Cringely compares (some U.S.) broadband technologies:

How much Internet bandwidth is enough? For most consumers the answer is that no amount of bandwidth is enough. We always want more. For carriers the answer is that just enough bandwidth is enough, because providing more than the minimum hurts profits. But the best rule of thumb says that the right amount of bandwidth varies with the kind of network you are using and what you are doing with it. All Internet technologies are not created equal, it seems, and the wireless varieties — specifically 3G and WiMax — are at a real disadvantage when it comes to bang for the bit.

Bound and Gagged: WiMax Isn’t What It Seems, But Then Nothing Else Is, Either. By Robert X. Cringely, I, Cringely, PBS, July 6, 2006

He remarks that Intel is investing $600 million in Craig McCaw’s Clearwire Corporation, which does WiMax, because Intel wants to push Intel chips. And that WiMax can get up to 70 megabits per second, which is much faster than most current U.S. broadband technologies.