Clearwire - 4G - WiMax
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From: ps56k on 7 Dec 2009 02:55 "Larry" <noone(a)home.com> wrote in message news:Xns9CDA185F8AC75noonehomecom(a)74.209.131.13... > "ps56k" <pschuman_no_spam_me(a)interserv.com> wrote in news:hfi0ub$8kk$1 > @news.eternal-september.org: > >> Wondering - >> >> How much of a lead does Clearwire & WiMax have >> before the cellular carriers have 4G like LTE deployed ? >> >> >> > > Totally different philosophies. Wimax carriers are in the business to > deliver UNLIMITED, HIGH SPEED data for use on anything you like. > Sellphone carriers are in business to sell PHONE SERVICE, first, and data > as a profit center after....to be milked for every cent they can. > > Rode down I-20 in Atlanta speed testing off Clear's system at 10Mbps on a > Wimax aircard plugged into Dell's fastest laptop. That's NOT a burst- > speed trick or stupid sellphone compression fantasy. That's to a flash- > based speed test webpage, over and over. God it's FAST. > > Difference is WiMax won't be throttling phone and TV services like > Sellphone carriers have done for years with their "only for email and web > browsing" bullshit. There's no "5GB/month then we're gonna screw you > good" mentality. What good will 5GB/month LTE 4G be? You don't expect a > company selling data at $1.99/MB, $1,990/GB, to let you stream TV at > 2Mbps do you?.....ha! > > I was one of the first cellular phone customers in Charleston, SC. > > I intend to be one of the first WiMax data customers in Charleston, SC, > too! > > Atlanta Wimax is here: > http://www.wimaxatl.com/ > > News about North Carolina is here: > http://www.yesdigital.com/ > > The combo plans are great. pick 2 = $55 for 6Mbps down/1Mbps up both > home or mobile. pick 3 is $75. > > Think you'll ever see a sellphone carrier let you have two aircards and > home broadband for $75/mo UNLIMITED?...4 times as fast as VZW delivers > only 5GB/mo for $60 now?......NOT! > like with most broadband services - be it DSL or Cable - it will be interesting to read more of the real world experiences like here on DSL/Broadband reports http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23280391-Clear-in-Chicago I can still see several "pizza box antennas" around our area rooftops from the last broadband wireless effort in Chicago - abandoned - There's even a couple dozen of the muni WiFi system antennas still on the street lights - again abandoned -
From: Larry on 7 Dec 2009 02:57 "ps56k" <pschuman_no_spam_me(a)interserv.com> wrote in news:hfi6f6$gvq$1 @news.eternal-september.org: > http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23280391-Clear-in-Chicago Think back to when one of the sellphone carriers came to your town. They put up the first 5 towers across town then kept building out over a year or two to fill in the holes. Some got fantastic service. Others were in the DEAD ZONES as I used to call them on here when we switched to digital from AMPS. Growing pains.....I'm amazed at how much building Clear is doing! When I got my first cellular phone, there were two 500' towers to cover all of Charleston, SC. Service sucked away from the towers, of course. A year later, we had 12. Service was much improved. We switched to digital. Service sucked again. But, it got better as lots of small sites replaced the AMPS monsters my 3W bagphone used. Growing pains. As long as the building doesn't stop halfassed done like ATT/Cingular did, it'll happen with time.....
From: Larry on 7 Dec 2009 03:05 "ps56k" <pschuman_no_spam_me(a)interserv.com> wrote in news:hficdj$se$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > I can still see several "pizza box antennas" around our area rooftops > from the last broadband wireless effort in Chicago - abandoned - > > There's even a couple dozen of the muni WiFi system antennas still on > the street lights - again abandoned - > > > Within a couple of miles of my house, you can connect to W4CSC-R with your Pringle's cantenna and wifi router and use mine. If everyone did this, city systems would have be unnecessary. Warchalking isn't as good as it used to be before the comm companies rang all the alarm bells to reduce the freebie loading. Bandwidth goes to horrible waste across the net because of all the locked up routers noone can borrow in the neighborhood. You'll find a couple of Pringles cantennas on top of the enlisted barracks of the Charleston AFB....My little contribution to the troops keeping us safe. They're 1.8 miles from my 50' inverted plastic bucket with the 100mw router and 6db antenna. That's pretty good coverage, considering all the other routers raising hell in the area! Help yourself. It's not secured and there's 6mbps down for all to share. Heresy, ain't it? How awful!
From: Ness-Net on 8 Dec 2009 02:37 "Larry" <noone(a)home.com> wrote in message news:Xns9CDA1E20D80A8noonehomecom(a)74.209.131.13... > "ps56k" <pschuman_no_spam_me(a)interserv.com> wrote in news:hfi6f6$gvq$1 > @news.eternal-september.org: > >> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23280391-Clear-in-Chicago > > Think back to when one of the sellphone carriers came to your town. They > put up the first 5 towers across town then kept building out over a year or > two to fill in the holes. Some got fantastic service. Others were in the > DEAD ZONES as I used to call them on here when we switched to digital from > AMPS. > > Growing pains.....I'm amazed at how much building Clear is doing! > > When I got my first cellular phone, there were two 500' towers to cover all > of Charleston, SC. Service sucked away from the towers, of course. A year > later, we had 12. Service was much improved. We switched to digital. > Service sucked again. But, it got better as lots of small sites replaced > the AMPS monsters my 3W bagphone used. Growing pains. > > As long as the building doesn't stop halfassed done like ATT/Cingular did, > it'll happen with time..... > L, old buddy. I have to complement you. Or at least make a comment on behalf of all the old timers here. This is the first I've seen you not bash digital. It's nice to see you have succumbed to reality. You mellowing on us??
From: Larry on 8 Dec 2009 11:46
"Ness-Net" <richard.nodamn(a)nessnet.spam.com> wrote in news:JZCdnXgXqoWqn4PWnZ2dnUVZ_oqdnZ2d(a)giganews.com: > You mellowing on us?? > NEVAH!.....(c;] I'm watching for the Green Clearwire trucks to come rolling into town! |