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 Review by Duramax08 
UPDATED: 12 days ago
member for 1.3 years, 499 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 San Antonio,Bexar,TX
 $30 per month (24 month contract)
 about 1 days
 "Unlimited, Fast and Cheap"
 "All of a sudden im out of the service area?"
 "Starting to get fishy........."
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Clear recently launched in San Antonio and they said I can get their services so I decided to go for it after years of dial up. Got the 3mbps down with 1 mbps up for $30 a month. You can lease or buy the equipment but the home modem was only $70 so I decided to buy it rather then lease it for $5 a month. Got home and hooked it up but had no signal. Moved it around the house and got 1 out of 5 bars at the kitchen and decided check out the speed. Got on and did the simple registering stuff and was on the web. Did a speed test and got 5mbps down ON ONE BAR! Upload was a little on the slow side with .1mbps but its probably because of the signal. Also the latency was 142ms. On dialup I use to play realtime games with a latency of 300ms so im gona try xbox live and tell you the results. Im just happy that I can finally get something better then dial up. Thank god for clear coming into town. 4G FTW!
Update 11/08/2009
Lost signal around 3pm today. Still have my dial up connected so I got online with that and got on the clear website to chat with a rep and they say they have a problem at the local tower and it should be fixed within 2 hours. Other then that its been smooth so far. Still getting 3mbps down. I can play gta4 with a friend with no problem but i get some problems when playing with other people. I can also play runescape which I have been playing for years and it seems faster now due to the lower latency I have now which is around 150ms. on dial up i believe it was 300ms. Will keep you up-to-date if anything else happens.
Update Evening 11/08/2009
Signal was still gone so went back to chat with the rep online. They said that I am not in the coverage area. WTF? I was in it all last week and now im gone? They said I would have to call tech support but I really dont got time to do all there run arounds. I moved the modem where I first had it and I got 1 bar. Better then nothing I guess.
Update 11/9/2009
Still have a bar on the modem and this is the last day of the trial. I can back out now or go for the long nasty ride............
too bad they didnt put a antenna port on the modem. That would really help me. Right now im thinking of going outside and looking for the best signal and put it in a weather proof enclosure.
Followup comments:  ernliz
join:2001-11-25
Abilene, TX
 ·Clearwire Wireless
| Clear Stuff... Good for you and your Clear performance. It seems like you can get more than 1 light if you play with the the placement of the modem a little more.
You're one of the lucky ones. I get 2 to 3 lights on my modem and am very, very lucky to get over 500 kbps. I suspect a tower issue but the local Clear people at Abilene TX are mentally-challenged as far as their service and technical prowess goes.
Please keep us posted on future performance issues. Many have started out with excellent speeds (like me) only to have them deteriorate soon thereafter. | |
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Duramax08
Oh rly?
join:2008-08-03
San Antonio, TX
·Clearwire Wireless
 ·Juno Express
| Re: Clear Stuff... Got 2 bars now in another room and getting what im paying for. Getting 3.5mbps right now. Thinking of upgrading to the next plan with no cap on the download side. I tried xbox live but it seems like I cant play that great due to the latency but I can play another game that ive been playing since dial up. Going to take it to town soon and will post results.
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High speed internet is on my road thanks to Clear 4G! F$*% you AT&T and TWC! | |
| ernliz
join:2001-11-25
Abilene, TX
·Clearwire Wireless
| Hey Duramax....... Thanks for the updates. I read your comments of Nov 8th and 9th and it's getting interesting! As I wrote before, things seem to get worse as the days go on with Clear for many users. Please keep us posted on your performance in the days to come.
Also, this may be trivial, but when you update, and the report is not so good, adjust your rating of Clear. Your last update still has your original "very good" rating, and this may not have been what you wanted. Sure as hell don't want Clear to get credit for their service when it's not warranted. | |
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Duramax08
Oh rly?
join:2008-08-03
San Antonio, TX | Re: Hey Duramax....... What I am going to do tomorrow is put the modem in a weather proof enclosure and put the modem outside somewhere.
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High speed internet is on my road thanks to Clear 4G! F$*% you AT&T and TWC! | |
| | | ernliz
join:2001-11-25
Abilene, TX | Re: Hey Duramax....... Great, and plz keep us informed. This may be THE answer for some of us. | |
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Duramax08
Oh rly?
join:2008-08-03
San Antonio, TX | Re: Hey Duramax....... will do. | |
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