Cablevision is shutting down their experiment, omgfast. They wanted to test the viability of MVDDS, learn the quirks, capabilities, range, etc. so they created omgfast and offered an incredible deal. 50mbps for $40 a month is a good deal, check out Comcast Business 50mbps plan, $199.95 a month. »
business.comcast.com/smb ··· et/plans So they offered a great deal, managed to get themselves 3000 subscribers, definitely there was bad reviews, it was an experimental service! I think they then sold most of the MVDDS spectrum they purchased to Dish Network (I wonder what they'll do with it... I mean Dish was looking at buying Clearwire away from Sprint earlier, so Dish is definitely sticking their neck out there, they wanted Clearwire's WiMax network and now they want Cablevision's MVDDS network... could be interesting) and Cablevision ended up leasing back a portion of the spectrum they just sold Dish, just to keep OMGFast running. I think they're either tired of leasing the spectrum, the contract is up and Dish isn't renewing it because they want it for whatever they have planned, etc. Either way we were left high and dry. No big deal, we had no contracts and we got a good deal for the little while it lasts, as long as the service was 'semi-stable' for you, you came out ok in the end. It sucks they're leaving the equipment, I mean the Linksys E1200 isn't a bad router, I actually put DD-WRT on mine and used it's ability to run a free restricted wifi-hotspot, figured for the last month of service I should let the neighborhood see how omgfast performs. I plan on using the mast they left behind to put a 16dbi directional 2.4ghz WiFi antenna, I hope to get a shot to my brothers house 1.1 miles away. Nice of OMGFast to leave me a mast that goes up fairly high. I "think" the WiMax Antenna (white one) they left behind may be usable by other's, I think it's the Proxim Tsunami or something, I hope to list it on EBay and see if i can get anything for it. I'm fairly sure the MVDDS modem and 'dish' is useless to anybody else so I guess I'll trash it. If anybody's interested in selling the OMGFast equipment off PM me, maybe we can find out more about what models they are and what they're worth or even go into a group auction or something. Who knows. Better than ending up in a landfill. The Linksys E1200 and PoE injector (powers up the WiMax antenna) are definitely worth something, not much, but it's something.