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Clearwire to launch 4G WiMax in Chicago this summer
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 by Michael Holley
Today marks the official launch of Clearwire's WiMax in Atlanta,
the company's largest rollout to date. The completion of Atlanta,
the third WiMax city (behind Portland, OR and Baltimore, MD), means
that Las Vegas and Chicago are in line next, with deployment set
for this summer.
Clearwire, who has named its WiMax service "CLEAR," boasts that
users will experience DSL-like speeds on its mobile broadband
network. Pricing ranges from $10 (for a 24-hour pass) to $40 per
month for mobile internet plans.
The implications of this launch are potentially huge for
businesses in Chicago. Although wireless broadband has allowed
professionals to work from anywhere for a while now, there have
always been limitations based on slow download and upload speed.
With download speeds from 4Mbit/sec to 15Mbit/sec, WiMax
connections could enable mobile workers to access and upload large
documents or files from server clouds that would normally take too
long to transfer.
While not everyone will have the need to justify another telecom
bill for wireless access, this launch represents another huge step
in the "make offices obsolete" movement.
Best,
Michael Holley
Switchfast Technologies
Chicago IT Consulting
& Support
Rochester
IT Consulting & Support
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