[samstave]

This is also pretty bad ass:

http://gigaom.com/broadband/wi-fi-its-the-other-cell-network...

Many wi-fi nodes (via Ruckus Wireless) backhauling over wimax.

[yxhuvud]

I work at a direct competitor to that, and lets just say that I'm less than impressed by their so called seamless sign on.

It requires the user to download a special client - that is a big big threshold for the average user. Let me contrast this by having the phone automatically get the information needed as operator settings from the app-store and then automatically start to offload without bothering the user further.

Also, why use wimax? It is a tech that is slowly dying (despite the fact that it gains users - it is expected to peak userwise in a year or two).

[samstave]

Thanks for the info. My focus has been in a different area for the last few years (hospitals) so I was not aware wimax was dying.

I did see the part about the special client, but having not gone through the process - I am unaware how cumbersome this is, aside from obviously being more cumbersome than having to do nothing.

What is replacing it. Or, rather, what do you think is interesting and promising in mobile data?

[yxhuvud]

It is cumbersome enough that many end users won't use it.

Wimax is not part of 4G/LTE, so naturally that is what will replace it.