[ale] Clear

[Jan Gannon]

I have used the Clear Motorola Ethernet modems. I have two setup in a dual
WAN configuration running attached to a dual wan router. I know it's not
quite as portable as the USB unit but the Motorola stand
alone Ethernet modem works well with Linux setups. It seems to me in my mind
that if the USB modems work in OSX that it would not be a huge stretch to
get it running in Linux, what about the possibility of using the windows
drivers in Linux I have a Belkin Wifi N card that I do this with Ubuntu?
My disappointment with Clear back in October is the sales person claimed
that they would roam in 3G networks (I later found out this was not the case
with the $25 dollar accounts) needles to say my client canceled the accounts
and returned the USB clear devices when we finally tested the 3G capable
units but then came to find out that these accounts required a significant
amount more per month to run (more than double)

Jan Gannon
jan at aditservices.com
http://www.aditservices.com
678-971-9699


On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Mark Wright <m.perry.wright at gmail.com>wrote:

>  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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