[Dar es Salaam, Tanzania]
WOW, just when you thought the benefits of WiMAX was going to steamroll over WiFi’s affordable ubiquity, things appear to be taking a 90 degree turn in favour of the old guard while the new hearthrob (er WiMAX) irons out a few compatability wrinkles. Check this out:

With every man and his dog rushing to proclaim that the advent of WiMax will mean the death of Wi-Fi, proponents of the most popular local area wireless technology believe there’s a healthy future ahead for it – and it doesn’t depend on the laptop…

…A standards body is set to ratify 802.11n by September next year, giving Wi-Fi a throughput of 100Mbps and helping to bolster its potential uses in bandwidth-heavy situations. {source}

My thoughts
So, you mean WiFi is still alive and kicking? This is a good thing because all the WiMAX “pushers” are selling their drugs (er hardware) at such ridiculous prices. Like, what are those guys smoking (or drinking)? I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Once a WiFi phone comes out with a mobile Skype application attached to it, then all hell’s gonna break loose because those greedy mobile operators are going to be in some deep doo doo. Of course, this is dependent on cities and municipalities around the world offering free (or almost free) WiFi services to their tax paying citizens. Fat chance of that happening though. Government leaders cave in soooo easily to big business. Heck, why the frig are we even bothering to vote?