[ale] Clear

[Mark Wright]

I tried it and had to return it.

They do not have Linux drivers and they will be difficult to get as  
the chips in the device are proprietary and Clear can't get the  
rights to write drivers.  However they do claim that there are plans  
to support Linux from the device manufacturer.

That said the service sucked and I couldn't use it on my Mac either.   
My opinion is that the frequency they are on is very line of sight.   
It doesn't matter if you are very close to a tower if you can't  
actually see the tower (trees, houses in the way) you won't get any  
signal.  I am very close to there tower north of Woodstock and I  
could not use it at home.  On the road I could not get it to work  
inside any of the offices I frequent (Alpharetta, Norcross, 600 block  
of Pine St) or my car.  If you don't mind staying outside it seemed  
OK on my laptop.



Mark Wright
m.perry.wright at gmail.com



On Jan 8, 2010, at 7:44 PM, Chris Fowler wrote:

> Anyone using the Clear USB device in Ubuntu?
>
> Their take 2 plan compares to what I pay with Atlantic Nexus for  
> DSL.  I
> could use a device at home to have 24x7 Internet there and then the  
> USB
> device could work on the netbook.  Is this a bad idea?
>
> Chris
>
>
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