+ - SC looking at State-wide WiMAX
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jaweekes writes "The South Carolina State lawmakers are looking at a proposal for State-Wide WiMAX using the frequencies that will be abandoned by the State ETV when they go digital.
"This is a transformational opportunity that won't come again," said John Warner, founder of InnoVenture, an Upstate organization dedicated to helping create high-impact companies. "It would be a shame that at the end of the day, we let this chance go by because we didn't have the vision and leadership to step up and grasp it."
State Sen. Luke Rankin, R-Horry, said there still are too many unanswered questions about this new technology.
"WiMax has been talked about like it's the next best thing to Penicillin," said Rankin, who headed a legislative study committee this past summer that examined the WiMax "wireless cloud" proposal. "And (lawmakers) are being told, 'Hurry up. We don't have time to wait. We don't have time to study WiMax and whatever else is out there.'""
"This is a transformational opportunity that won't come again," said John Warner, founder of InnoVenture, an Upstate organization dedicated to helping create high-impact companies. "It would be a shame that at the end of the day, we let this chance go by because we didn't have the vision and leadership to step up and grasp it."
State Sen. Luke Rankin, R-Horry, said there still are too many unanswered questions about this new technology.
"WiMax has been talked about like it's the next best thing to Penicillin," said Rankin, who headed a legislative study committee this past summer that examined the WiMax "wireless cloud" proposal. "And (lawmakers) are being told, 'Hurry up. We don't have time to wait. We don't have time to study WiMax and whatever else is out there.'""
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