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Yes, there was life before cable TV (and cellphones)
HBO started in 1972 as a very small local cable operation, then expand to microwave (like WiMAX), then direct-to-home satellite TV only(using huge 9' backyard dishes), then cable as we know it today.
Most current WiMAX systems for Internet started serving rural areas that could not get cable or DSL. The one I am most familiar with started about 10 years ago in the plains east of Denver. They have grown to serve rural areas nationwide ( in addition to expanding into the suburbs of metro areas like Denver). It is an excellent alternative for those rural areas that may never see cable, and satellite or cellular Internet is unacceptable.
The first time I heard of HBO was late 80s.
I briefly had cable in '01, but HBO was not included in the package.
If you are under the idea that WiMax is available 'nationwide' you are mistaken.
I checked their website, of the six states where I have lived previously, WiMax does not serve any of them.
Most current WiMAX systems for Internet started serving rural areas that could not get cable or DSL. The one I am most familiar with started about 10 years ago in the plains east of Denver. They have grown to serve rural areas nationwide ( in addition to expanding into the suburbs of metro areas like Denver). It is an excellent alternative for those rural areas that may never see cable, and satellite or cellular Internet is unacceptable.
Do you have a listing for that company serving Colorado that has expanded national wide? I can only find small local companies offering the service.
The cap on the Wenatchee Valley wi-max system is 250 gigs. This is the same as the cap on our fiber connection at home. It is the same company so I am not sure if that is how they came up with 250 gigs.
Are there limits to how many connections on Wi-Max systems??
Do you have a listing for that company serving Colorado that has expanded national wide? I can only find small local companies offering the service.
The cap on the Wenatchee Valley wi-max system is 250 gigs. This is the same as the cap on our fiber connection at home. It is the same company so I am not sure if that is how they came up with 250 gigs.
Are there limits to how many connections on Wi-Max systems??
Sorry , but by "nationwide", I did not mean to imply availability just anywhere in the US. I meant other rural areas other than in NE Colorado. May just be Colorado, Wyoming, Texas.
And yes most are small, local operations. The same way cable tv started, before Comcast and others started buying up all the small operations. In CO from 1984 to present my town went thru 4 changes of owner of the same system.
Sorry , but by "nationwide", I did not mean to imply availability just anywhere in the US. I meant other rural areas other than in NE Colorado. May just be Colorado, Wyoming, Texas.
And yes most are small, local operations. The same way cable tv started, before Comcast and others started buying up all the small operations. In CO from 1984 to present my town went thru 4 changes of owner of the same system.
I see; parts of Colorado, parts of Wyoming, and parts of Texas.
I see; parts of Colorado, parts of Wyoming, and parts of Texas.
Thanks
You can include eastern Washington.
Those companies really need to get into a sharing arrangement. If I use my system with Local Tel then I can sign on in Colorado. That way they might stave off the big corporations for a bit longer.
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, but by "nationwide", I did not mean to imply availability just anywhere in the US. I meant other rural areas other than in NE Colorado. May just be Colorado, Wyoming, Texas. 
