[Novalug] An ISP named Clear

[John Franklin]

Sprint with LTE?  Really? That would be nice, but this is the first  
I've heard of it.

jf

On Oct 15, 2010, at 18:37, William Warren <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com 
 > wrote:

> On 10/15/2010 2:29 PM, Ken Kauffman wrote:
>>
>> Sprint will also be going LTE.  Clear used to be Clearwire which  
>> used to be the Sprint Xohm product.
>>
>> K
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 15:40, John Franklin <franklin at elfie.org>  
>> wrote:
>> You are correct, WiMax from Clear like other cell data standards,  
>> does not use the telephone wiring in your house.
>>
>> The rest of this is a bit of acronym bingo.
>>
>> Both LTE and WiMax are 4G mobile voice/data protocols.  LTE is the  
>> GSM-derived offering that will be used around the world and by  
>> Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T here in the US, WiMax is the CDMA side  
>> that will be used essentially nowhere except here in the US by  
>> Sprint until they wise up.
>>
>> (Side note: Verizon today is CMDA, but shifting to LTE for their 4G  
>> offering.  Not really important, but if I don't mention it I know  
>> someone on the list will make a fuss.  :)   )
>>
>> Clear and Sprint used to be inseparable best friends.  Now, they're  
>> still friends but hang out with different crowds.  Sprint is going  
>> cell phone & some mobile computers, Clear does home internet and  
>> some mobile computers.
>>
>>
>> jf
>>
>> On Aug 24, 2010, at 1:45 PM, cmhowe at patriot.net wrote:
>>
>> > Maybe I should resume signing myself Charlie the Eternal Newbie.
>> >
>> > I gather that LTE will replace WiMax, and that the telephone  
>> wiring in my
>> > house wouldn't be used. Is that correct?
>> >
>> >> I've been looking at Clear myself since Comcast raised my costs  
>> 40% a few
>> >> months ago.  Reviews around the web seem to vary wildly.  I  
>> suspect it
>> >> could be great for one guy but lousy for his neighbor who  
>> happens to be in
>> >> a signal shadow.
>> >>
>> >> What 's holding me back is I've become quite addicted to Netflix  
>> streaming
>> >> and the bandwidth from Clear may not be enough to support the  
>> volume of
>> >> Netflix I watch, nor their HD streaming.  Doubly so if they become
>> >> popular.
>> >>
>> >> jf
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Aug 24, 2010, at 11:34 AM, cmhowe at patriot.net wrote:
>> >>> Yesterday, while I was paying my voluntary taxes, (aka buying  
>> lottery
>> >>> tickets) I listened to a guy who was hawking the services of an  
>> ISP that
>> >>> calls itself "Clear". Since Verizon apparently does not intend  
>> to offer
>> >>> FIoS to anyone in the City of Alexandria in the foreseeable  
>> future (and
>> >>> I
>> >>> don't want to switch to Comcast), I am interested. The guy  
>> claims that
>> >>> Clear will furnish internet i/o service than FIoS I am  
>> interested. No
>> >>> TV,
>> >>> so I would keep Comcast and the brochure doesn't say that  
>> ordinary
>> >>> telephone service (landline) is a possible option.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
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> Where did you see this?  Sprint has been pushing Clear devices for  
> it's 4g..all of it's current 4g devices are wimax.
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