clearwire?

[thelawgoddess]

do any of you use this or know of someone who does? it seems rather affordable. i don't have a home phone or cable, so i've been lacking good fast internet at my house and am wondering if this might be a good option. just curious how well it really works - particularly for portability ...

[Cera]

Is clearwire sprint??? I used sprint a few years ago because I was going to school and living in a 5th wheel... It really worked well, but at the time you had to pay by the MB! Needless to say it was very expensive back then. Now they have unlimited MB's and free wireless cards. It is really cool when traveling, it works anywhere cell phones work! If this isn't what you are talking about, I just wasted your time. Ha ha...

[DiverDown]

I have seen it it looks good. I thought it was only in Skagit County, I wish they would come down south.. I can only get dial-up.. ](*,)

[claret]

Hi LawGoddess! Here's some info that was circulating at work today...

"FYI:
I signed up for this service on Friday (the 1.5 mbps version) and so far, I like it. I haven’t tried online gaming yet- but in terms of general surfing, and downloading files, I have no complaints. I’ll answer questions if anyone is curious.

P.S.
However, if you are interested in getting this, I offer one warning:
I signed up for Clearwire at the Northgate Best Buy. Avoid that. The staff does not seem able to grasp how the service contract works (sign up in store, get modem in store, get billed in mail). The staff was ignorant and borderline antagonistic, and I had to call the Clearwire customer service to iron out what the hell was going on. I was so irritated by upon leaving Best Buy that I did not purchase the Tenacious D soundtrack I badly wanted, out of protest. That’s right, I was so annoyed by Best Buy I deprived myself of the Pick of Destiny just to deny them a sale. Sometimes, it hurts to stand up for what you believe in…"

-claret

[Nwbrewer]

Thanks for the heads up Claret. I'm thinking about trying out this service too, so please let us know if you experience any issues with it.

The best part is you can now just use your new wireless sercive to avoid pimple faced morons at Best Buy altogether......




Jake

[Nwbrewer]

Stupid double post. My bad.

[nice-diver]

I am on it right now and seems quit fast. the payments are automatic and so far so good. may have problems picking up the signal depending on where you live but that could just be down here. It is supposed to be portable too, to take to a friends house, or out on the patio, or anywhere you can pick up a signal, you could post online with your drysuit still dripping

[runamonk]

My sister in law is using and so far she's loving it. I still have comcast gold but I really don't need as much speed as I'm getting. Although if we switch our service and something doesn't work my wife will have a coronary.