brianhn1
Sup Brotha
join:2003-01-26
Jacksonville, FL
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| reply to Angrychair
Re: Clearwire hasn't left me impressed
I was also one that used Clearwire service in Jacksonville, FL. It was painfully slow because of the such high latency that was encountered during the use of the service. Ping times were always above 300ms when I was about 7 miles from a main tower, but about 100ms when I was less than a mile away.
Weather also affected the speeds. On a cloudy day, signal was worse than on a clear day.
Service would have been better if more towers were deployed and an external antenna was given with the modem. The modem was a disaster, many times mine would over heat because it required a clear view of the antenna thus being exposed to tons of heat.
The only way for wireless providers to actually be able to compete is if they have multiple towers, have a reliable modem or receiver (similar to Clearwire's because it has a builtin battery for mobility) that could actually obtain signal through multiple towers instead of only one, and gurantee that speeds are above a certain level.
Wireless will never be reliable, it is just affected by too many factors to be cost effective. Cellular phones have already proven that is just will never be reliable as cable or DSL.
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