Finally ditched Time Warner Cable...and would love to ditch Roadrunner too. Does anyone use Clear for Internet? Good/bad/ugly?

8/3/2011 10:36:28 PM

depends. if you can get the signal, then it's fine. That and if they even have room for you - I called them to sign up and they said that they're at maximum capacity for my area.

So I'm stuck with TWC

8/4/2011 8:25:47 AM

assuming you are talking about ClearWire, avoid it like the plague. Google it. You'll get decent service for the first week, and after that, no more. We're talking dialup speeds. My folks were literally underneath the fucking tower for their service and they couldn't get better than dialup speeds.

8/19/2011 7:38:15 AM

Just checked my GFs Clear speed last night. Downtown near Oakwood area. 1.07 down 0.12 up. It was garbage, couldnt stream a youtube video for more than a few seconds before buffering.

There are also several class action suits out against them. I would stay away

8/19/2011 10:34:01 AM

^^ yeah, there have been a lot of backhaul issues with that tower.

It's just like any other service. People love it and people hate it.

There are plenty of lawsuits against Time Warner as well.

My best advice is try it. You have 30 days to return it and get a refund.

[Edited on August 27, 2011 at 10:04 AM. Reason : a]

8/27/2011 9:40:15 AM

We use it for the bike co-op computer in town and get great service with it. We're running the Freehub POS system with it and haven't had any problems. Then again, we're not usually streaming Netflix, maybe some Youtube videos on bike maintenance every once in a while.

8/27/2011 12:51:41 PM

We stream Netflix and Hulu all day long at our Retail Store in Greensboro with no problems.

The main issue with Clear is the variables. If all the variables are in line (coverage, obstruction, capacity) then you will have an awesome experience....especially for the price. If not, then the service might not be for you.

Bottom line, you can't solely base your decision on what you read on the internet. The only way you will really know is if you take it home and try it. The $50 initial cost is worth the shot, considering you get it back if the service doesn't fit your needs.

8/27/2011 2:51:41 PM

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"So I'm stuck with TWC"

Uverse?

8/28/2011 10:22:25 AM

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"We stream Netflix and Hulu all day long at our Retail Store in Greensboro with no problems."

I would hope that they would have good service at the CLEAR Retail store where they sell the product. That being said, when I was a rep here in Raleigh a few years ago, they put me in a Best Buy that did not have any coverage at all. Shitty company, shitty service.

8/29/2011 9:28:36 AM

^ lol yeah seriously. If the company can't even get good service in stores where they're marketing to potential customers then they're doing something wrong

8/29/2011 1:22:28 PM

That's the frustrating part about the Best Buy situation. We are required to sell Clear in all Best Buys that are located in a Clear market, regardless of whether or not they are in coverage. I have a similar issue with my Burlington Best Buy. They are right on the edge of coverage, so it's hit or miss. There are 2 in the Charlotte market that are not in coverage at all.

^^ When we first launched Clearwire in Greensboro, our Retail Store had horrible service. When we relaunched with Clear they added about 30 towers in Greensboro, so now we have full coverage at the store.

Meh, it is what it is. Like I said earlier, your experience with Clear is about 95% dependent upon where you are located in the coverage area.

[Edited on August 31, 2011 at 10:29 AM. Reason : a]

8/31/2011 10:25:18 AM

and the weather and how much they have oversold the market and how much you like horrible customer service and ..........

8/31/2011 10:41:54 AM

yeah, I would have to agree that the customer service blows

8/31/2011 10:43:13 AM

The new place, and thus room I'm renting, has it. One-sixth the bandwidth of TWC & I'm not happy (250k/s vs. 1.5MB/s)

8/31/2011 9:09:37 PM

ouch, that does suck

8/31/2011 9:51:23 PM

welcome to Clear. lol

9/6/2011 10:06:12 PM

For all the haters:

Quote :

"China Mobile talks LTE iPhone, inks 4G Clearwire deal Apple and China Mobile are in talks about a 4G iPhone, it has been revealed, though technological differences mean such a smartphone likely wouldn’t work on Verizon or AT&T’s LTE networks in the US. “China Mobile and Apple hope to find a solution for close collaboration” carrier chairman Wang Jianzhou told Bloomberg, before suggesting that the Cupertino company sounded enthusiastic about the prospect. ”We discussed this issue with Apple. We hope Apple will produce a new iPhone with TD-LTE. We have already got a positive answer from Apple.” Nonetheless, it’s not the first time that China Mobile has made promising noises about an LTE iPhone. Back in January, the carrier again suggested that Apple had agreed to make a version of its smartphone using TD-LTE. That may well have been premature, however; the commercial roll-out of the network isn’t expected to take place until 2012. Despite the absence of support for either China Mobile’s 3G TD-SCDMA or the upcoming TD-LTE, Wang says adoption of the iPhone among the carrier’s subscribers has still been positive. 8.5m already have an iPhone of some sort, he claims, despite being limited to 2G data speeds. Even if an LTE iPhone 5 arrives sooner rather than later, it would still be of little use to North American Apple fans, at least initially. Neither AT&T nor Verizon are using the TD-LTE standard, rendering the smartphone’s high-speed connectivity incompatible. However, Clearwire – which currently operates a WiMAX network in the US – has announced a new deal with China Mobile to promote the use of 2.5GHz TD-LTE from 2012 onwards, as well as pushing for international roaming on FDD-LTE and 2G/3G networks. If Apple decided to follow their advice and make an iPhone LTE which could roam between TD-LTE and FDD-LTE, that might result in a single high-speed handset of use to subscribers both in China and in the US."

http://www.slashgear.com/china-mobile-talks-lte-iphone-inks-4g-clearwire-deal-16180441/

[Edited on September 16, 2011 at 6:47 PM. Reason : a]

9/16/2011 6:47:11 PM

my sister in north raleigh has it.

her and my brother-in-law have had zero problems. they love it.

9/16/2011 6:51:00 PM