AT&T has chosen LTE as their fourth generation wirless flavor of choice, but they aren't completely ignoring WiMax. Through their Alascom subsidiary the telco has been offering symmetrical 1Mbps WiMax service for $19.95 a month in portions of Alaska. The company is using Alvarion's IEEE 802.16e-based WiMAX gear to bring broadband to select areas where DSL isn't available for whatever reason (snow, bears, marauding Canadians). Over the summer the telco stated that WiMax was a "top candidate" for offering broadband to rural markets. From Unstrung:Given AT&T also has some 22 2.3 GHz licenses covering some Southern states, it's possible they could offer the same option to some rural communities there, though AT&T has remained consistently vague about future WiMax plans outside of Alaska.