Sprint and Company Cover Their Broadband Bases

Today, eWEEK's Clint Boulton is reporting on the latest efforts to save the Sprint-Clearwire nationwide WiMax wireless data network scheme.

However, while the WiMax effort from Sprint et al would appear to help cover the companies' broadband bases, and while I'd love to see another broadband option emerge, I'm not convinced that a national WiMax network will manage to succeed.

The trouble is that all the telephone, cable, satellite, and wireless companies are in the same business--that of data delivery. If today's bit barons are paying attention, they should be able to see that the average consumers of data delivery services are spending their money very inefficiently.