Welcoming WiMax

The Sprint-Clearwire off again/on again WiMax offering is back on again. And that is welcome news for consumers as Verizon and AT&T dominate US telecoms. The fact that Comcast and Time Warner are also investors will mean more "bundles"via cable competition. Stakes in the venture from Intel and Google show increasing convergence between the historically open technology and historically protected telecom sectors.

Who knows what will happen between now and 2010 as Verizon and AT&T roll out their own 4G networks and T-Mobile looks to acquire Sprint and on.

But for now let's savor this news as our telecommunications try to catch up with many others around the world.