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Fixed Wireless Access

4/15/2002 10:47 AM EDT

Fixed Wireless Access


Fixed wireless access rides wave of support
Despite the much-publicized demise of fixed broadband wireless access (FBWA) providers such as Winstar and now XO Communications, and the cessation of rollouts by Sprint and Worldcom, the FBWA market is alive and well, thanks to a ground-swell of support for wireless Internet service providers (W-ISPs) operating in the unlicensed bands.


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