OK. Clear’s 4G Wimax is NOT ready for primetime. It’s probably OK if there are no other options in your area, and getting intermittent access is acceptable for you, but if you’re like me, and you want fast and reliable, then it’s just not going to work out for you. So I’m dumping 4G for now.
I’m also dumping traditional DSL. Well, since I’ve had the same DSL line since 1999, I don’t know if I can exactly call it “traditional”, but it was the classic DSL service that started it all. At any rate, I replaced my Internet access with AT&T’s U-Verse Max Turbo broadband. For less than the 4G was costing me, and only slightly more than my old DSL, I’m getting 24 mbps download and up to 3mbps upload. That’s fast! That’s faster than most of my 802.11 B wireless network can understand, so it actually pegs out around 11 mbps. Looks like I’ll need to upgrade my infrastructure to support this blistering new speed.
Oh, and to topit all off, the service was installed on Christmas Eve. I nice little present from the AT&T Santa, though the tech did screw up the phone line in my office, so they’ll have to come back out and fix that next week, but that’s OK. I’m surfing the web at blistering speeds, and the wife is happy, good enough for me. ;0