About BoulderWiMax

calendar Jan 1, 2024 / · 2 min read  ·
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BoulderWiMax is a Boulder-area editorial site covering wireless home internet options — comparisons, coverage guides by zip code, and reviews of the providers available in Boulder, Colorado and the surrounding foothills. This site is not affiliated with any internet service provider and does not accept sponsored content.

How This Site Started

BoulderWiMax launched with the same question many Boulder residents were asking in the early 2010s: was WiMAX coming to Boulder?

WiMAX — Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access — was a wide-area wireless broadband standard that briefly looked like it could deliver cable-speed internet without the cable. Sprint and its subsidiary Clearwire deployed WiMAX under a "4G" banner starting in 2008, and the coverage map crept toward Colorado. Boulder never made the list. The technology lost its race against LTE, and Sprint shut down the WiMAX network in November 2015.

WiMAX is gone. What replaced it is better.

What Replaced WiMAX

5G fixed wireless access (5G FWA) does what WiMAX promised: it delivers broadband to your home over a wireless signal from a nearby cellular tower, with no cable trench required. T-Mobile Home Internet, Verizon 5G Home, and AT&T Internet Air are the three major U.S. providers offering 5G FWA today.

For homes in the Boulder foothills and rural Boulder County — where cable infrastructure thins and 5G FWA coverage becomes spotty — Starlink's low-Earth-orbit satellite service fills the gap. It is the most viable wireless home internet option for foothills zip codes like 80302, 80304, and 80310.

What You'll Find Here

  • Provider comparisons — T-Mobile Home Internet vs. Starlink, 5G FWA vs. cable, and head-to-head reviews of the options actually available in Boulder
  • Coverage guides by zip code — which providers reach 80302, 80303, 80304, 80305, 80310, and the surrounding foothills
  • Use-case guides — wireless home internet for Boulder remote workers, foothills households without cable access, and anyone evaluating a cable alternative
  • No invented specs — every post anchors on provider plan pages or FCC National Broadband Map data

Get in Touch

Questions, feedback, or local coverage experience to share? Contact us.