Broadband Future

US wireless broadband firms terrified of WiMAX: "ALL THREE major US cellular companies say they'll have wireless broadband networks up and running by the end of this year. Verizon Wireless's EVDO service has been up the longest and it's a sweet piece of work, delivering download speeds between 300-600 Kbps anywhere you can get a good cell phone signal in most major cities across the country. If high-speed EVDO isn't available, the service falls back to 1xRTT and about 70 Kbps download speeds. I've used the EVDO service on several occasions and it beats the hell out of trying to find a wireless hotspot in an airport. The only downside to the service is a flat-rate cost of $80 a month – about the sum total of what I currently pay for cable modem service plus cable TV."