ernliz
join:2001-11-25
Abilene, TX
 ·Clearwire Wireless
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Re: Clearwire -- Response
Thanks for the info on the lights. I normally get 5 lights and start panicking when it drops to 4, and start chopping trees and demolishing homes when it drops to 3. However, you're correct about the signal strength and download speed -- little or no correlation. But if I adjust my modem for 2 lights, it takes an extra bit of time in establishing a solid transfer (it pings the tower several times) but locks on and works. But my tower is over 4.5 miles away -- maybe that makes a difference.
See you.
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WarmCoke
join:2007-01-31
Boise, ID
·Clearwire Wireless
| LOL - funny post - thanks for the chuckle! You bring up a good point regarding signal strength that I had not considered, if I had 5 lights (or even 4) on all the time I might have lower ping times or latency when accessing site. I will give this a shot, put the modem in my window and see what happens. Thanks for the tip. |
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WarmCoke
join:2007-01-31
Boise, ID | Moved my modem to a window seal in my den and now have 4 lights on the modem consistently. Speeds are still good and I consistently get high download speeds than what I am paying for. |
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