Wireless and the stimulus bill: A tough road? : WiMAX and Wi-Fi will need to educate to grab a piece of the stimulus pie
June 9, 2009
For WiMAX and Wi-Fi operators, the broadband stimulus money represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But when they're going up against so many fixed-operator heavy hitters, can they make the case to non-techie types that wireless broadband is a viable option and worthy of government funding?
The people at the Department of Agriculture and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) have a wide array of options to choose from when deciding how to allot the cash for projects — and they’re not technologists, meaning that WiMAX is likely to be viewed as less proven than the more mainstream copper or fiber technologies. As is Wi-Fi, widely known as having failed in the municipal broadband biz the first time around...
For WiMAX and Wi-Fi operators, the broadband stimulus money represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But when they're going up against so many fixed-operator heavy hitters, can they make the case to non-techie types that wireless broadband is a viable option and worthy of government funding?
The people at the Department of Agriculture and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) have a wide array of options to choose from when deciding how to allot the cash for projects — and they’re not technologists, meaning that WiMAX is likely to be viewed as less proven than the more mainstream copper or fiber technologies. As is Wi-Fi, widely known as having failed in the municipal broadband biz the first time around...
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