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Philly Cowboy

(35 posts)
2. Yes, but....
Sat Feb 1, 2014, 11:45 AM
Feb 2014

I had WiMax (Clear 4G) as my Internet service provider when I lived in Philadelphia. I found it better than Comcast at the time, but then I did not stream video or audio either. Thanks to Sprint buying out Clear, that is no longer an option.

The problem with setting up an open nationwide WiMax would be finding the radio wave bandwidth capable to carrying all the traffic. Thanks to the FCC auctioning off most of the available frequencies to current wireless operators, there isn't wide enough open band to use. Yes, what use to be the public, yours and mine, airwaves, that the government allowed companies and people to use, are now privately owned, and there will be hell to pay if we try to take it back.

In my humble opinion, what the FCC did would be like the National Park Service selling off the parks to the highest bidder. Welcome to the Koch Brother's Yellowstone Geothermal Complex.

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