With WiMAX becoming the talk of the global town in terms of soon-to-be wireless broadband everywhere, the collective wireless broadband industry expressed, um, utter dismay that XM Radio's land-based repeater systems were operating at power levels outside the norm (hence, interference maybe?) as well as 19 of the repeaters operating outside of the scope of the FCC permit XM Radio has for land-based repeater systems.The repeaters help augment the satellite radio signal where taller buildings and other objects block the satellite signal, and are mostly used in large metro areas with a decent amount of teller buildings and such.
Although there are no immediate concerns to the wireless broadband industry -- as it just now plans for service rollouts -- XM Radio will be under the microscope and auspices of WiMAX companies until it gets the situation under control -- and quickly.
