Anonymous – Clear WiMax and Clearwire Internet Review
Let me first say I must be an idiot for signing up with Clearwire in the first place. A 2 year contract should have tipped off my idiot sensors, but no.
So I couldnt get good service for the majority of my 7 months so far, so I decide as suggested by Clear, to put an ad out on CraigsList.com for someone to take it over. Well, I meet the woman and give her the modem to try it. I told her to call me if she didn’t want the modem, or to call Clear to set up her new account (and then they call you to confirm) as I planned on canceling the crappy service anyway.
So 25 days go by without a response. Well guess what, she dropped off the face of the earth and now I’m stuck paying the $100 dollar non refundable “equipment” fee for the modem on top of the $180 bucks to break the contract.
So my advice is:
1. Dont be an idiot like me
2. DO NOT GET CLEAR
3. DONT GO POSTAL
4. If you plan to have someone you do not know take your modem to try out in order to take over the account, get there DL number, and any info you can before giving the thing to them at all costs, or you could (I say could) get scammed by the rude evil devils and end up paying Clear for the crappy modem. Clear will not survive unless they get rid of the contracts, good people are telling the public whats going on with them and letting them know about the scams they pull.
Good luck my fellow Clear survivors.
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Anonymous from Abilene – Clear WiMax and Clearwire Internet Review
Live just 1 mile east of Abilene Texas city limits. Had clearwire for about 2 years and would have 3 to 4 bars on signal strength. Then came the NEW upgraded faster modem in Dec 2009. After that I never could even get 1 bar. After many calls and many emails with no help we canceled the account.
Then, after being told about how good Wildblue satellite system was, I tried that. Well the ping rate for that is slower than dial up and stinks.
Like where is all that help for high speed access for rural people that has been talked about in DC for months?
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Anonymous from Las Vegas – Clear WiMax and Clearwire Internet Review
I am located in Las Vegas, Nevada
When I first signed up for Clear WiMAX, my downloads were pretty fast (approx. 5 Mb/s down). However, Clear added so many customers in my area, my speeds (upload and download) went down the drain (well less than one Mb/s down) after only a few weeks.
I have complained endlessly and Clear does not dispute my claims. Clear admits that capacity must be multiplied in my neighborhood, but (after several months) Clear never seems to get around to doing anything about that. Service was fine when the tower and network capacity were matched to the number of customers.
But service is now terrible when the same capacity services ten times as many customers. Anyway, just a helpful hint:
When you first sign up, go immediately to http://www.pingtest.net — and perform several PING tests. Your Pingtest grade should be “B” or better. Your MOS (look at the fine print at www.pingtest.net) should be over 4. If your Clear connection does not excel in both of these categories, and you intend to use the internet for online gaming or VOIP — I suggest that you cancel your Clear service within 7 days and contact your local cable company, DSL provider, or fiber optic provider to purchase a decent connection to the internet.
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