WiMax from Sacred Wind Blanketing Navajo Lands
Telephony Online, March 17, 2009
By Kevin Fitchard
On the Navajo reservation in New Mexico, there are thousands of homes that redefine the notion of underserved. They're not just without broadband; they're without dial tones. Local telecom provider Sacred Wind Communications has given up trying to connect them with copper phone lines. Instead, it's looking to WiMax.
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