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landonaaronp says:

Actually it is very good reasoning for the Cable companies to invest in in WiMax, you said it yourself , "Wimax is more an alternative to fixed internet service than mobile phone service". WiMax is a potentiall competitor that could prove to offer far superior internet service than what the cable companies currently provide, and it can be taken with you anywhere you go, unlike cable internet. If you can't beat em, join em and be rewarder for their success. Furthermore Wimax is being built by phone companies to provide phone service. This does not mean that the cable companies have to get into the phone business just because that is what WiFax was built for. They can leave that to the phone company, and sell internet access via WiFax. And by being an investor in the network the cable companies will have leverage to decide what it can be used for, thus the cable companies could negotiate that the phone companies can not sell stand alone internet service without phone service, and thus reduce the cable companies competition, while the cable company in return agrees not to sell phone service. Finally WiMax will open up a whole new market in which products and services are available that where never before possible. By having access to the network the cable company could distribute it classic tv and news content in a variety of new ways, taken the networks wireless nature. Sirius and XM radio would be wise to invest in this also, lest it be their superior competitor. And hell the more that invest in WiMax the sooner we will get to use and the more totally badass it will be.
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