[Trawgdor]

If you are ever thinking about getting an ISP, do NOT get Clearwire.
While it promises up to 2MBPS Download speeds, it usually only gets 50-200KBPS.
Dont get it if you are a gamer, and play the Xbox 360, PS3, PC etc. online!
Youll regret it!

[Skotekal]

Never really heard of it. My ****ty Wireless connection is that fast. Damn. I wish I had I direct connection to my modem.

[runeblade265]

I heard they do that to trick you.


Something about megabits to megabytes. there are differences,

1 Megabyte = 8 Megabits

1 megabits = 128 kilobytes

2 megabits = 256 kilobytes

[Arseface]

Yeah, it's weird. Bits are smaller than bytes.

[Trawgdor]

Oh gosh. There's a lawsuit being filed against Clearwire right now! Then I won't have to pay
$200 to quit!

[JohnDoe]

Originally Posted by Arseface

Yeah, it's weird. Bits are smaller than bytes.

Not weird.
There was a time when bit meant one-eighth and was used as a term for currency meaning 12.5 cents, or one-eighth of a dollar.
So of course there'd be 8 bits in a byte.

Originally Posted by runeblade265

1 Megabyte = 8 Megabits

1 megabits = 128 kilobytes

2 megabits = 256 kilobytes

Not true. Bits are not measured in powers of two. Source.
While 1 megabyte is 1048576 bytes, 1 megabit is 1000000 bits, or 125000 bytes, so 8 megabits is 1000000 bytes. There's a 48.5KB difference.

So 2MB[its]PS = ~244KB[ytes]PS.

Originally Posted by Trawgdor

Oh gosh. There's a lawsuit being filed against Clearwire right now! Then I won't have to pay
$200 to quit!

Contracts are must-reads.

[Man]

why pay for internet when you have 3 FREE wireless networks to choose from like me? 1 with 160 kbps, 1 with 400kbps, and another with 100 kbps. i feel so lucky internet-wise sometimes

[Trawgdor]

Originally Posted by JohnDoe

Contracts are must-reads.

Gawsh, I wish my parents let me see the contract before they signed up.
We called the guy at Clearwire, and we were complaining about how bad the internet was. Then he told us to go to speedtest.net or something and we got 82kb download speed and 10 kb upload speed. Even he said that was bad.