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What is Wireless Broadband?

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ABSTRACT:

In this podcast, Alex Howard, Assistant Editor of WhatIs.com, provides a brief overview of wireless broadband. Learn how unlicensed spectrum and WiMax are literally changing the landscape of wireless broadband. Discover:

Who may be using wireless broadband and not know it
What is driving WiMax
Where WiFi is going
When wireless broadband is a smart alternative to T1
Why Hurricane Katrina wrecked the love affair between US carriers and their wirelines

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