24 March 2008

Over the weekend, a story surfaced about an Australian WiMAX operator
that had massive problems with WiMAX. Buzz Broadband ultimately shut
down its network after a year of operation, with the company's CEO
calling it a "disaster" that "failed miserably" during remarks made at
a WiMAX conference in Bangkok last week. The timing of the remarks is
inopportune for Sprint, which is currently testing its Xohm WiMAX
network in advance of its public launch in the next couple of months,
but the technology's backers see Buzz's experience as an anomaly and
predict a bright future for WiMAX.