[SLL] Comcast/Speakeasy/Clearwire

[Glenn Stone]

On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 04:38:05PM -0700, David Fetrow wrote:
> I'd resisted Clearwire, some of the salespeople were just too pushy
> but I had a location where network security issues were slight and
> the location was poor for both DSL and cable. (Maybe Clearwire security
> is first rate...maybe not...I just don't know).

It goes over the airwaves; by definition, it's sniffable.  

> Getting that thing set up was a 5 minute surprise. Movable, simple,
> it just worked. Very slick, very usable.

They too have servers as verboten.  (And even though my real estate agent
brought his out in his jeep and was sitting there in my driveway with three
bars of good signal, the website took one look at my address and refused to
talk to me.  Ist nicht gut.  

But for them as Clearwire will talk to, if you happened to have a colo
somewhere you could tunnel out to so Joe Random Skript Kiddie doesn't sniff
you blind, it sounds like a good idea.  It's totally OS-independent (DHCP
handoff), portable, badda boom, badda bing, Internet to go.  The biggest
problem is the coverage area.  If they even *think* they can't talk to
you.... fuggeddabowdit.

(If Mat Watson is still listening in, he may want to try this... last I
checked he was stuck on Comcast, and Verizon had no intention of helping...)  

Ken Meyer is correct in that if you're not using Qwest/MSN as your ISP (as
opposed to your bitpipe), they could give a bit bucket what you do with your
connection; that's your ISP's problem.  OTOH, they tend to charge you just
as much for using them as a bare bitpipe as they do for being your ISP
too... 

As the sign in the back of Bill Campbell's racing shop used to read:

SPEED COSTS.  HOW FAST DO YOU WANT TO GO?

It all kinda depends on what you need and how much you're willig to pay for
it.  

-- Glenn