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FEATURED TOPICDigital Transition -The term "Digital Transition" describes the process all organizations must go through in the 21st Century, as they leverage new technologies that provide new options for Applications, Equipment, Processes, and Networks that make them more effective. In contrast, the term "Municipal Wireless" is limiting. It puts the network technology ahead of the application and process changes that drive the business case. ORIENTATION |
« Oodles of Web 2.0 Links | Weblog | Digital Cities: 100 RFPs in cities with over 100K in 2006? » WiMax - Slow Train ComingIn the United States, Orr says the technology is likely to take off in newly built developments and areas in which installing cable and DSL has proven difficult. The most talked-about use for WiMax, however, is in municipal networks, providing coverage across a metropolitan area. The "most talked-about use for WiMax" is metropolitan broadband? Ah Ha, there you have it in print. Indeed, the efficiencies of WiMax technology for moving large amounts of data at high speeds will inevitably provide a kick in the pants for metropolitan broadband. I believe we will look back on these early years as the days of experimentation. We are still sorting through the business models and yet, there is a sense of inevitability that our cities will one day soon be covered in wireless clouds that will send data flying in every direction through the magic of radio. Soon, soon.
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