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Jerm

join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA


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October 10th, @02:58PM

The clearwire problem...

Clearwire is a very sketchy in my area. They sell their service based on commission, so you get sales people who pretty much lie about the service (even about the contracts involved) and push it hard.

Then people take it home and realize it doesn't live up to their expectations - i.e. slower than advertized speed, useless for anything other than light web browsing (forget anything other than port 80) - and realize their contract pretty much forces them to keep the service. The cancellation fee is $180 - so when you consider service is $30(768kbps) to $40(1.5mbit) a month that's up to 6 months of service down the drain.

Oh and you better read that contract carefully, because after the first year Clearwire will *auto renew* for another 1 year unless you cancel exactly on day 365! One guy I know tried to cancel the day after his contract expired and they told him sorry - gotcha pay us $180!

But don't take my word for this. Just read the reviews (currently hanging around 50% negative here on BBR).
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