Comments on: Clear brings 4G Wimax to Charlotte, an in-depth look

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:54:22 +0000

How does clear wire look for gaming? xbox360

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:53:28 +0000

Looking into Clearwire . . . any recommendations if it is any good for gaming . . . Mainly xbox 360?
If not how about time warner?

By: Tyler

Tyler — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:35:09 +0000

Just wanted to share with the world…couldn’t be happier with the reliability and speed of our new Clear system here at Lightbulb Coworking.

Thanks to Justin and Matt for getting us up and running…

By: Justin Ruckman

Justin Ruckman — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:49:57 +0000

Matt, drop me a line at justin@cltblog.com, I can answer your questions.

By: Matt Wallace

Matt Wallace — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:26:40 +0000

I am desperately in need of help. I have basic roadrunner from timewarner. I’m testing Clear right now and just cannot decide which is faster. Speedtest says Clear is around 7 Mbps and Timewarner is 5 Mbps. But I’m experiencing more reliable speed from Timewarner. I personally feel TW is overpriced and a monopoly.

Any thoughts? From anyone?

By: Justin Ruckman

Justin Ruckman — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:39:11 +0000

There *are* still some weak spots around town. But that’s not the norm, and it’s improving. We installed a trio of modems over at Lightbulb Coworking last week, and they were getting around 12 Mbps down and 1 Mb up. That’s actually a faster upload than the fastest in town: Road Runner Turbo; and just a hair slower download.

We can have someone come out and test modem strength at your place, FWIW. If anyone’s curious.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:24:58 +0000

Hi,

I am a reseller and would like to talk to you about joining out team. Having the product helps you sell it, and the commissions aren’t to bad either.

My email is freehomepost@yahoo.com or call me at 803-448-4325 my name is Joe.

By: billy

billy — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:54:08 +0000

i can confirm really poor service. i’m in south charlotte and have been having terrible bandwidth issues for the past 3 weeks. when i said terrible, i’ve been getting 290 kbps down regularly. they are sending a technician out in a couple of days, hopefully to add more stacks to the towers.

By: Justin Ruckman

Justin Ruckman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:33:42 +0000

Interesting. I’d say in their defense that for the past two months they’ve still been tweaking their network. But I haven’t experienced getting kicked off like you mention. Maybe now that the network is public things will be smoother? I’d definitely follow up with them again now that the network is officially launched.

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:28:33 +0000

I’ve been a Clear/Clearwire customer for about 17 months now. They upgraded our modems to prepare for this rollout two months ago. The service up to that point had been ok, nothing great and certainly no where near there quoted speed rates and I’ve run numerous speed tests. The past three weeks, however, have been horrendous. I’ve been knocked off the internet every twenty minutes or so. They can’t give me a reason why. I’m tempted to buy out my contract (I don’t know if this is still the case, but I locked into a 24 month contract after a test period and unfortunately have 7 months left) and go back to TWC, as much as I am loathe to give them another dollar of my money. I need more reliable net access and this upgrade has been anything but for me with no explanation.

By: Christopher Henderson

Christopher Henderson — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:43:38 +0000

And also with the option of no contract. And in my experience so far much better customer service.

By: Justin Ruckman

Justin Ruckman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:10:38 +0000

You want to talk to Clear. I can put you in touch if you drop me a line: justin@cltblog.com.

By: Justin Ruckman

Justin Ruckman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:09:33 +0000

the best kind

By: Justin Ruckman

Justin Ruckman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:00:26 +0000

I have the same turbo package at my house, but I mostly end up using that bandwidth for torrents. I’m investing a little monthly income into a off-site seedbox to handle all of that, and freeing up my home connection for surfing.

And for the price of turbo Road Runner minus the monthly cost of a seedbox, I can still get both a standalone Clear modem and a USB key. Not a bad deal for my use anyway. And when I’m at home, I can connect to both the standalone modem via wifi and the USB key simultaneously.

By: Justin Ruckman

Justin Ruckman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:56:53 +0000

haha, you’re right, should be 1 Mbps; fixed.

By: Christopher Henderson

Christopher Henderson — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:55:01 +0000

Had it for about a week in Charlotte and I love it. http://www.speedtest.net/result/607730793.png not too shabby. How would one go about becoming a reseller?

By: Erik Button

Erik Button — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:53:50 +0000

Sell outs.

By: Tim Taylor

Tim Taylor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:52:17 +0000

looks cool. Think I’ll stick with Time Warner, though. 17 Mbps download is hard to give up. http://www.speedtest.net/result/610555383.png

By: Joshua James

Joshua James — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:48:27 +0000

I think you got a typo there on your Fast Home – $35/mo. upload speed. 1 Kbps ain’t that fast.