criggs
join:2000-07-14
New York, NY Reviews:
 ·Millenicom
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Re: April Sprint 4G Wimax Speeds Hey, thanks a lot!
I looked around and it turns out that Microsoft itself recommends this app at »channel9.msdn.com/blogs/larrylar···-in-win7 and »channel9.msdn.com/Shows/ButWhy/N···-But-Why . So I guess they know they f****d up.
I downloaded the setup executable version, since I didn't want to screw with unzipping and all that stuff.
However when I went to install it I got the message that I had to close all windows. Sorry, little app, I'm too busy.
But I'll install it tomorrow first thing when I fire up my box.
Thanks again!
Also, now that it's the 14th (barely) I'll post an updated speed test:
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criggs
join:2000-07-14
New York, NY Reviews:
·Millenicom
| And I just wanted you to know that bright and early this morning I fired up my box, and installed the ap. And I'm very happy with it, and thanks again for bringing my attention to it. Hopefully Windows 8, or whatever they'll call the next operating system, will fix this screwup. |
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| Thanks for posting link. I got the ap running on my win7 box. Works good. |
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criggs
join:2000-07-14
New York, NY | And here's my speed today:
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criggs
join:2000-07-14
New York, NY | And here's what I'm getting today.
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7 months since the switch and still going strong. |
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criggs
join:2000-07-14
New York, NY Reviews:
·Millenicom
| I'm wondering at what point we will be in a position to say definitely "Sprint 4G WiMax users are not, and will not, get throttled in the same way that Clear 4G WiMax customers are."
Now, assume that IS the case (and I think it's accurate to say that has NOT been definitively established). You're probably not in an authoritative position to say, one way or the other, but is it your opinion that Sprint users are just lucky because there are fewer of them, which is why fewer of them get throttled?
Or do you believe something else is at the root of this difference?
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| I have no inside knowledge about the subject but I agree with you about the number of Sprint 4G users being less than Clear users. Clear marketed the service as a DSL/Cable replacement, I don't think Sprint did that. Also more of the Sprint 4G users have cell phones and not home modems. They are not trying to use the connection as their primary internet connection in most cases. |
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While Sprint & Clear share the infrastructure they are not the same company and do not have the same policies.
When I was on Sprint back in the Fixed Wireless Internet days they did not throttle then either but you were impacted by the number of users on at one time.
If there is throttling now it is not such that it impacts "normal" use (gaming, streaming, browsing, etc).
My connection is shared throughout the house and I have not checked but the drop in speeds could be due to what else is happening.
Suffice it to say that even when I am "throttled"; my speed is at least 3Mbits down. |
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