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‘We think of them as hometown ISPs’ – WISPA chief on BEAD, Starlink, CBRS
['Adlane Fellah']
RCR Wireless News
Zumwalt considers how WISPs are facing fiber overbuilds, private equity, Starlink, and spectrum constraints even as hybrid networks reshape how hometown ISPs compete and grow.
WISPA now counts roughly 600 member companies, and many that began life as pure fixed wireless operators run hybrid networks today.
“The latest I have seen is that fixed wireless endpoints are receiving something like 11 percent, roughly speaking.
Fixed wireless had done it alone, so there was less demand for subsidy to build more of it.
Adlane Fellah is the founder of Maravedis, a research and strategy firm covering wireless broadband and managed connectivity markets.