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Ever since around the new year, when Comcast “doubled my speed for free”, I’ve had nothing but problems.
Even when its operating at what seems to be optimal capacity, it’s definitely slower than it was back in late 2008.
Frequently I will lose my connection for one to two minutes at a time, then it mysteriously comes back.
My 9 and 12-year-old boys are pretty adept now at powering down and rebooting the Comcast modem and my router, to get back online pretty quickly, but it’s become quite tedious.
Under the “new faster service” my wireless router is also not operating well. Apparently, it’s too old for their “recommended firmware upgrade”, so instead of getting 12mbs like I used to, would the new Comcast change I never get more than 5mbs, even when it’s working.
After all of the problems I’ve had over the years with Comcast, and having to deal with the games Comcast plays with people’s email, I’m finally now trying an alternative that’s recently become available here in Portland called Wimax from Clear.
I’m picking up my modem this week, and I’ll be reporting back as to how it works. I may keep the both, because Comcast works fine 90% of the time and it’s pretty fast.
Well, in my case, the service wasn’t available. in my neighborhood. When I went to get qualified, it was only offering me “mobile” . Too bad for me…
However, if Clear can keep a consistent connection, then I might just be fine with the 6 mbs downloads.
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Hey Scott,
I ditched Comcast about 2 months ago for clear and haven’t looked back.
The only complaint I have is that their upload speeds are a bit low, but overall their service has been great.
Not to mention that yes, they have stayed connected consistently since I’ve installed them. This wimax thing is definitely a step in the right direction.
–Justin
Many of my friends will often complain about their connection speeds. Many find that what starts out as a great connection lasts only a short period and they end up changing provider as there are too many users now attached to the same package. Not the easiest way to keep your fast connections working!!
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