[ale] OT: Sprint bringing WiMax to Arlanta this year

[Geoffrey]

PairOfTwins wrote:
> Sean:
> 
> A few weeks ago Clear gave me a demo of their wireless service ( 
> Clearwire + Sprint = Clear ) in a coffeeshop.  6 mbits on the speed 
> test.  They're planning to "paint the town green" with their ad blitz.
> 
>  From http://www.antennasearch.com/ I can count Clearwire antennas 
> located on 14 towers within 4 miles of home.  Looks like they're 
> blanketing the city, but not putting up their own towers.  I'm wondering 
> whether that loud buzzing in my ears, which began in early February, is 
> in any way related to the addition of formerly unused spectrum going 
> live, on top of AM radio, FM radio, analog TV, digital TV, and cell 
> phone radiation.  When WiMAX was deployed in Sweden, an uptick in ER 
> visits prompted the government to investigate...

Apparently the address field doesn't like a period, as in 'Dr.'  It kept 
returning invalid data.  Pretty stupid if you ask me...  Finally got a 
successful search and it shows 60 towers and 162 antennas within 4 miles.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
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