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

[Jim Kinney]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
I win! 279 antennas within 4 miles of my house.

Why does Kentucky Fried Chicken have a radio antenna? And it's not on
their building.


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James P. Kinney III