Does anyone have any experience or advice? Recently Clear WiMax has begun offering its services here in Portland. I was given a 7 day trial using a desktop Motorola WiMax Ethernet modem.
My experience with Comcast service for both HiDef cable TV and broadband has been utterly dismal, with periodic service interruptions, ever increasing charges, poor service tech performance, etc. Comcast's recent addition of a 99 cent monthly service insurance charge (or pay a large service tech bill if they need to actually DO something) is particularly galling given their lack of competence. I am considering Clear WiMax as a broadband replacement. Although the listed download rate is lower than Comcast, actual measured throughput is about 30% higher as Comcast has been degrading in tandem with the number of customers they've signed up. Clear WiMax is offering a guaranteed price w/ a 24 month contract that is actually less than Comcast with NO download limits. I need to commit by next Tuesday, March 31st. Any advice on what I should be wary of here? This looks too good to be true. Should I expect a throughput degradation akin to Comcast as Clear signs up more customers? I'm hazy about the tech details of the limits of this kind of service versus Comcast's copper lines. Clear offers no news feed or home page akin to Comcast, both of which are minor details if Clear service remains superior to Comcast. Are there stand alone news feeds and home page services out there ? Any info would be greatly appreciated Thanks WW _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
