This link: 
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=339523&source=CWNLE_nlt_thisweek_2009-05-18 
points to an article ("Cisco takes aim at WiMax") from Computerworld.
Does this relate to this old thread? :
http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/lurker/message/20080225.172251.1ee32f7a.en.html
[OT: (is this OT?) ["Tempe ... isn't alone"] www.computerworld.com on municipal wifi woes]
or, is my ignorance about the term [WiMax] even more than I thought?
"see also": this other old post: 
http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/lurker/message/20080324.232746.84d13a21.en.html
[Re: OT: (is this OT?) udpate - [news item: "Sebastopol"] (was: Re: [...] municipal wifi woes)]
(including, the link it has, to a NY Times story...)
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Mike Schwartz    
Glendale  AZ
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