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story category Clearwire Named World’s Largest Wireless Broadband Provider
May seek to expand in multiple international markets
12:37PM Saturday Jul 12 2008 by KathrynV
tags: business · wireless · world · Clearwire Wireless
Clearwire’s ambitious WiMax plans have gained a lot of media attention in the last year but the company’s real profits right now come from existing wireless broadband networks built using proprietary gear from Motorola. The company has been successful enough in this area to gain over 400,000 subscribers which makes it the largest wireless broadband provider in the world. The numbers are only likely to grow as WiMax testing moves forward. The company is also seeking partners to build out international networks in Europe, Canada, Asia and Latin America.

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StevenSeagalIII

@rr.com

Who cares?

Their max d/l speed is 2Mbps
permalink · 2008-07-12 12:39:56 · Reply to this

Shack

join:2002-01-17
Bloomington, IN

Re: Who cares?

Anyone without a better option. 2 mbps will meet most peoples needs most of the time.
permalink · 2008-07-12 13:20:33 · Reply to this

TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
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Margate City, NJ
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It depends on whether you call cell 3G broadband

If you count cell phone 3G services as broadband. And the FCC does. Then Clearwire isn't close. Verizon 3G customers far outnumber Clearwire's numbers.
permalink · 2008-07-12 12:43:42 · Reply to this
EPS

join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA

Re: It depends on whether you call cell 3G broadband

Hm, it does seem a little silly to exclude 3GSM and EV-DO from "Wireless broadband"...

I suppose you could classify Clearwire's current technology as "fixed wireless" versus "mobile wireless", but Clearwire plans on moving to "mobile WiMax", so what does that mean?
permalink · 2008-07-12 12:46:33 · Reply to this
Kearnstd
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ		 and here i thought the largest wireless broadband provider was Linksys.
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permalink · 2008-07-12 13:35:31 · Reply to this
Phucker
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Savannah, GA
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Re: It depends on whether you call cell 3G broadband

said by Kearnstd See Profile :

and here i thought the largest wireless broadband provider was Linksys.
LMAO Great post!! So true, so true.
permalink · 2008-07-13 09:27:25 · Reply to this

n2jtx

join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
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Really?

I thought the #1 wireless broadband provider was Linksys or Netgear. At least those are the names I usually see when I scan for wireless access points
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permalink · 2008-07-12 14:16:25 · Reply to this
xenophon

join:2007-09-17
·Sprint Mobile Broa..

EVDO is much larger

This is not really a valid statement as 1) Clearewire is currently using pre-WiMAX, which is not faster than EVDO and 2) coverage and user base are much smaller than EVDO.

Sprint has the largest 3G coverage when including Alltel roaming and Verizon also have huge 3G coverage. Sprint also has over 2m EVDO laptop card users. Verizon has way more 3G EVDO phone users.
permalink · 2008-07-12 17:12:39 · Reply to this
SHABAZZ

join:2008-07-13
Seattle, WA

Re: EVDO is much larger

Actually the Pre-Wimax Clearwire is way faster than EVDO, It just lacks the coverage. I'm getting 2 megs down...
permalink · 2008-07-13 00:47:39 · Reply to this
xenophon

join:2007-09-17

Re: EVDO is much larger

I've gotten over 2.5Mbps on EVDO. Many on evdomaps.com have also.
permalink · 2008-07-13 17:29:02 · Reply to this

anon_ee_mouse

@spcsdns.net		 ...umm really?
permalink · 2008-07-13 18:40:11 · Reply to this

MarketResearcher

@thompsonshipping.com

Motorola owns Netgear

For whatever it's worth, Motorola owns Netgear. Clearwire is basically using Netgear products from Motorola.
permalink · 2008-07-12 17:44:22 · Reply to this
EPS

join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA

Re: Motorola owns Netgear

I was under the impression it was a publicly traded company under the symbol NTGR?
permalink · 2008-07-12 20:15:41 · Reply to this
specialp
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join:2008-07-13		 This is not true I own their stock.
permalink · 2008-07-13 00:15:38 · Reply to this

Heineken_G

@clearwire-dns.net

Tiss Tiss

Right now Clearwire is running a pre WiMax setup with speeds around 2megs. Once WiMax is deployed we will have speeds up to 15megs at full highway speeds. Yes, you will soon be able to pull 15megs at 65mph on the highway.
permalink · 2008-07-14 12:25:38 · Reply to this
xenophon

join:2007-09-17

Re: Tiss Tiss

The devices will be capable of 15Mbps+ but the backhaul won't be there to deliver that much to every user. Expected mobile WiMAX performance is 2-4Mbps per user with maybe peaks to 6Mbps or so.
permalink · 2008-07-14 15:31:17 · Reply to this

gerrrg

@cidainc.com

speed Qs

Not to insult anyone, but Clearwire already performed tests while driving around the Hillsboro-Portland area, and they reported 2.5 Mbps peak, but average of 0.9 Mbps on EVDO, two separate carriers. On their WiMax network (which hasn't been released for public use), they averaged 6.5 Mbps, and a peak of 19 Mbps.
permalink · 2008-07-14 14:54:45 · Reply to this
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