This is brilliant news – WiMAX networks are cheap enough that internet prices should finally tumble – I expect the upcoming WiMAX networks will undercut all the existing players. Wateen’s recent advertisement “Bridging the Digital Divide” indicates that the pricing will be reasonabe. Not only that, it will provide internet access to entire cities in one go, instead of the current bits and pieces.
For a good overview of the upcoming Wimax networks, see the “the first issue of MuniWireless Magazine”:http://www.muniwireless.com/assets/docs/mwm_premier.pdf, a free 6.8 meg pdf download. It includes a complete overview of “WiMAX”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimax networks, of which it seems that at least 3 are being put up in the near future in Pakistan.
They are listed below in the order of their expected launch. Continue reading ‘Wimax Comes to Town!’
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