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

[Geoffrey]

Jeb Barger wrote:
> PS - Clearwire is partially owned by Comcast . Comcast is also rolling 
> out wimax via clearwire in the ATL shortly.

Well, based on the blog below, it appears clearwire's customer service 
approach is based on Comcast's current approach.

> 
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com 
> <mailto:brian at polibyte.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Omar Chanouha wrote:
>      > So has anyone signed up? Any news on the modem working with
>     linux? How
>      > about driving around, is the connection solid?
> 
>     What I'd like to see is the results of these [0] tests [1] from someone
>     connected to the Clear network. Allegedly they've discriminated against
>     other VOIP providers in the past. You can read this and other complaints
>     here. [2]
> 
>     [0] http://netalyzr.icsi.berkeley.edu/
>     [1] http://www.eff.org/testyourisp/switzerland
>     [2] http://clearwiresucks.com/blog/

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Until later, Geoffrey

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