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Story: Future of wireless broadband is in the air
Posted by: Ian Cox (Monday 26 January 2004, 1:07 PM)
As users really don't care what access technology provides them with a broadband connection it is difficult to see how Wi Max, or any other wireless technology, can dislodge DSL and cable from its dominant position (100m plus subscribers at the end of 2003). By contrast, Alvarion, the broadband wireless leader, had under 1.5m subscribers globally.
How do you win this battle? Undercut the competition is a well-tried tactic, and works up to a point. But consumers need more than that to be persuaded, in large numbers, to swap providers. What is the service differentiator that Wi-Max brings to the market that DSL and cable cannot also offer?
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Story: Future of wireless broadband is in the air
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One words - tibbedee-dunk!
When I want someone sno... Bob Shankshaft -
As users really don't care what access technology... Ian Cox -
Nice take on WiMAX and 802.20.
Rupert, you obvious... Robert Syputa
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What Neanderthal thinking!
Get your head out of th... Robert Syputa
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The 'service differentiator' is so clear that it a... Robert Syputa
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U have convinced me that wirless is the way
to go.... Bob Shankshaft
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U have convinced me that wireless is de way
to go.... Bob Shankshaft
