The convergence of fixed and mobile has been happening slowly, but FWA has turbocharged mobile operators to take advantage of something cable companies don’t have, which is spectrum,” Lum said. MNOs are currently developing FWA in rural and underserved areas before they begin to deploy in urban markets, he added. FWA also has some challenges to deployment, however. One drawback is that some locations don’t have strong signals. MNOs might also limit the number of FWA users to avoid exhausting capacity, especially if they use midband spectrum, Rysavy said. But, over time, operators will augment capacity to support more connections. While FWA gives more control to users, some FWA connections are faster and more consistent than others, depending on the location. Some users said they have sufficient service, while others said their service speed and connection varies, Kagan said.