#7: I can think of any number of reasons why Google doesn't "snatch up some WiMAX spectrum": 1, The WCS spectrum is held by Cingular (which is 60% owned by SBC, who some might say would be not eager to see significant competition for internet access in San Francisco) and XM (which just spent about $13M to buy it (along with a bunch of other licenses), and is therefore unlikely to be looking to sell it); 2, the BRS spectrum is held by Sprint, who might be willing to lease it, but who is likely to be more interested in using it for its own network; 3, and probably most importantly, you can't get a "WiMAX-equipped laptop", and won't even be able to get a WiMAX PC card until Christmas 2007 if you go by Intel's roadmap (which is, if anything, optimistic).
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#7: I can think of any number of reasons why Google doesn't "snatch up some WiMAX spectrum": 1, The WCS spectrum is held by Cingular (which is 60% owned by SBC, who some might say would be not eager to see significant competition for internet access in San Francisco) and XM (which just spent about $13M to buy it (along with a bunch of other licenses), and is therefore unlikely to be looking to sell it); 2, the BRS spectrum is held by Sprint, who might be willing to lease it, but who is likely to be more interested in using it for its own network; 3, and probably most importantly, you can't get a "WiMAX-equipped laptop", and won't even be able to get a WiMAX PC card until Christmas 2007 if you go by Intel's roadmap (which is, if anything, optimistic).