FairPoint eyes broadband expansion, WiMAX

Independent telco FairPoint Communications, which is still in the process of taking over the former Verizon Communications network properties it acquired earlier this year, announced that it will expand broadband capabilities into 51 communities in Vermont using different technologies. The primary technology will most likely be DSL, but FairPoint also indicated it would consider WiMAX in some of its more rural markets.

AT&T also has talked about using WiMAX in rural market deployment opportunities, and with interest from FairPoint, DigitalBridge and other Tier 2 carriers, it is possible that Sprint won't be the only service provider spreading the technology around the U.S.

For more:
- see this story in Vermont's Barre Montpelier Times-Argus (though WiMAX is not mentioned in this particular story)

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