[aklug] Re: clearwire in anchorage

As far as I know, it's still there. I haven't had reason to go into it
since last year, so I'm not positive.

I'll try to remember to drive past when I go home later.

Jim G

On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 18:40 -0800, Shane R. Spencer wrote:
> Note.. I'm catching up with aklug.. frowny faced.
>
> On 06/07/2010 11:49 AM, Peter Michael wrote:
> > Go with ACS wireless connection then, its a bit more expensive but much more reliable.
> > All Clearwire Reps are in out of state locations, they have no local rep save the characters at the mall and Best Buy who hawk the service.
>
> Did they close the Clearwire store on Denali ST? BTW my company as well as many others
> can sell Clearwire service without needing direct clearwire representation, it's just a modem.
>
> > I had Clearwire and 4 cellphone towers one East one West and two to the North, all within a mile of my home and the reception from Clearwire was so bad I ended up getting a GCI cable connection and just paying out my Clearwire contract till it ended. They were atrocious, would perform unannounced repairs on weekends and take the system down without warning and I was harassed by their telemarketers who got my mail address from them. They were recently involved in bait and switch tactics to sell services as well so beware...
>
> Not all towers have clearwire radios on them. Clearwire uses its own frequency, its own
> radio type, its own everything. I doubt they could have added several sector panel
> antennas onto of every cell tower in Anchorage along side the cellular providers that
> makes soooo muuuuch moooore money to support infrastructure. (Ask my wallet)
>
> > I would not recommend Clearwire to anybody ever.
>
> It seems to have good bang for the buck.. not everybody wants things packed into a cell
> phone at 9th generation speeds and this product works well for simplicity sake.
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Received on Wed Jun 9 20:29:17 2010