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I signed up for WiMax service from "Clear" (formerly Clearwire) last week as my wife got a new phone and switched to a shared data plan which messed up my Blackberry tethering capability... (we save $60 but I'm now spending $40 per month for Clear).

Anyway, the speeds are pretty good wherever I've tested it so far --

Clear service at Home --




Compared to Home with DSL service from AT&T over Wi-fi router --



Clear service at Hindsale Corner Bakery close to train station --



Compared to Hindsale Corner Bakery free Wi-fi --



Clear service at Hinsdale Starbucks close to train station --



Compared to Hinsdale Starbucks Wi-fi (the upload here is quite impressive!) --



Sprint 4G service at Hinsdale Starbucks close to train station (download here is insane!) --




Clear service at a business location near downtown Clarendon Hills --



Sprint 4G service using HTC EVO at a business location near downtown Clarendon Hills --



Clear service at Chicago Union Station down in the middle by Snuggery --



Sprint 4G (same network as Clear) using HTC EVO HotSpot, but it's acting erratic --

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As you have clear..ly shown the Clear service sucks, your atnt and starbucks pings are much better. Clear has bad latency.

The lag doesn't bother me as I'm not doing gaming, it's more important to me that e-mail attachments and the like download/upload fairly quick. I can't be stuck trying to upload a 10 MB file for half an hour, have it fail and have to try again, etc. as I would sometimes with Sprint Blackberry 3G tethering. In that sense the Clear service is an enormous improvement.
Eric

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