Comments on: Clearwire’s WiMax is a Go for Portland, OR

By: nwducati

nwducati — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:24:43 +0000

I’ve had service for one week, best result so far.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/387453049.png

By: Gibralter

Gibralter — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:15:48 +0000

I heard an ad for it on the radio yesterday

By: bonesb

bonesb — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:11:19 +0000

I’ll be trying it out in a couple of weeks, a couple of guys have been trying it out for a few weeks (they’ve had USB modems for a few weeks) and really like it.

Those prices above are no-contract, AFAIK.

Not to mix topics, but I was reading that Clear’s board was planning to consider “other technologies” for their future build out, that a commitment to WiMax wasn’t set. Maybe why there’s no more Nokia 810s – they’re being boxed up and shipped to Russia, where they have some WiMax? Smart. So’s no contract, in my book for now!

By: andybo

andybo — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:43:17 +0000

The original post was a little mis-leading, stating you need a Wi-Max compatible device in order to use this service. The internet access utilizes USB air cards that will hook-up any laptop or standard desktop computer. After some serious investigation in this company, and completely reading the huge company profile on Nasdaq.com, I too became an investor of this company as I think this is the future of internet service. Ya’ll sit back and wait if you don’t believe.

By: Don Louie

Don Louie — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:21:56 +0000

Damn IPCS, guess it makes since to hold off because of that.

By: COCOViper

COCOViper — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:36:04 +0000

They only got 3.5B in cash not 17B (~15B was the total of the contributed assets from all parties). Also Chicago will most likely not go live until later in 2009 due to iPCS legal issues.

Las Vegas will most likely be the next big market followed by some combination of Wash DC, Atlanta, Grand Rapids, LA, NYC, Boston, and Philly. I wouldn’t be too surprised if Seattle hits in 2009 as well.

http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=169886

By: nic

nic — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:34:33 +0000

Sprint is offering a 4G aircard now for 149.99. Clear is in cahoots with sprint so if you live in Portland, pick one up.

By: Don Louie

Don Louie — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:26:22 +0000

Was that 17B not enough to make the other test cities live like L.A., NY and Chicago

By: Humdizzle

Humdizzle — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:49:21 +0000

What are the speeds like?

By: Orga

Orga — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:55:20 +0000

I guess I’ll be the nitpicky word whore and point out that word you were looking for is dearth, not dirth.

Sorry.

By: veks

veks — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:00:59 +0000

Anyone know the launch date for LA, Ca?

By: BoogerEater

BoogerEater — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:55:12 +0000

Is the unlimited plan truely unlimited? Or when someone hits 5gigs, then they start getting charged out the wazoo!?

By: Deaf

Deaf — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:55:42 +0000

Portland? Bring WiMax over to Minneapolis/Saint Paul and I guarantee that it’ll be a success here!

By: drunknbass

drunknbass — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:48:09 +0000

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