WiMax frequency range confusion...any help?

> Okay - after spending at least half an hour with "technical support"
> from Sympatico WiMax unplugged, trying to figure out the range at
> which this abomination operates (so as to know if I'm gonna be able to
> measure for better areas with what I've got), I get told by the rep
> that it operates at 30 to 3000 khz, which translates into 0.03 to 3 MHz.
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> Huh? Say what? That's like ULF, or VLF, isn't it? Like Ultra, or Very
> Low Frequency? That's not even measurable by conventional gear. In
> fact, I don't believe that even falls into the range of "microwave" at
> all!
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> Is it possible that they operate at that, thus rendering any meter
> unusable to find, or was I given some obscure and incorrect piece of
> information by a tech support guy who'd never been asked that question
> before and had to consult a manual (as may have been the case from the
> long periods I was on hold on the phone for)?
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> My assumption was that WiMax or any such wireless internet service
> operates at higher frequencies, 2.4 GHz or higher.
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> What's going on? Tell me that it was just technical incompetence, and
> that, not that I want to have to, but if I needed to, I could check
> areas for non-cell phone (instead, wireless internet, be it called
> WiMax or otherwise) signals, with currently available equipment.
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> Any thanks hugely appreciated!
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> Cheers,
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> R.
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