Shared fiber : The government constructs (or authorizes a private company to construct) anetwork of fiber optic cables that run from each home in the municipality to a central peering point.
LightSquared, which is backed by the private equity firm Harbinger Capital Partners, aims to constructa nationwide network that uses the fourth-generation (4G) technology LTE.
At the time they planned to constructa nationwide WiMax network. (See: "Clearwire Buddies Up With Sprint") Sprint and Clearwire couldn't get the deal off the ground, though, and called the whole thing off in November.