Comcast launches High-Speed 2go WiMax service tomorrow in Portland, other cities to follow by end of year

Put down that bowl of homemade granola and take heed, citizens of Portland: you're about to get a first crack at Comcast's High-Speed 2go service, and we don't want any of your excuses about "taking a tech sabbatical" or "getting lost in the wilderness" to keep you away from sweet, sweet broadband bundles. Based on Clearwire's WiMAX service, Comcast High-Speed 2go is available in a "Fast Pack Metro" bundle which packs home internet service, a WiFi router and the WiMAX for $50 a month, with another $20 tacking on nationwide Sprint 3G (along with the appropriate 3G / WiMAX combo card). Existing Triple Play customers can add the WiMAX by itself for $30. Comcast plans to launch similar service in Atlanta, Chicago, and Philadelphia before the end of 2009.

[keithwwalker Posted Jun 29th 2009 6:59PM]

Clear has a 4G WiMax tower only a block away from where I live. If Comcast or Clear would have the cojones to have a cell phone with 4G service and tethering, they would get my money pronto...

[drkaps Posted Jun 29th 2009 7:04PM]

C'mon... there's more beer than granola in Portland!

http://www.sidecutreports.com/2009/01/30/as-clear-as-beer/

[biomekanik Posted Jun 29th 2009 7:43PM]

$30/$50 dollars isn't a bad price at all. I was expecting it to be higher like the cell companies 3G plans.

[Blackflag486 Posted Jun 29th 2009 8:06PM]

Here we go again... Comcast/Cox communications piggybacking off of other companies services and then turning around and charging more for it and giving crappier customer service at the same time.. This game is old comcast, I hope one day you melt into oblivion along with the rest of your timewarner sex buddies.

[thehumanyawn Posted Jun 29th 2009 9:17PM]

I've been using the HS 2go trial for a few weeks and it seems to work pretty well, and I live on the outskirts of the 4G coverage area. A member of my family just came home and he told me that him and everyone else in the call center in Beaverton told me that they have not been given any important details about the service, like how to add the service to accounts, so I ask anyone who is going to try to sign up for it and talks to them, please don't take it out on them because they don't know anything. If you have a complaint, send it to Comcast HQ, not them.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 6th 2009 9:32AM]

They are officially in three places: Portland, Atlanta and Las Vegas.