Wimax Wireless Internet - Why America Is Wimax Challenged

Lets raise wimax awareness... if more consumers know about wimax.. the
greater the chance we'll pressure manufactures to build it... so that
we can come...

home page of wimax coverage:
http://wimax-coverage.com/

wimax coverage maps
http://wimax-coverage.com/access-map...bandwidth.html

wimax hardware mfg comparison
http://wimax-coverage.com/service-access-map.html

10 reasons America is WIMAX Challenged
http://wimax-coverage.com/wimax-acce...rvice-why.html

On 20 Sep 2006 18:14:44 -0700, "robert evdo hsdpa kim"
<evdo.hsdpa@gmail.com> wrote:

>10 reasons America is WIMAX Challenged
>http://wimax-coverage.com/wimax-acce...rvice-why.html

You forgot the most important reason. No data-only wireless vendor
has ever made money (except perhaps for the paging services in their
best years). Sprint is about to burn $3 billion setting up WiMax.
Based on a very optimistic estimated uptake of 1 million users, that's
$3,000 cost per user, not including operating expenses. They usually
look for a 2 year max payback period, so that's at best $1,500/year
per user plus subsidized hardware to break even. I don't think so.

Some light reading.

"Will Data-Only Networks Ever Make Money?"
http://www.outlook4mobility.com/comm...06/jan1806.htm

"Sprint Gives WiMAX a Real Boost"
http://www.outlook4mobility.com/comm...006/aug906.htm

The reason Wi-Max is prevalent in some foreign countries is because of
government subsidies.

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On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:33:37 GMT, Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
<i7t5h21i1vivo3c2h40tk69upe01kg41mi@4ax.com>:

>On 20 Sep 2006 18:14:44 -0700, "robert evdo hsdpa kim"
><evdo.hsdpa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>10 reasons America is WIMAX Challenged
>>http://wimax-coverage.com/wimax-acce...rvice-why.html
>
>You forgot the most important reason. No data-only wireless vendor
>has ever made money (except perhaps for the paging services in their
>best years). Sprint is about to burn $3 billion setting up WiMax.
>Based on a very optimistic estimated uptake of 1 million users, that's
>$3,000 cost per user, not including operating expenses. They usually
>look for a 2 year max payback period, so that's at best $1,500/year
>per user plus subsidized hardware to break even. I don't think so.

I think uptake might well be at least an order of magnitude (10x)
higher. The reason: VoIP over WiMAX. Think dirt cheap "killer app."
;) And the usual amortization period for something like this is at
least double that, bringing the amortized cost down to less then $100
per year. Then there's the additional revenue from things like IPTV.
All in all I personally think Sprint Nextel has made a very good bet.

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