Nationwide Sprint WiMax Network Idea Revived

Deep-pocketed cable companies have a newfound interest in helping Sprint and occasional partner Clearwire launch a high-speed wireless network based on the WiMax standard.

Listen carefully to Comcast and Time Warner Cable, and you can hear The Fear. More on that in a few paragraphs.

Big money may be lining up behind WiMax and a network rollout across the country to support it. Sprint and Clearwire fumbled around with this for months, like a teen couple on prom night in the back of a Honda Fit. As in uncomfortably.

However, the GigaOM reports Intel could be in for a billion, while Google's contribution would be in the hundreds of millions. Another cable operator, Bright House Networks, could put up $100-$200 million.

Now we can get back to this Fear thing we mentioned earlier. WiMax offers a blisteringly fast way of delivering wireless broadband, and being able to do so even to rural areas where cable companies turn up their noses at servicing.

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