My compliments to vnunet.com (via Google News Alerts) and a great article, very fresh from the Intel Developer Forum which captures some real "flavor" of a speech by outgoing Intel CEO Craig Barrett.
Barrett vented some spleen regarding WiMAX. From the vnunet article:
Barrett also levelled his ire at governments for holding up WiMax deployment. Intel and others are currently negotiating for spectrum rights around the world to run WiMax, which allows wide area wireless broadband internet access.
"I believe in the Hippocratic Oath for government: first do no harm. That means sorting out spectrum allocation, fostering R&D and creating an environment to let business function," he said.
"[WiMax] is the solution to the 'last mile' broadband issue. It will get us out of the half-assed broadband situation we're in today. 1Mbps to 2Mbps is not broadband; 50Mbps is."
Steve Stroh