Clearwire's "WiMAX van," complete with computers and WiMAX devices inside for testing (photo courtesy of www.unstrung.com)

The CTIA conference continues to be the amazing wireless event we were all hoping for, showcasing all the latest technology and products. Today's cool news comes courtesy of Clearwire, who demonstrated their WiMAX (XOHM) technology by setting up a few WiMAX towers in the San Francisco area and driving around in their "WiMAX van" to show their broadband service to conference attendees. They're taking folks on tours around the city and letting them see firsthand the speediness and uninterrupted connectivity of the service. They are reporting average speeds between 2-4Mbps, topping out at 10 megs (!). Of course, it's unlikely that WE would see such speeds when we finally get access to WiMAX, because we'll be sharing the bandwidth with our neighbors and whatnot, but it's still exciting to see a new technology actually work in the "real world" (well, a controlled real world environment, to be fair)!