NewsScan Daily, 3 June 2004 ("Above The Fold")

NewsScan Daily, 3 June 2004 ("Above The Fold")
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"ABOVE THE FOLD"
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MCCAW'S GOT A BETTER IDEA FOR CHEAP, FAST NET ACCESS
      Serial entrepreneur Craig McCaw is tackling the wireless broadband 
market, combining the resources of recently purchased Clearwire with 
technology developed by another McCaw-owned company, NextNet Wireless, to 
launch his latest effort. The NextNet technology uses a 
paperback-book-sized device, plugged into a wall outlet, to provide 
high-speed Internet access. The wall device is able to transmit data to a 
receiver similar to a cell phone tower much faster than most cellular 
networks, says McCaw, who plans to charge about half the typical 
cellular-Internet rate for his Clearwire service. The move reflects McCaw's 
long-held desire to offer wireless broadband Internet access -- a previous