by timothy on from the more-wireless-always-good dept.

prostoalex writes "Wireless legend and billionaire Craig McCaw is moving into broadband wireless business with his new company. ClearWire will launch the service this summer in Jacksonville, FL and St Cloud, MN. The offerings will include 512 kbps, 786 kbps and 1.5 Mbps plans. Pricing is not revealed yet, but Business Week cites industry insiders claiming it's going to be in $40-50 range. ClearWire will rely on WiMAX (802.16) technology."

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  1. Great way to meet wireless peers? by number · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I guess I'm missing a problem here, but for every transmitter this guy has there will be (hopefully) more than one person that will be subscribed to it.

    If more than one person can access the transmitter, then those multiple clients could just as easily talk to each other, should they take the time to work out a private wireless network for everyone to work on.

    If the company had a forum where users could post their area codes, it would be a great way to meet and then privately organise a self-contained network.

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    - HOORAY!