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ymn
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 Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:41 pm Post subject: Washington DC / Southern Maryland ? |
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| Hi, I was wondering if anyone is having success with 4G in Washington DC. When launched in DC, will 4G be available in the southern Maryland area? |
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DeltaSPARTAN003
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Joined: 20 Aug 2009
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Location: Seattle
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| Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:15 am Post subject: WiMax in D.C.? |
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I am almost positive Xohm works in the D.C. Area. But there are no plans for 2009 for Clear's service in D.C. But it will roll out in 2010.
So just keep your hopes up and let's pray to whatever deity is out there that it won't be delayed. |
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Thanster
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Joined: 26 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I think it only works in the downtown areas of DC. I'm in upper NW DC and there is no service. The Northern Virginia (Arlington) area works. |
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DulacLancelot
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Joined: 24 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanster wrote: | | I think it only works in the downtown areas of DC. I'm in upper NW DC and there is no service. The Northern Virginia (Arlington) area works. |
i fear the details of where there is coverage and where there is very murky because if coverage is not officially announced observed coverage can easily be turned off.
there is an oft-quoted coverage tool for people to post their coverage experiences at some site called 4Gmaps whose link i'm not allowed to post. unfortunately, i drove over to many of those virginia sites only to find no signal at all exactly where someone before me back in february or so had gotten 8Mbps (frontier ave in Springfield, VA). i used that one as an example because that test point said it used the USB Modem which is what i was using driving around that day.
and i mention the type of modem because i believe there must be something different between the home WiMax and the mobile WiMax coverage or maybe authentication? i get great WiMax service using my home modem, i also detect great WiMAX signal using my USB Modem. however, when the connection manager says "Ready to Connect" and then i click "Connect", it just goes "Connecting..." for a few seconds before "Disconnecting...".  it works fine in the Baltimore area so i'm assuming they just don't want you to connect with a mobile connection in unofficial areas. please tell me i'm wrong and someone has found a fix for this!  |
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solrackm
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Joined: 05 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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| the signal in the springfield va area has been off for about 9 months now. there is still coverage in the kingstowne van dorn area. |
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Llama
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Location: Northern VA
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| Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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I used to be able to pick it up in Herndon, but it has been terrible/non existent for the past couple of months. I finally got around to canceling it this month. I did my 6 months at $25 and two more at $35; of course those months were the ones where I could not get signal 90% of the time.
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DulacLancelot
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Joined: 24 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject: no more xohm signal 10/30/2009 in northern va |
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i guess stuff is changing.
my home modem connection, which was very solid for over half a year, stopped working at around 3am on 10/30/2009. the modem is now constantly in DL_SYN mode. does that mean i have no signal or something else?
on the other hand, my mobile connection usb modem, which always showed signal in certain areas but would never connect, now does connect. unfortunately, the usb modem picks up almost no signal at all at home. |
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solrackm
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| clearwire has unofficialy taken over in the dc area has of last week, the clearwire software works the usb modems. |
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DulacLancelot
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| solrackm wrote: | | clearwire has unofficialy taken over in the dc area has of last week, the clearwire software works the usb modems. |
oh. does that mean if i get a Clearwire home modem i might be able to get "home" wimax service again? |
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solrackm
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| I also have the home modem and it is doing the same thing you're talking about. clear will be doing a free hardware upgrade for current xohm customers sometime in January as the customer service person explained to me. |
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DulacLancelot
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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oh great! thanks for the info!
yeah i think i can get by until January. |
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Llama
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Location: Northern VA
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Anyone in Northern VA getting service yet?
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Jackofall
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Location: Maryland
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| Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| June 2010 timeframe for relaunch |
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