http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/ Engadget Comments for Sprint now reselling WiMAX in Atlanta, Portland and Las Vegas http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/Aug 17th 2009 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/Aug 17th 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://concentratedtech.com/items/show/tagged/series%3Awimax/sort/revage) and wasn't impressed; although they got a solid 5.8Mbps downstream - 6mbps at their launch site (Town Square, about 1.5 miles from my house), at my house it isn't doing much better than 3Mbps - a 50% drop (and the signal strength meter was correspondingly low, so at least it gave me an honest expectation). That was in the front yard, BTW, free of any nasty structures. Hopefully coverage will improve as they roll out, and they won't rely completely on computer models for coverage estimates. Clear/Sprint would definitely be an improvement over existing 3G mobile service, but I was hoping to replace my DSL (which maxes out at 5Mbps) and get the benefit of a separate mobile plan for just $10 extra a month - net savings of almost $50 for me over my existing DSL and Sprint 3G plans. I'd still consider Clear/Sprint for purely-mobile service - but not until they're well into their 80+ city rollout, probably mid-to-late 2010. Three cities doesn't cut my travel needs, unfortunately. The biggest bummer was the relatively poor signal strength near the airport; I would have thought they'd been soaking the terminals in signal since it's obviously such a big use case. Maybe that'll come later, when it makes sense to actually travel with Clear (e.g., more than 3 cities). ]]>Aug 17th 2009 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://www.speedtest.net/result/488788511.png
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]]>Aug 18th 2009 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://www.clear.com/shop/get_clear.php The small markets are Clear's old "pre-WiMAX" markets being upgraded to current WiMAX standards.

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http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/08/11/sprint.expanding.4g.range/
]]>Aug 18th 2009 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/Aug 17th 2009 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/Great point...that will come in handy during CES as long as things don't slow to crawl. Although I doubt my Nokia N810 Wimax Edition is authorized for the Clear network. Here's hoping....]]>Aug 17th 2009 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/Aug 17th 2009 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/Aug 17th 2009 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/Aug 18th 2009 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/sprint-now-reselling-wimax-in-atlanta-portland-and-las-vegas/http://wimaxhq.com/wimax-matrix/]]>Sep 5th 2009 1:44AM