> However, WiMAX seems to have failed in the US, with Clearwire shutting down in March... I played the WiMAX game in the US as a consumer. If you didn't have c

> However, WiMAX seems to have failed in the US, with Clearwire shutting down in March... I played the WiMAX game in the US as a consumer. If you didn't have clear line of site with the tower, you got terrible speeds if you still had a connection. Driving + WiMAX was a no go unless it was through an empty field (never got to try this one). Using WiMAX near a window and getting up for some coffee was a no go. Hell, being outside that pane of glass made a huge difference. It was really bad for mobile. > You can roll out fast broadband to large areas just by building a few towers to broadcast WiMAX. I can see this working if customers had outdoor antennas installed.