I made a point during a speaking engagement at the Broadband Expo about how fixed wireless providers should not be afraid of DSL deployments, and should instead be focusing on “kicking DSL’s ass” with better speeds and service. For the early WISPs, DSL coming into town was usually a bad sign as DSL was more reliable and capable of higher speeds. No more. While fixed wireless technology has evolved quickly into a reliable and much faster platform for broadband, DSL has languished, with little new evolution and dependency on the now obsolete copper plant limiting its utility.
An email that I received this morning, led me to a link that had a surprising piece of evidence that DSL is slipping. This survey on broadband use in the State of Nebraska shows that wireless has more penetration that DSL for broadband in the state – 28% for wireless and 25% for DSL.
Keep it up WISPs!