I've been reading about the potential for WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) for several years. I've told many friends and clients who cannot get high speed internet via DSL or cable that a wireless solution would be available in a year or two (for the past several years). It is a technology whose time has come: high speed wireless internet (like WIFI) that has a range of 30 miles. Businessweek has penned a good read on the technology and politics behind WiMAX.

WiMAX provides superfast connections for up to 30 miles. You could stroll from your house conducting a conference call, pause to exchange hefty data files, and later dial in to your TiVo to download an episode of CSI. WiMAX avoids digital traffic jams by using licensed radio waves that guarantee each customer a certain level of service. "You will be able to access all your own content and get access to other content in many different ways, in many different places," says Philip Solis, principal mobile broadband analyst at ABI Research.

The Road to WiMAX

The demand and technology are coming in place...now we just need some product.