Will FWA Run Out of Gas?

You probably haven’t noticed, but the press is no longer full of articles claiming that Fixed Wireless Access cellular broadband is a poor broadband choice for customers. For several years, there was a constant stream of quotes by executives of big cable companies and telcos saying that FWA was a flash in the pan that was only selling quickly because of low prices. They said that FWA performance was erratic, and cellular carriers didn’t have enough excess capacity to provide a reliable broadband connection. There were many predictions made that FWA would plateau as word of mouth spread that FWA's performance was substandard. But that plateau hasn’t happened. The recent quarterly growth of FWA has held steady for each of the three major FWA providers. Verizon recently said it has a goal of reaching 8-9 million FWA customers by 2030. T-Mobile has a more aggressive plan to reach 12 million customers by the end of 2028. The industry segment is far from running out of gas.