WiMax rides new wave of surfing technology

0 Comments | USA TODAY, October, 2007 | by Leslie Cauley

Ultra-hip fashion designer Nanette Lepore, famous for her saucy minis and sky-high platform shoes, has added one more item to her "It" list this fall: a hot new wireless technology.

Her fashion house recently began using an advanced wireless technology called "WiMax" in two Manhattan offices. The service by Towerstream provides fast broadband and Internet phone calling for 110 users.

In fashion terms, the move to WiMax was, well, seamless.

"It's completely transparent to the user," says network manager Jose Cruz. "People don't know they're getting it."

Around the globe, there is growing support for WiMax -- short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access.

It can be used for "fixed" office solutions, a la Lepore, but...