"Unlimited" wireless data...

Sat Dec 4 00:32:52 UTC 2010

I must once again give props to UBNT if you want awesome wireless gear for CLOS.  For $160 or so, you can get a 60Mb/s link up (Mine is a ~3mi/~5km link using two Nanobridge M5's)

They also have 3.65ghz gear as well but is a bit more per unit.  This per unit cost starts to put them in the 'nearly disposable' category.  (Oh, and it includes the dish and can do MCS-15 if your range is enough).

Lookup your local/private towers or buildings where you might be able to get space/colo cheap.

It may be easier than you think to get a reliable connection...

- Jared

On Dec 3, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Jason J. W. Williams wrote:

> I would second Nathan's experience. Tried to use them for our corporate office as a life boat when our T1 provider was sold to an outfit that didn't answer the support lines. Clear's NAT is atrocious and can't be turned off, so you can't drop a real firewall behind it on a single static. 
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> On Dec 3, 2010, at 4:47 PM, Nathan Eisenberg wrote:
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>>> This came up in another thread yesterday or today, and I just got the
>>> solicitation mailer for Clearwire's WiMAX service in Tampa Bay, which they
>>> call "4G", though the ITU disagrees.
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>>> The AUP is here: http://www.clear.com/legal/aup
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>> I cannot strongly enough discourage you from using their service.  My experience with them has been consistently awful - and given that they're headquartered in my area, that's unacceptable.  I'm informed that my experience is not at all unique - either to the Seattle area or to their service at large.  Their Wikipedia article tells you pretty much everything you need to know.
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearwire
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>> Their definition of unlimited tends to be "barely acceptable throughput levels, until you start streaming youtube/netflix or doing a long-running download or using bittorrent to seed files to your work PC and laptop or using your VPN to retrieve a document, in which case, we won't turn you off, we'll just silently jail you into a 32-128kbps bandwidth profile.   Also, have some poorly implemented NAT on our ludicrously underpowered CPEs!"
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>> I also understand that they've been having financial difficulties, so they're unlikely to address the issues their customers are faced with.
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>> If I were you, I would keep your backpack offline until another option is available.  You're not going to be able to use VOIP on their service, anyways.
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>> Nathan
>> (Speaking as an individual - not as the company I work for.)
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