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Picking Up and Dusting Off Wireless

January 26, 2009 – 11:09 am

And it’s official. Barack Obama is the new President of the United States, and to welcome him over 2 million people flooded our nation’s capital on Tuesday. Armed with their cell phones, BlackBerry’s, and laptop computers, this patriotic mass attacked the wireless networks and brought them to a sluggish crawl – one click at a [...]

By Jeff | Posted in WiMAX, Wireless broadband | Tagged DC, Inauguration, WiMAX | Comments (0)

Obama’s “New Deal” on Broadband

January 20, 2009 – 11:43 am

With the Presidential Inauguration around the corner, I wanted to take some time to talk about how the new administration may change things in the wireless world. By now, we all know that President-elect Barack Obama is a strong advocate of technology, proven by his desire to keep his BlackBerry when he [...]

By Jeff | Posted in Towerstream, WiMAX, Wireless broadband | Tagged Obama, WiMAX | Comments (2)

Year in WiMAX

January 7, 2009 – 6:03 pm

As we begin another year, I thought it would be a perfect time to reflect on 2008 and the “year in WiMAX.” It was a big year for the industry, so I wanted to revisit some of the most important milestones:

Sprint and Clearwire’s merger was probably the most important milestone in 2008. From when it [...]

By Jeff | Posted in Clearwire, Sprint, WiMAX | Tagged Clearwire, Sprint, White Space, WiMAX | Comments (0)


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Monthly Archives: January 2009 Picking Up and Dusting Off Wireless January 26, 2009 – 11:09 am And it’s official. Barack Obama is the new President of the United States, and to welcome him over 2 million people flooded our nation’s capital on Tuesday. Armed with their cell phones, BlackBerry’s, and laptop computers, this patriotic mass attacked the wireless networks and brought them to a sluggish crawl – one click at a [...] By Jeff \| Posted in WiMAX, Wireless broadband \| Tagged DC, Inauguration, WiMAX \| Comments (0) Obama’s “New Deal” on Broadband January 20, 2009 – 11:43 am With the Presidential Inauguration around the corner, I wanted to take some time to talk about how the new administration may change things in the wireless world. By now, we all know that President-elect Barack Obama is a strong advocate of technology, proven by his desire to keep his BlackBerry when he [...] By Jeff \| Posted in Towerstream, WiMAX, Wireless broadband \| Tagged Obama, WiMAX \| Comments (2) Year in WiMAX January 7, 2009 – 6:03 pm As we begin another year, I thought it would be a perfect time to reflect on 2008 and the “year in WiMAX.” It was a big year for the industry, so I wanted to revisit some of the most important milestones: Sprint and Clearwire’s merger was probably the most important milestone in 2008. From when it [...] By Jeff \| Posted in Clearwire, Sprint, WiMAX \| Tagged Clearwire, Sprint, White Space, WiMAX \| Comments (0)

Monthly Archives: January 2009

Picking Up and Dusting Off Wireless

Obama’s “New Deal” on Broadband

Year in WiMAX