Clearwire: We've Got Plenty Of CashAnd plenty of friends willing to give us more... 09:31AM Tuesday Aug 25 2009 by Karl Bodetags: business · wireless · Clearwire WirelessLast week saw another round of doubt about the future of Mobile WiMax, with one analyst claiming that the future of the technology is in doubt. There's also been plenty of doubt about future success for Clearwire, the major Mobile WiMax player in the States. Specifically, we've noted how some don't think the company really has enough cash, something Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow downplays this week in conversations with the Seattle Times. According to Morrow, Clearwire currently has $2.5 billion, enough to bring the technology potentially to 75 million subscribers -- but he's confident he'll get additional funding. With sugar daddies like Comcast, Google and Intel, budgetary issues shouldn't be a problem, assuming deployment goes well and Clearwire holds off looming LTE competitors.
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SHABAZZ
join:2008-07-13
Seattle, WA
| Re: I gave them a try last week in Atlanta (Clear) Every wireless provider has service holes. That’s the nature of RF. If you don’t live in coverage just cancel. Anytime you call to cancel a service be it Comcast, Verizon, Sprint or Qwest they transfer your call to the retention department. | |
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join:2001-11-25
Abilene, TX
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| Re: I gave them a try last week in Atlanta (Clear) I have some doubt that Clear will expand as they hope. The new WIMAX service has some serious range/signal strength issues noticed by past Clearwire customers, having used the older non-WIMAX modems. I've been in contact with several long-time users who are ready to chuck the new service. And unfortunately, Clear seems to be hiding under a desk and not acknowledging this new concern. | |
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join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | Re: I gave them a try last week in Atlanta (Clear) If it needs LOS, its dead as a competitor to LTE. Just proof that WiMAX will never be more than fixed wireless/"open" Canopy. | |
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join:2004-10-12
Las Vegas, NV | Re: I gave them a try last week in Atlanta (Clear) Proof? There is no proof. Just your curiously odd desires for Wimax to fail. Moreover, I don't see how Wimax can be dead to a "competitor" that does not even exist to the end user. | |
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