Review by crws 
UPDATED: 113 days ago
member for 9.5 years, 871 visits, last login: 3 days ago
 Vancouver,Clark,WA
 $85 per month (24 month contract)
 about 3 days
 "Easy connectivity, Good speeds, supposedly user balanced home signups"
 "NO TECHNICAL DATA for reference. Modem is a NAT, FIREWALL, & DHCP Server. All bets are off if you change control panel settings"
 "Need to be schooled, but has potential"
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Have run a home ftp for years, and assumed.... that the Moto modem was transparent or configurable to be. Not so. If you run NAT or DHCP behind your modem, beware. The CPEi 25150 is locked into NAT, with a private IP scope 192.168.x.x. End user access is not supported by Clear. Was told that the modem's 192.168.15.1 "motorola" password is now being randomized to keep users out of the modem control panel. You need access (now thru Clear tech support evidently) to set up gaming, port forwarding and DMZ zones if you plan on outside access to your subnet. $200 for new modem (leased) if you brick it trying.
Other than that technical detail, service & speed seems to be good, customer service seems decent, and getting online was a snap. Looking for the magic 5 bars can be interesting, as a Google search will attest, or for $70.00 you can accessorize:
»https://www.clearwire.com/order_entry/ac···ryID=338
Static IP's are $10, but are a reserved IP from the DHCP server.
The 10M down (burst)/1M up release was a non-event, even to current customers, with some rumors to the effect of higher speeds in the wind:
»www.michaelgossett.me/index.php/···4-weeks/
After my transparent bridging fallout and modem access uncertainty, I guess I'm split on Clear although the PHS300 and USB combo is great. It is definitely nice to be free of Comcast, especially when they are already touting the resale of Clear bandwidth at 40% margin.
»www.fiercewireless.com/story/com···-RSS-FW0
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