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Clear Spot Portable WiMax Hotspot Makes You a Broadband God
8:00AM Wilson Rothman | Today Clearwire yanked the cloth off of its rumored Clear Spot portable WiMax-to-Wi-Fi hotspot, a shiny little battery-powered device that lets you bestow real 4G bandwidth upon anyone in Wi-Fi range. More »
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Giz Explains: How Cell Towers Work
12:00PM Wilson Rothman | I recently visited a cell site shared by Clearwire and two other unnamed carriers—without frying my nuts. We’ve all driven past them so many times, but have you ever actually wondered how they work? AU: Very US-centric, but interesting nonetheless. Anyone have more info on Australian towers? Is it the same setup? More »
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Exclusive: WiMax Uncapped Speed Tests
3:00AM Wilson Rothman | A cable modem in your pocket. Rockin’ down the highway with video on demand. Real wireless broadband. I tested an unthrottled Clearwire WiMax connection all over Portland, and that’s (mostly) what I got. More »
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WiMax 4G To Hit 80 Markets by 2010; Clearwire Offering 3G/4G Modem Soon
12:15PM Wilson Rothman | Today, Clearwire announced network rollout plans for the “Clear” WiMax service, in conjunction with Sprint. In 2009, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Baltimore, Seattle, Honolulu and Charlotte are all scheduled to go live; next year, they’ll light up New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Houston and the San Francisco Bay Area. Better yet, subscribers will be getting a 3G/4G modem this summer, that’ll do WiMax in their home markets and Sprint EVDO Rev A in other cities—a lustworthy USB dongle if I ever heard of one. [Clearwire] More »
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The Analogue TV Shutdown Is a Flustercuck of Corporate Money, No One Cares About Consumers
6:40AM Matt Buchanan | FCC Chairman Kevin Martin (rightly) said that Obama’s plan to delay the analogue shutdown would create “consumer confusion.” But as Ars reports, when government, big corporations and tons of money are involved, it’s never about consumers. More »
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Clearwire Prepping a WiMax Wi-Fi Router For Portable 4G Hotspots
3:40AM John Mahoney | Clearwire early Wimax adopters will soon be able to buy a portable Wi-Fi router that will broadcast your ultra-fat 4G pipe to everyone within range of your pocketable little router. More »
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Sprint Dual U300 Modem Will Connect to Both EVDO and WiMax
12:15AM John Herrman | Sprint’s partnership with WiMax provider ClearWire looks to be bearing some hardware fruit, with the release of the first dongle to combine 3G cellular and 4G capabilities. More »
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Sprint and Clearwire Marriage Official: WiMax Network Branded ‘Clear’
5:15AM Matt Buchanan | The Sprint/Clearwire joint WiMax venture announced back in July is a done deal, as is the $US3.2 billion investmentfrom Intel, Google and others. The WiMax network will branded Clear, replacing the stupid Xohm moniker. More »
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AT&T Tries to Kill WiMax
2:10AM Matt Buchanan | Would you kick a crippled person just as they were standing on their feet, about to walk for the first time in years? AT&T would! Against all odds, WiMax just might make it, pending the merger of Sprint and Clearwire’s WiMax divisions. So AT&T filed with a petition with the FCC to block it. More »
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