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Why cable operators want to become wireless ISPs

arstechnica.com — Comcast talks up its investment in Clearwire, a WiMAX-based ISP. Cable operators like Comcast and Time Warner have been battling wireline telcos for years, but wireless offerings will allow them to turn their attention to an emerging threat to their entire business: wireless phone companies.

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  • inactive, on 09/12/2008, -10/+43Buried for MrBabySpam
  • SemiSarcastic, on 09/12/2008, -2/+19John Madden: SO YOU SEE HERE MR. BABYMAN POSTED AN ARTICLE ON DIGG BECAUSE Y-Y-YOU KNOW HE POSTS ARTICLES. AND YOU KNOW THERE'S THE ARTICLE HERE (circles once) AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ANTI-BABYMAN POSTS OVER HERE (circles seven times) AND YOU KNOW THEY HATE HIM BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY DO. I-I-I-I MEAN THIS GUY POSTS STUFF AND PEOPLE HATE IT BECAUSE THEY DO AND THAT'S THE RUN DOWN...BOOM!
  • MrM4nager, on 09/12/2008, -2/+15Anytime I see that guy shoveling, I immediately want to bury the story.
  • davecachia, on 09/12/2008, -0/+12159 Diggs. 10 Comments.

    It seems as if the new changes to Digg hasn't influenced MBM and other major poster's ability to hit front page every time, regardless if the article is a piece of crap.

    /sigh
  • lolupissed, on 09/11/2008, -18/+28Buried, stop using scripts please
  • davidsmero, on 09/12/2008, -2/+7Submitted by MrBabyMan.....no digg.
  • bratterscain, on 09/12/2008, -3/+8So can spamming about spam comments, ad infinitum.
  • inactive, on 09/12/2008, -1/+5MBM drowns baby kittens in tar and laughs at them while he lets his digg scripts go to work on his PC
  • digjam, on 09/12/2008, -1/+5Cant say enough, Bury MrBabySpam
  • foolfoolz, on 09/12/2008, -0/+3Boom! Tough Actin' Tinactin!
  • paradigmxx, on 09/12/2008, -1/+4Buried for BabySpam.
  • bobbknight, on 09/12/2008, -1/+3If some ***** is using a script to get an article dugg up, I want people to tell me about it.
    This way I can be informed about the actual conditions and circumstances of a submitted article.
  • CYR1X, on 09/12/2008, -0/+2This article doesn't serve a point.
  • davidsmero, on 09/12/2008, -1/+2Because its not fair for other users. Digg was intended to have stories submitted and dugg by the traditional method of clicking the mouse, not automated to make a name for yourself like this clown. I will never digg another story submitted by him.
  • Ninh, on 09/11/2008, -2/+3It's all about monopolizing access to the customer.
  • inactive, on 09/12/2008, -0/+1You know who else likes MrBabyMan?
    sex offenders, communists and murderers
  • Spuy767, on 09/12/2008, -0/+1I want Caliendo to read that.
  • davidsmero, on 09/12/2008, -0/+1Marry him then.
  • Jorlock, on 09/12/2008, -2/+3MrBabyMan is not a person, it is actually a super advanced A.I. who's sole purpose is to delude you away from the truth that you are really in the Matrix. Anyone who says otherwise or diggs me down is a agent of the system.
  • LANjackal, on 09/11/2008, -7/+8A few things:

    1) Clearwire was originally in bed with Sprint, and both have been on shaky financial ground since Day 1. I'll believe the hype when I actually SEE Xohm up and running.

    2) The article doesn't mention connection speeds. Back when WiMax was first announced, its 6Mbps speed was near the top end of available home connection speeds in the US. Now, with FiOS and DOCSIS 3.0 rollouts, 6Mbps is slow, and the advent of high quality internet streaming video means that throughput demands are considerably larger than they were previously. Thus, unless WiMax has some speed tricks up its sleeve, it might not be quite the replacement for a wired primary net connection that it's being touted as.

    3) Despite #2, WiMax bundled with traditional wired access would be a nice alternative to the latter + the traditional restrictive data plans offered by most mobile carriers. I could definitely see myself paying for the former bundle.
  • Hegemony, on 09/12/2008, -1/+1I used to work for Clearwire, and that company is a *****. The level of incompetence is staggering.
  • coolboy0286, on 09/12/2008, -16/+16OK diggers, enough with the script thing, we all get it, you don't like people who use scripts, but spamming in comments about using scripts can get VERY annoying VERY fast.
  • chrisinsocalif, on 09/12/2008, -1/+1I don't care what happens, as long as I can surf porn faster.
  • ihate2regist, on 09/12/2008, -1/+1so they can rape you more
  • connieLingus, on 09/12/2008, -2/+1"Why cable operators want to become wireless ISPs?"

    uhh...to make craploads of cash. duh.
  • joy2k9, on 09/12/2008, -1/+0what the...?!
  • dreman, on 09/12/2008, -4/+3∞
  • DeFex, on 09/12/2008, -2/+1If wimax becomes popular someone is bound to make a cheap base station. then all those greedy companies are DOOMED.
  • inactive, on 09/12/2008, -9/+8why do you care that we care? Nobody likes this fag and we want to exile him from digg.
  • digjam, on 09/12/2008, -2/+1Thanks for reminding me, me doing same!
  • s4g4n, on 09/12/2008, -3/+1Today is all about getting to the internet, and if it means that if we can get a reliable wireless internet service rather than cable comcast has to offer then I can see how in the new couple of years we'll be hooking up our cell phones to our computers replacing those dusty cable modems.
  • shadowspawn, on 09/12/2008, -4/+1What the hell article is this? It goes against every other article out there.
  • renegadeafk, on 09/12/2008, -7/+3for what reason, because he submits generally good quality stories?
  • renegadeafk, on 09/12/2008, -10/+5Jesus, why do people even care who submits something?
  • BrendanSheehan, on 09/12/2008, -17/+6I like MrBabyMan :)

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