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Originally Posted by UGLandrum
Has anyone heard of ClearWire internet service, this service involves you going and buying a s-band device that accesses the satellite signal much like XM radio or GPS, then just hooking it up and you get service all for $20 a month. My neighbor told me she gets 100mbps.
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I'd seriously doubt 100Mpbs. That's probably the link speed she's getting to the clearwire modem, which is not where the bottleneck is. You can check out the specs at
Clearwire: Wireless Broadband Internet Service Home and Office. They claim 2.0Mbps down, and 256kbps up. Also, it's not a satellite service, but more like WiMax.. they use towers to transmit and receive the signals.
If you have access to that service, though, that would be a good solution, I think, for gaming and general Internet usage. The rates they quote appear to be higher than $20/month, but I could not check the details since I didn't have an address to check in their coverage area. $20/month would be an excellent price.