clear 4g down in texas!!!

[TECH]

so been like this for the past 6 to 7 days speeds are low like under 500kbs peak down and up are 320 kbs pings are higher then 636 so i thought it was my modem so i change it and still get the same but on old modem this happend got stuck with the same ip for more the 7 days is any one else having this issue when i got service i was getting 5 to 7 mps now i dont get that and im on the unlimited plan grrr

[menmyPro]

My GOD! Look where you're at man!

The MIDDLE OF NOWHERE!

j/k.

My sister is trying it out in Abeline and got told there was some service issues. Should be up any time now according to what she was told.

Edit (after thought) Hope this isn't indicative of the service, cause I knew several people in Abilene who had Clearwire before the merger and never had a problem.

[sdsi]

I'm in Midland, TX and though service is excellent at my office with up to 13mb down, here at my house, which is all of less than a couple blocks from a clear tower, I get horrible service and signal strength bounces between 1 and 2 bars with the modem resetting itself often. Now that is how you do a run on sentence!

[Eyecon82]

I was in the Woodfield area near Chicago, and Sprint Smartview showed I was connected at HSDPA speeds; however, i was only noticing rev A speeds...maybe a glitch in the software? or are they rolling it out in select suburbs of metropolitan areas?

[TECH]

mine went lower now i get under 200kbs peak down and 700 kbs up there saying that sprint puting on 4g here to so i guess there working on evdo and 4g hopefully

[PokerFace23]

Home of Friday Night Lights. Love that book.

6 more days til 4G...

[TECH]

y 6 more days 4g is hear but slow atm

[TECH]

well still 4g is down under 200 kb down and 300kb up and ive been researching and turns out people from other places been having the same issue and that like 2 month pass no fix at all but they did notice this this guy switch to sprint xohm and at his home get faster speeds and no down side at all then he uses his clear modem slow as hell so i think clear ripping off people still my service been like this for 16 days they say we still in a soft roll out but september 1 is they go all the way and that when sprint xohm is here so if it still like that im getting the sprint xohm better

[JfStX]

So your just going to post everywhere? Give them time, they are still upgrading your towers.

[TECH]

well probaly but still other people at las vegas area there having same issue and they been like this more then 2 month its wierd

[TECH]

so clear got worst now under 100 kb all the time at night goes up to 3mps but in day goes to 100 to 300 kb so clear modem is the main issue i bet

[carcarx]

so clear got worst now under 100 kb all the time at night goes up to 3mps but in day goes to 100 to 300 kb so clear modem is the main issue i bet

The only thing you can say is it ISN'T the modem, since "at night" the rate goes up to 3 mbps.

A lot of experimentation will be needed to help isolate the problem.

Can you have something take a download speed sample ever half hour during a couple of 24 hour periods, to see when the download rates increase and decrease?

If so, you have a chance at finding out what's going on.

If the rate drops, suddenly, at 8 AM, and goes back up at 5 PM, that suggests something CLEAR is doing. If the rate starts to slow down around 6 or 6:30 AM, and gradually starts increasing after 10 PM, that suggests there's a subscriber generated problem.

How many sites are you going to to get the download rate? What kind of internet load do those site have during the day?

If you can find a site that's one network "hop" away from CLEAR's local link you can really isolate whether it's a CLEAR specific problem, or the site(s) that you're accessing.

(The traceroute program will help find how many hops and where the traffic load starts to "hit".)

[TECH]

ok at 4 to 8 am i get close to 3mps 9am to 6 pm i get under 700kb 7pm to 12am under 200kb every day like this atm is going 300kb

[carcarx]

ok at 4 to 8 am i get close to 3mps 9am to 6 pm i get under 700kb 7pm to 12am under 200kb every day like this atm is going 300kb

Where does traceroute show the slowdown? (Longer ping times...)

[TECH]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/554228819.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[carcarx]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/554228819.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

No, I need the traceroute.

All you can say, at this point, is that the link between you and your destination (there's a lot of network in between) gets loaded by traffic. Without the traceroute there no way to tell if the network is loaded at your destination (where and who is that destination?) and the Clearwire network.

TRACEROUTE!

[TECH]

how do u do that by the way last night it went fast like it use to go 5 to 7 mps but now it under 700 kb

[carcarx]

how do u do that by the way last night it went fast like it use to go 5 to 7 mps but now it under 700 kb

A quick google search on

windows traceroute

yields

http://kb.iu.edu/data/aihy.html

[sdsi]

I talked to a very knowledgeable field tech today that knew exactly what the problem is. Some towers in West Odessa and Downtown Midland are over capacity! Some people aren't even able to get online because of this. He told me that it should be cleared up by the end of this month and that Odessa is the main priority because of so many users. He said that each "box" on a tower can accomodate roughly 100 users. It's just a matter of adding extra boxes. BUT...there are weight capacity issues with the boxes...they are in the process of taking down Clearwire boxes and replacing them with Clear boxes to provide more capacity.

[elephant007]

when I first connected my Clear WiMAX, I did a speed test and was getting 3.8Mbps, now I'm not getting anywhere near that number :( I live in Abilene, TX. I don't understand how we have WiMAX here and not 3G for our Sprint phones... what?!
http://www.speedtest.net/result/558171692.png

[micster5]

when I first connected my Clear WiMAX, I did a speed test and was getting 3.8Mbps, now I'm not getting anywhere near that number :( I live in Abilene, TX. I don't understand how we have WiMAX here and not 3G for our Sprint phones... what?!
http://www.speedtest.net/result/558171692.png

That is supposedly in progress. Having talked to Sprint, they have said that 3G is pending regulatory approval. We shall see how long that takes. It still doesn't explain why it took this long for them to try.

[TECH]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/558460504.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

i use to get 5 to 7 mps been like this since 8-5-09

[TECH]

yea clear never gonna fix it for sure it only goes fast in the middle of the night but in day 200 kb to 700kb no mps at all clear sucks big time i was expecting this from the clear modems

[carcarx]

yea clear never gonna fix it for sure it only goes fast in the middle of the night but in day 200 kb to 700kb no mps at all clear sucks big time i was expecting this from the clear modems

It's not your modem. According to the previous poster its the tower site equipment.

[TECH]

i dont think so beacuase on sprint u300 been perfect speeds never went down at all

[micster5]

Sounds like a provisioning or interference issue with the Clear modem. Is it fast during the night every night or just every so often?

[TECH]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/568120195.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

been like this since like 3 dyas even at night at night use to get 8 to 10 mps now this grrrrrrrr

[skills05]

its all over texas but why not houston, we dont have it here yet

[TECH]

there be there be there by next month but get sprint version not clear i dont recomend clear at all u will only get 200 kb and under

[BerryChic]

its all over texas but why not houston, we dont have it here yet

They are saying by early 2010 (around Feb) but I've had heard by a friend by the end of this year so I guess we'll see.