{"id":70589,"date":"2025-08-15T16:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70589\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:12:07","slug":"fixed-wireless-far-from-running-out-of-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70589\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixed Wireless Far From \u2018Running Out of Gas\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, August 14, 2025 \u2013 The growth of <a href=\"https:\/\/broadbandbreakfast.com\/fixed-wireless-ceo-says-his-technology-has-a-bright-future\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fixed wireless access<\/a> internet isn\u2019t slowing down anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>According to Doug Dawson, President of CCG Consulting, despite industry predictions that fixed wireless access (FWA) was a \u201cflash in the pan,\u201d adoption of the technology continues to grow. Dawson noted that the three largest FWA providers: AT&amp;T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, have added between 913,000-959,000 net additions every quarter to their FWA services since Q2 2024, even while cable subscriptions <a href=\"https:\/\/broadbandbreakfast.com\/fiber-fixed-wireless-adds-improved-over-last-q2-cable-worsened\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have declined<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFWA cellular will eventually plateau, but it doesn\u2019t look like we are close to that day yet,\u201d Dawson <a href=\"https:\/\/potsandpansbyccg.com\/2025\/08\/12\/will-fwa-run-out-of-gas\/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote Tuesday<\/a>. \u201cThe industry segment is far from running out of gas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dawson noted that Congress\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/broadbandbreakfast.com\/dean-bubley-after-budget-bill-do-no-harm-to-cbrs-and-6-ghz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">decision to give<\/a> the Federal Communications Commission the authority to auction off as much as 800 megahertz of spectrum for 5G was a huge windfall for the industry. Despite cell towers not being originally designed for home internet use, the industry has adapted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cable companies and telcos were not wrong when they said that cell towers weren\u2019t originally designed to do home broadband, but with over 13.4 million FWA customers, it\u2019s clear that the cell carriers have figured out a way to make it work,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one glaring weakness of FWA is that carriers will still cut FWA speeds to near zero any time that a cell site gets too busy \u2013 carriers are going to continue to prioritize cell customers over FWA customers. But the carriers are considering dedicating spectrum just for FWA, which would eliminate this issue. That will be a lot easier to do after more spectrum comes onto the market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not everything is on the upswing for FWA. Recently imposed tariffs <a href=\"https:\/\/broadbandbreakfast.com\/tariffs-will-fall-more-on-fixed-wireless-than-on-fiber-industry-experts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">may hit<\/a> the industry harder than fiber providers. Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/broadbandbreakfast.com\/ntia-rewrites-rules-for-bead-forcing-states-to-rebid-broadband-projects\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">despite changes<\/a> to the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program that <a href=\"https:\/\/broadbandbreakfast.com\/new-bead-rules-trigger-uproar-over-u-s-broadband-future\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">many viewed<\/a> as favorable to the technology, it has struggled to make inroads, mostly due to <a href=\"https:\/\/broadbandbreakfast.com\/texas-bead-data-reveals-heavy-bidding-from-satellite-providers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stiff competition<\/a> from satellite providers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON, August 14, 2025 \u2013 The growth of fixed wireless access internet isn\u2019t slowing down anytime soon. 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