Folks don't believe the Clear people - I've had this service for three months and done everything but stand on my head. The signal is so bad that half the time my VoIP won't work. I have promises of tower upgrades by mid-June but I don't believe them. Sometimes the USB modem works great - and sometimes it sucks. This service is just not baked yet. The folks who tell you otherwise are either naive or lying or else really really lucky.
at 2:25 the speed test was performed on a server in Seattle WA, 50 miles away from the person who was running the speed test. Obviously this wasnt performed in dallas on the clear network... Nice try though dude.
look at the speed test he selected the server all the way on the other side of the states i have wimax and i get 15 megs if hes in dallas he needs to select the dallas server
Interesting. I cannot speak for the service in DFW, I do know that in Chicago the service is pretty good, and improves weekly as new towers go online.
As for those who are concerned about how strong or how fast the service will be at your house: find an authorized retailer. They will likely come to your house and actually test the signal before ever selling you the service.
I am in Arlington and I get 2.5 - 3.0 Mbps Download and 0.5 - 0.8 upload. It's not bad. I stream HULU 480p without a problem and play network games without a a glitch.
After I posted this comment I found a job with them :) Now I work for them. if you know any1 that wants to join them send me a message ;) I can get you the stuff any time you want.
Oh give it a rest, they started service in Dallas 2 months ago. Gow up and check stuff out before you sign 2 year contracts. I bought the modem and pay month to month. I get between 7 and 8 Mbps down and .5 to .9 up consistently. They are still building towers and have some pretty incredible backing. It will take time for them to have solid coverage in the DFW area.
Never signed a 2 year contract, buddy. My experience with gangreen was shortlived. Tried it out for 3 days and sent it back. And what is up with excusing them from acting like a competitive firm is supposed to act if we truly believe in free market capitalism? I would be cheering them on if they didn't receive $ 2 bn in stimulus funds and if they were actually expanding their wimax service out of their own savings, derived from actually offering a reliable service in the first place.
Gangreen is just another example of the neocorporatist mentality; receive stimulus from government so that you can socialize your expansion costs, avoiding the need to have had proven savings. A firm that is actually subject to the regulation of the free market and not government subsidies can only expand on the basis of its savings and creditworthiness. This provides the incentive to plan properly and come out with a good product.
Since Gangreen has had its "Wimax" expansion costs socialized from all the stimulus funding, now it only needs to offer a crappy-mediocre product at best to establish a profit.
the dallas server was giving me an even worse ping than WA. this is a problem with clear's infrastructure. how can you claim to be as reliable as dsl when your latency on local servers is 200ms?
Damn I wish I would of seen this before going with clear lol. I'm in the fort worth area with Clear and if I'm LUCKY I get 2 full bars! yay go clear! They we're hardcore promoting it in the hulen area like it was amazing, >_> So if you live in fort worth beware, it honestly sucks so far.
stop being a hater because you didnt pay attention to what was going on. you are a fool and didnt read up on the product you were buying. Goooo Clear!!
@R3z1n8t3dlungz Believe me I paid attention to what was going on. Folks don't believe the Clear people - I've had this service for three months and done everything but stand on my head. The signal is so bad that half the time my VoIP won't work. I have promises of tower upgrades by mid-June but I don't believe them. Sometimes the USB modem works great - and sometimes it sucks.
Well guess what i supposedly have a Clear modem and guess what speeds i get ... 0mbps both ways because the damn thing doesn't work... its 1 billion times worse than their older service which im using to post this.
wow only one person trying to spread negative propoganda on this page? and a website too? really? you may have your youtube speed test but clearly you dont know a few things. one i think your video is really dumb and making it look like those 2012 videos about the world coming to an end. 2nd, just because your in an open window, doesnt mean you have full signal, you also i bet started this test within days the even began installing everything and didnt publically release it to market, get a life
area can receive wimax signal with minimal degradation and anything after that is questionable. clearwire does not say this. they have a silly map on their website that doesn't even post the tower locations for the public to see. instead, they highlight a whole city/region in green as if that whole area receives great coverage.
3 things to think about your coverage what your using usb,modem. and what price option and what speed your paying for also. CLEAR is a soft launch and all towers will not be full optimized untill the FULL launch jan 1 2010. hope this CLEARS things up but new towers are being turned on give it time.
BestBuy are not trained sales reps on Clear product... got to the source find a retail location. Everyone else is third party. Thats like buying a BMW from a Kia dealership and asking them to tell you all about it. They cant they just have it for sale.
this was not at best buy, this was at a mall kiosk. anyhow, i've been to my local best buy and it is not the be bb employees that are pushing this product. you guys have set up your little green tent in the back and have your OWN salespeople there. i'm actually quite surprised that bb would risk its reputation to do business with you and would not even enforce its own return policy on your products. one of my neighbors who purchased from best buy had a very diffcult time return your products...
ultimately he was able to cancel his service and get his money back, but he still wound up paying the shipping charges to your return facility in nevada out of his own pocket.
Some WiMax systems, such as Baltimore, are operating decently because they are isolated, underloaded, and nobody else around has deployed anything to interfere with it. The more congested a WiMax network gets, the poorer it will perform. Im pretty sure Clearwire management is aware of this and they are just trying to milk as much money as they can using wimax, hoping not too many people will complain, and then eventually they will switch to LTE, a more reliable mobile internet standard.
What Im about to write is a bit technical, but it is nevertheless important to understand because it explains why Clearwire WiMax would not be able to provide a consistent quality connection even if it had towers all over country. WiMax was conceived as a peer-to-peer system, a successor to WiFi. It has big problems for a wide-area network due to anomalous propagation effects causing long-delayed echos.
what shoddy journalism. I use the product in many places and get 4-6 MBPS down. There are areas where I have weak signal and get poor results. They don't have towers everywhere. Its a brand new network and they don't even have it all turned on.
btw just buy it on on contract bro, the card is only $50 bucks.
yes, you can get 4-6 mbps in some locations that are within a small radius of a few miles from the tower. after that, the speed quickly degrades. if they would be truthful in their advertising and explain this, no one would be complaining. i walked in to best buy the other day and it is inexcusable how the clearwire salespeople are falsifying customers' addresses so they can sign them up! you can say anything you want about att, verizon, or tmobile, but they don't stoop to such lows!
shoddy marketing and advertising from clearwire. they should sell their service as a "new generation hotspot service," because that's essentially what it is. you can achieve good speeds in some "places" within a few miles radius from a tower assuming you have no physical obstructions such as a hill, or concrete walls weakening/blocking the signal. the other limitation is that the pings are too high even when the signal is great (over 100ms).
one of the criteria for a quality connection is a low ping. att dsl gets great pings--
25-30ms on local servers even with its slower 1.5 and 3 mbit service. clear gets over 100ms ping on local servers even when the signal is great. low pings are essential for a lag free internet browsing, voip and gaming. what is the point then of paying clear $50 a month for hit or miss speeds and crappy pings?
You complain about clear but you fail to realize how many jobs this company has created in this down economy. And even at our worst speeds we're still better than anything 3G offers. Kiss my grits!
you can be a hustler and pimp in any economy, buddy! i guess we're going to be in big trouble for a while if these are the kind of jobs to look forward to. do they at least provide you with bodyguards and good life insurance? i'm sure you have to face a lot of angry customers.
Don't get clear its shit get the real deal sprint
TheDougtechcrew 7 months ago
CLEAR KEEPS ANNOYING ME
SIOYGYG 1 year ago
Folks don't believe the Clear people - I've had this service for three months and done everything but stand on my head. The signal is so bad that half the time my VoIP won't work. I have promises of tower upgrades by mid-June but I don't believe them. Sometimes the USB modem works great - and sometimes it sucks. This service is just not baked yet. The folks who tell you otherwise are either naive or lying or else really really lucky.
dfwenigma 1 year ago
at 2:25 the speed test was performed on a server in Seattle WA, 50 miles away from the person who was running the speed test. Obviously this wasnt performed in dallas on the clear network... Nice try though dude.
confoundb4 1 year ago
look at the speed test he selected the server all the way on the other side of the states i have wimax and i get 15 megs if hes in dallas he needs to select the dallas server
springer18 1 year ago
Interesting. I cannot speak for the service in DFW, I do know that in Chicago the service is pretty good, and improves weekly as new towers go online.
As for those who are concerned about how strong or how fast the service will be at your house: find an authorized retailer. They will likely come to your house and actually test the signal before ever selling you the service.
vince277 1 year ago 2
This video is awesome!!! Clear wire does suck!
bmwbrian1 1 year ago
of course it will not stream fast while moving in a car duh
XohshitztonysbackX 2 years ago
People i am in fort worth 76120 can anyone tell me what is the speed i will get?
perfect1oNN 2 years ago
I am in Arlington and I get 2.5 - 3.0 Mbps Download and 0.5 - 0.8 upload. It's not bad. I stream HULU 480p without a problem and play network games without a a glitch.
TwiztedAnimator 2 years ago
After I posted this comment I found a job with them :) Now I work for them. if you know any1 that wants to join them send me a message ;) I can get you the stuff any time you want.
perfect1oNN 2 years ago
Oh give it a rest, they started service in Dallas 2 months ago. Gow up and check stuff out before you sign 2 year contracts. I bought the modem and pay month to month. I get between 7 and 8 Mbps down and .5 to .9 up consistently. They are still building towers and have some pretty incredible backing. It will take time for them to have solid coverage in the DFW area.
kapnimu 2 years ago
Never signed a 2 year contract, buddy. My experience with gangreen was shortlived. Tried it out for 3 days and sent it back. And what is up with excusing them from acting like a competitive firm is supposed to act if we truly believe in free market capitalism? I would be cheering them on if they didn't receive $ 2 bn in stimulus funds and if they were actually expanding their wimax service out of their own savings, derived from actually offering a reliable service in the first place.
dfwclearwimaxtruth 2 years ago
Gangreen is just another example of the neocorporatist mentality; receive stimulus from government so that you can socialize your expansion costs, avoiding the need to have had proven savings. A firm that is actually subject to the regulation of the free market and not government subsidies can only expand on the basis of its savings and creditworthiness. This provides the incentive to plan properly and come out with a good product.
dfwclearwimaxtruth 2 years ago
Since Gangreen has had its "Wimax" expansion costs socialized from all the stimulus funding, now it only needs to offer a crappy-mediocre product at best to establish a profit.
dfwclearwimaxtruth 2 years ago
I live in Haltom City, near Fort Worth so I might try this out before signing a contact...
Hello Clear and Goodbye Charter
XohshitztonysbackX 2 years ago
I can hook you up with NO activation fee and get you $25 visa gift card... jimmii5vo @ hotmail
instantcash911 1 year ago
@ukn69 I live in Fort Worth & am getting 8Mbps
drmega0226 2 years ago
You're connected to the WA server ...Why? You're in Dallas aren't you? >.> Connect to the Dallas server
joeylondonxo 2 years ago 8
the dallas server was giving me an even worse ping than WA. this is a problem with clear's infrastructure. how can you claim to be as reliable as dsl when your latency on local servers is 200ms?
dfwclearwimaxtruth 2 years ago
Damn I wish I would of seen this before going with clear lol. I'm in the fort worth area with Clear and if I'm LUCKY I get 2 full bars! yay go clear! They we're hardcore promoting it in the hulen area like it was amazing, >_> So if you live in fort worth beware, it honestly sucks so far.
ukn69 2 years ago
stop being a hater because you didnt pay attention to what was going on. you are a fool and didnt read up on the product you were buying. Goooo Clear!!
R3z1n8t3dlungz 2 years ago 8
Maybe you guys should market digestive aids and enemas. I'm sure you will have more success with that :) Go Clear Cleanse!
anton2315 2 years ago
Booo that was not funny booo lol idiot
R3z1n8t3dlungz 2 years ago
@R3z1n8t3dlungz Believe me I paid attention to what was going on. Folks don't believe the Clear people - I've had this service for three months and done everything but stand on my head. The signal is so bad that half the time my VoIP won't work. I have promises of tower upgrades by mid-June but I don't believe them. Sometimes the USB modem works great - and sometimes it sucks.
dfwenigma 1 year ago
Well guess what i supposedly have a Clear modem and guess what speeds i get ... 0mbps both ways because the damn thing doesn't work... its 1 billion times worse than their older service which im using to post this.
fanaticteru 2 years ago
wow only one person trying to spread negative propoganda on this page? and a website too? really? you may have your youtube speed test but clearly you dont know a few things. one i think your video is really dumb and making it look like those 2012 videos about the world coming to an end. 2nd, just because your in an open window, doesnt mean you have full signal, you also i bet started this test within days the even began installing everything and didnt publically release it to market, get a life
jonathanlc2005 2 years ago
if you're a clear customer and actually get the advertised speeds, then answer these questions:
1) how far is the nearest tower from your home?
2) how far away from that tower can you really travel before speeds fall in the HSDPA 3G range and even lower, not to mention pings in 300-500s?
3) Why don't they advertise honestly and talk about the limitations of their signal?
In other parts of the world that use WiMax, companies are much more honest. They will specify that a certain 2-3 mile..
dfwclearwimaxtruth 2 years ago
area can receive wimax signal with minimal degradation and anything after that is questionable. clearwire does not say this. they have a silly map on their website that doesn't even post the tower locations for the public to see. instead, they highlight a whole city/region in green as if that whole area receives great coverage.
dfwclearwimaxtruth 2 years ago
3 things to think about your coverage what your using usb,modem. and what price option and what speed your paying for also. CLEAR is a soft launch and all towers will not be full optimized untill the FULL launch jan 1 2010. hope this CLEARS things up but new towers are being turned on give it time.
brianharrison06 2 years ago
BestBuy are not trained sales reps on Clear product... got to the source find a retail location. Everyone else is third party. Thats like buying a BMW from a Kia dealership and asking them to tell you all about it. They cant they just have it for sale.
clearwire365 2 years ago
this was not at best buy, this was at a mall kiosk. anyhow, i've been to my local best buy and it is not the be bb employees that are pushing this product. you guys have set up your little green tent in the back and have your OWN salespeople there. i'm actually quite surprised that bb would risk its reputation to do business with you and would not even enforce its own return policy on your products. one of my neighbors who purchased from best buy had a very diffcult time return your products...
dfwclearwimaxtruth 2 years ago
ultimately he was able to cancel his service and get his money back, but he still wound up paying the shipping charges to your return facility in nevada out of his own pocket.
dfwclearwimaxtruth 2 years ago
also, your analogy is laughable. a more accurate one would be:
"your product is like a 1985 ford escort with a broken muffler that only runs for 3 miles inside of a shiny new kia body."
dfwclearwimaxtruth 2 years ago
Some WiMax systems, such as Baltimore, are operating decently because they are isolated, underloaded, and nobody else around has deployed anything to interfere with it. The more congested a WiMax network gets, the poorer it will perform. Im pretty sure Clearwire management is aware of this and they are just trying to milk as much money as they can using wimax, hoping not too many people will complain, and then eventually they will switch to LTE, a more reliable mobile internet standard.
ciscoengineer324 2 years ago
What Im about to write is a bit technical, but it is nevertheless important to understand because it explains why Clearwire WiMax would not be able to provide a consistent quality connection even if it had towers all over country. WiMax was conceived as a peer-to-peer system, a successor to WiFi. It has big problems for a wide-area network due to anomalous propagation effects causing long-delayed echos.
ciscoengineer324 2 years ago
what shoddy journalism. I use the product in many places and get 4-6 MBPS down. There are areas where I have weak signal and get poor results. They don't have towers everywhere. Its a brand new network and they don't even have it all turned on.
btw just buy it on on contract bro, the card is only $50 bucks.
jdhilzdsp 2 years ago
yes, you can get 4-6 mbps in some locations that are within a small radius of a few miles from the tower. after that, the speed quickly degrades. if they would be truthful in their advertising and explain this, no one would be complaining. i walked in to best buy the other day and it is inexcusable how the clearwire salespeople are falsifying customers' addresses so they can sign them up! you can say anything you want about att, verizon, or tmobile, but they don't stoop to such lows!
ciscoengineer324 2 years ago
shoddy marketing and advertising from clearwire. they should sell their service as a "new generation hotspot service," because that's essentially what it is. you can achieve good speeds in some "places" within a few miles radius from a tower assuming you have no physical obstructions such as a hill, or concrete walls weakening/blocking the signal. the other limitation is that the pings are too high even when the signal is great (over 100ms).
dfwclearwimaxtruth 2 years ago
one of the criteria for a quality connection is a low ping. att dsl gets great pings--
25-30ms on local servers even with its slower 1.5 and 3 mbit service. clear gets over 100ms ping on local servers even when the signal is great. low pings are essential for a lag free internet browsing, voip and gaming. what is the point then of paying clear $50 a month for hit or miss speeds and crappy pings?
dfwclearwimaxtruth 2 years ago
You complain about clear but you fail to realize how many jobs this company has created in this down economy. And even at our worst speeds we're still better than anything 3G offers. Kiss my grits!
hoboscratch44 2 years ago
you can be a hustler and pimp in any economy, buddy! i guess we're going to be in big trouble for a while if these are the kind of jobs to look forward to. do they at least provide you with bodyguards and good life insurance? i'm sure you have to face a lot of angry customers.
anton2315 2 years ago
i'm not taking a job that involves trying to rip off other poor and helpless peole.
CBoozer45 2 years ago