On Jul 31, 2008, at 1:42 PM, John McDowell wrote: > Without Sprint and Clearwire, WiMax has no chance at success, which > leaves > AT&T and Verizon ( who will come into Rural Markets eventually) and > their > LTE plans. To not support Clearwire, is to support AT&T and Verizon, > two > companies that will hurt WISPs more in the long run that Sprint and > Clearwire ever will. IMO > I can't agree with your perspective. WiMAX has already been established internationally. Regardless of how WiMAX does in the US, it will continue to be relevant internationally as a standard. Further, many wireless operators (my company included) compete successfully with at&t and Verizon in urban markets today. I don't see how them deploying in rural markets is any different.
> Being for or against the merger will not achieve that. This should > be a > separate tactic of WISPA, but coupled with support for the merger. > I could see that. > The merger solidifies WiMax's chance for success in America and > abroad and > opens up opportunities for WISPs to enter the licensed arena and to > one day > offer mobile services on their networks, thus creating the > opportunity for > added revenue streams from different types of service offerings as > well as > roaming. It also makes for an attractive exit strategy, if that is > anyone's > plan. > I don't see how the merger does that. Any WISP who wants to enter the licensed arena can do so today. -Matt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
