This forgotten 2000s tech was supposed to be the ultimate Wi-Fi killer
May 29, 2026 | Guides
I remember visiting a good buddy of mine in 2005 and leafing through a magazine about IT and computers that his brother regularly read. I would usually glance through the mostly boring software and hardware sections (they were boring to the teen me) and jump straight to the video game reviews, but I’d occasionally read a piece about some cool and futuristic new technology the 2000s were brimming with. This time, it was an article about WiMAX, touted as theWi-Fi killer and the future of wireless broadband.