Olga Kharif of Business Week says a company called Radiospire Networks makes chips for in-home WiMax networks.
Their chips, essentially, allow users to stream high-definition TV channels onto the home PC, or the other way around. So this technology competes with Ultra-Wideband and Wi-Fi, also looking for a place within the home.Some people in the know say WiMax might actually be better than the other alternatives, since it has more bandwidth and can transmit higher-quality video. The Radiospire folks, apparently, believe the technology can be made relatively cheap to allow for mass adoption.Considering how much effort the various UVB outfits have put into promoting their alternative, that’s hard to believe. But who knows, WiMax could come out of the left field and grab a chunk of the market that was expected to go to UWB and Wi-Fi. It’s certainly an interesting idea.
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