USAToday had a story on "WiMAX rides wave of surfing technology" that featured a TowerStream (TWER) customer, the fashion designer Nanette Lepore. While I had not previously heard of Ms. Lepore, probably because I have not worn "saucy minis and sky-high platform shoes" since the '60s, she is using TowerStream to connect her 100-person company to the world. The IT manager said that his Internet and phone bills are 50% to 75% cheaper than what he used to pay Verizon. He is paying TowerStream for a 3-megabit connection in both directions, but he says speeds have hit 10 megabits.

The article quoted Ed Zander, the embattled CEO of Motorola, predicting that WiMAX will take off like a shot when WiMAX-enabled laptops, handhelds and smart phones powered by Intel chips hit the market next year. He said: "WiMAX could be even bigger and more dramatic than the original Internet. We're doubling down and betting the farm."