Still Not Convinced Clear Internet is the Answer
The idea of Clear is appealing, but the actual service has let me down several times in the last 3 weeks I’ve had the service.
So far I’ve only been able to connect the USB device 50% of the time. I try to use the service mainly when I’m at my sons baseball practices. These are outdoors in the middle of open fields. There should be no issue grabbing a “clear” signal. But I’ve still had issue.
Keep in mind I’m on a mac.
The USB piece will keep trying to connect over and over again requiring you to put in your password each time. I’ve also noticed that the clear connection manager will get stuck on “obtaining IP address”, but the network manager on the mac will show it as connected. You’re able to cruise the internet fine while it’s in this mode even thought the Clear manager reads obtaining IP.
The home unit has never showed more than 2 bars and most of the time it’s only at 1 bar. The most annoying part of the home system is buffering on youtube and other internet related videos. The speeds of the home unit are less that desired. With Cox cable I could watch any video without the pausing for re-buffering. This just isn’t the case with Clear. It can’t keep up.
I’d rather they save some money on advertising and upgrade the speeds of their service. It needs to happen if they want to compete in the future.
I’ve had the same problem since they updated the driver. The first beta driver worked fine but since the new one it stinks. Right now I’m trying to install a new device on my Mac and no go.