| I wouldn't know, I can't get it. I have wanted Clear WiMax since it launched here in Portland. But unfortunately, my house is in a small (two block wide) valley. On launch, they didn't even make an attempt to say I could get it. Now, they claim I can; and they now have OS X drivers for the mobile USB dongle, so I decided to take the plunge. One of their mall kiosks has a program where you can borrow the home Ethernet modem free for a couple days to see if you get acceptable service. I did that.
Put it in my basement, where my cable modem now resides. No signal.
Put it upstairs, directly above (but on the 'far side' of the house from the side their nearest transmitter is on.) No signal.
Put it in the kitchen, in a window directly facing their nearest transmitter. No signal.
Put it on the back deck railing, as clear as possible line-of-sight to their antenna (although there are too many trees in between for me to even see if the hill is a problem or not.) No signal.
So, back to the mall it went. Darn. |
