Why is wimax not ready

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Its window shows constantly WiMAX is not ready. The report says that while WiMAX is taking steps toward being an enterprise-grade wireless technology, it is not deployed widely enough for companies to use as their primary mode of WAN access, and should be viewed as a solid backup option for fixed corporate WAN technologies such as MPLS. Thus, instead of being the primary technology used for wireless connectivity, WiMAX would be used in places where Wi-Fi access is unavailable.

As far as deployment goes, Forrester expects that Clearwire's WiMAX service will have "wide geographic availability in populated areas" sometime within the to timeline, and that Clearwire will reach at least million people in the United States by the end of This means that for roughly two years, the technology will have little competition in the wireless broadband market, as Forrester projects that LTE won't have wide service availability until The company says other major metropolitan areas shouldn't expect WiMAX to come to their cities until at least next year.

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