Sprint + Nextel = golden age of broadband?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: August 17, 2005 6:20:52 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Sprint + Nextel = golden age of broadband?
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Original URL: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/17/ 
sprint_nextel_prospects/>

Sprint + Nextel = golden age of broadband?

By Faultline (peter at rethinkresearch.biz)
Published Wednesday 17th August 2005 09:51 GMT
The Sprint Nextel Merger went through last week with a key decision  
by the FCC that is likely to create a major "third" broadband route  
into the home and perhaps finally achieve the FCC's desire to see  
genuine competition in the provision of US broadband lines.

That key decision was the way the FCC not only allowed the combined  
company to keep its 2.5GHz spectrum, but laid down conditions that  
should see broadband services based on it be within reach of at least  
30 million US homes before the end of the decade. The two argued that  
their respective 2.5GHz spectrum was "fundamental" to the merger, and  
that it will be used to bring a third triple play to the US home,  
competing directly with both the RBOC telephony wiring and the cable  
operator's co-ax, probably using WiMAX technology.

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