WiMAX, or the 802.16 standard, is meant to for to the Internet what cell phones did for the telephone. Soon, Internet access will span for miles with the help of a series of towers delivering connectivity. Unfortunately, the idea has been sloshing around in the murky depths of standards development for years.
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