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WiMaxed Out
Every month or so we hear about a new fistful of medium-sized American cities that have been blanketed in the warmth of Clearwire's snappy WiMax network. Although things are growing slowly but surely here, WiMax is apparently rolling out at a much more frenzied pace pretty much everywhere else. Here are some illustrative numbers, from our friend the Boy Genius:
* Asia Pacific: 237 million people covered by 100 network deployments
* Europe: 115 million people covered by 153 network deployments
* Central/Latin America: 113 million people covered 109 network deployments
* Africa/Middle East: 108 million people covered by 142 network deployments
* North America: 47 million people covered by 51 network deployments
But wait, these numbers don't see 100% trustworthy. While 47 million North Americans might technically be in a WiMax coverage area, I don't believe for a second that nearly that many are using the network. So sure, smaller nations with more densely packed populations would reasonably have more "covered" users, but that doesn't necessarily indicate a worldwide WiMax phenomenon. That's not to say I wouldn't like to bask in the WiMax glow myself some day soon... [Boy Genius Reports]
