bandwithhog

No, it really isn't. Especially when you have people like that bandwithhog guy. While I absolutely feel bad for those people out in the middle of nowhere (I can say that because I used to live there too) who have no better option, It just doesn't work well. Also, one thing I'm confused on is how you had coverage everywhere you went. Clearwire's coverage wasn't exactly idealistic in most cases.

Well, the business model would work because you have other users that don't use even 2GB per month and heavy users make up the difference. We should get away from the thought that these poor companies do us a favor and we should be blessed to pay an arm and a leg for their service. Have you ever looked at Japan? They pay less and have higher speeds too. They offered a service for a price and their calculation includes heavy users like myself but there is no alternative if you have no DSL, Cable etc available

AT&T's LTE network impaired by salon's fluorescent light

By Tammy Parker

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The fixture is located inside the Perfect Cuts Salon in a San Antonio, Texas, strip mall. By simply flicking the salon's lights on and off...

Just for your info, Mr Hog, I also live in Nevada; a small burg known as Henderson..BUT I happen to live in the NIMBY part

of town in the hills and quite honestly I NEVER expect to see a strong LTE signal at my house..I'm on the fringes of Wimax; the point to this is that I DON'T expect Sprint to move Heaven & Earth so that I may have a strong wireless signal; if you are truly in the sticks in Nevada you're going to have a problem once Wimax is yanked as I doubt Sprint will maintain any but the protected sites for Wimax; this is YOUR choice

LOL, even Searchlight got better coverage compared to Henderson and yes, Clear is currently a good provider and I am happy to have them around. Lets see what will happen and if I can remain home and continue to work remotely or if I have to drive to the office for work which would not be as much fun.

Nothing here; lets move on people..if Mr Hog is in the sticks and is using a UNDERUTILIZED tower..well thats ok I guess but like Fray above I'm not sure all of this adds up..

The real problem is that rural areas are not well covered and that wireless is the only solution. But some people actually work mobile and we should not be treated like outcast because we can't get real broadband. My neighbor got a Dish and he is so unhappy about their service and TWC decided not to build out in our area or provide cable.

Clear who?  Clearwire was bought out by Sprint, and virtually everything is changing.  So don't be too sure.

 

Robert

That is true but I am sure Sprint is not making big changes to Clear's service before they shut down service in 2015

It's easier just to throw you off.  That's what I'd do!  

 

Robert

Well Clear has been nice and accepting of my hunger since 2009 and I am sure they will not change their mind anytime soon.

At 600 GB, you are using on average about one fifth of the capacity of your sector every second of every day.  That is not abuse of Clearwire -- it is abuse of your fellow users of this shared resource.  But your username already seems to indicate that.

 

AJ

So show me a better alternative? There is none and I pay for two devices so consider 300GB per device which is what I can find online pretty standard for Clear in some areas. Why should I throttle my usage, have Clear provide more capacity.

I am not sure that I have the patience to write a longer rebuttal to dedub, but I what I interpret he means is that non utilization is poor resource utilization.

 

The problem with this perspective, as I stated earlier, is that wireless networks are rarely, if ever subject to non utilization.  Rather, dedub's issue is really with under utilization.  But I have no issue with under utilization because it means that congestion is far less likely, hence capacity is apt to be there for those who actually need it when they need it. 

 

To present an analogy, harping about under network utilization as poor resource utilization would be like stating that many highways are poor resource utilization because they are not constantly full of traffic.

 

And by the way, that guy who is using 600 GB of WiMAX per month is transferring on average 1.9 Mbps every second of every day.  That is abuse.

 

AJ

Why is usage abuse?

I have no better alternative available in my area and I work from home and in my line of work, we have to transfer a lot of data. Clear offered a service and I have two devices running and balance the load between private and business and I am sure a lot of people use a lot more and why not. I am paying for their service and Clear has never complained since 2009! So if Clear stops offering WiMax service, I will have to move my office into the city because there is no other broadband available.

There isn't a better wired ISP in your area?

Nope and I am happy with having no cable, no satellite yet still being able to access the Internet at free terms. Okay, WiMax will be gone in 2015 but until that time, I remain hopefully a happy Clear(Sprint) customer

Mr bandwidth hog, how much data are you using monthly on your mobile connection & your home connection?

-Will

I burn about 500-600GB spread over two devices. One is for the family incl. Smart TV and one is for the Home Office. We don't have cable or Satellite TV and we stream everything especially since local TV is not the best in my area.

I am glad that the Wimax home plans are limited to just 3-6 Mbps and 1.5 Mbps tiers.  I don't want Wimax sucking up the backhaul bandwidth for TD-LTE.

That is not correct, that is the speed you can expect but I am pulling between 4-12 down and 1.6 up every day. Okay my tower is close but pretty full and Clear will no longer activate in this area because the tower is full.

As of October 1, there are two plan options. The $54.99 plan has download speed of 3-6 Mbps and upload is at 1.0 Mbps while the $39.99 plan has download speed of 1.5 Mbps and upload is at 500 Kbps.

My old $37.50 plan will not change as long I maintain it. If I fail to pay or go on a vacation hold, I can get only the $54.99 plan back

I am using Clear everyday and I am really happy with their service and I would be real sad to see them go. Sprint should allow current Sprint customers to maintain their accounts on a future 2.5/2.6GHz LTE network only since they have the capacity. Clear had only about 1.3 million subs and not everyone is leaching huge amounts of data.