http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r16535028 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:42:49 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:42:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16535028 tmc8080 : You see, satellite providers are quickly becoming the ones who are left standing when the music stops (without a chair). Or up the creek without a revenue stream.. well-- they could gouge customers with higher fees, but that's a zero-sum game, as in zero customer base.

Alot of speculation that cell phone carriers won't be 1-up'd in their own space (wireless) keep promising higher speed, lower cost wireless but are stuck between greed (rock solid greed) and a diamond minefield of tax levy authorities in the communities which they operate (that would be the hard place).

Now come along the poor beaten down satellite tv providers losing their marketshare to technology(cough, cough FIOS)... boo hoo, whoah as them, then along comes WI-Max.. and the promise of selling wireless broadband with low latency that does the side-step (texas style) around municipality fees/tax levy/usf fund (well.. maybe not usf, but can't a guy named Rupert dream).

This is why WIMAX may never see the light of day as a regular consumer product, it may become a SERVICE PROVIDER's product (robotic arms and legs) with their own authentication hand-shake protocols built-in. Dont' forget where this is heading people... your satellite receivers will become "smart two-way" equipment for security and location beaconing. So you couldn't activate a unit for your granny in FL if you live in NY without a wimax beacon finding out about it...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16535028 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:36:58 EDT