[ale] OT: Clear Wimax going live on June 16

[Matt Gilbert]

Some recent news regarding Comcast/Clear that is completely baffling to me:

http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=179798

Comcast's "High-Speed 2go" was launched in Portland a while back, ON Clear's
network. What this article calls "piggy-backing". I don't understand if this
can be considered competition, providing the same service on the same
network from two, partially-same companies. Is there any reason to expect
different service from one versus the other?

Matt


On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Matt Gilbert <matt at mattgilbert.net> wrote:

> Not to resurrect an already once-resurrected thread, but the
> clear/clearwire issue only came on my radar recently. i'm wondering why
> clear would campaign so forcefully in an area where their main competitor is
> comcast, if they are both indeed the same company. (we have comcast at my
> house, and it's utterly crappy at best, and meanwhile there's a Clear
> sandwich board ad thingy sitting in the parking lot next door.)
>
> is it just the "Xe" or "AIU" tactic? that is, everyone knows your brand
> sucks/is evil, for example, Blackwater, AIG, or Comcast, so you change the
> name to, for example, "Xe", "AIU" or "Clear"?
>
> matt
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:
>
>>  On 07/27/2009 01:02 PM, Sean McNealy wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Geoffrey<lists at serioustechnology.com> <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>  Some confusion there, on my part, possibly on others.  The original post
>> references 'clear wimax' which is www.clear.com, whereasclearwiresucks.com is in reference to www.clearwire.com.
>>
>>
>>  I was under the impression that Clear and Clearwire were both brands
>> run by Comcast.  Anyone want to backup or contradict my memory?
>>
>>
>>
>>  Clear is a brand name used by the company Clearwire. According to
>> wikipedia
>>
>> "On May 7, 2008, Clearwire and Sprint Nextel's wireless broadband unit
>> Xohm announced their intent to merge, combining Sprint's 4G WiMax network
>> (Xohm) with Clearwire's existing pre-Wimax broadband network. Sprint will
>> own 51% of the firm, with ex-Clearwire shareholders owning 27% - a
>> consortium of Comcast, Time Warner, Intel, Google, and Bright House will
>> invest $3.2 billion and own the balance. Clearwire and the cable companies
>> will buy 3G mobile broadband from Sprint as MVNOs"
>>
>> --
>> All the best,
>> Brian Pitts
>>
>>
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