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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
WiMax could expand online learning access - Queenie Wong, McClatchy Newspapers
A wireless technology that Sprint Nextel plans to launch within a year makes high-speed and secure Internet access possible from almost anywhere. Called WiMax, it's the heart of a huge telecommunications industry effort to supplant Wi-Fi, the service that most users rely on for wireless Internet connections at broadband speeds. If it succeeds, WiMax technology could be as big a change as the mobile phone revolution. An independent technology consulting firm, Boston-based Yankee Group, estimates that 58 million people worldwide will use WiMax by 2012.... WiMax's faster Internet access also would make long-distance learning more interactive, and its stronger signal would reach more students.
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