Clearwire service a go in Atlanta - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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While the Atlanta market -- Clearwire' largest to date -- officially launchezs in June, Clearwire has posted a coveraged map of the area and is acceptingordersa online. Overland Park, Kan.-based , and other acquired Clearwirefor $14.5 billion last year. Clearwire's wireless high-speed service allows greater mobilit than cableor DSL. Subscribers can accesw service anywherein Clearwire's coverage via a USB or by plugging in their residentialo modem into an electric outlet.
In Clearwire offers 4G WiMAX wireleszs broadbandservice -- dubbed Clear -- that deliverzs download speeds of up to 6 High-speed plans range from $20 to $50 a Bundled plans, including telephone service, are also Clearwire hopes to extend its subscriber base by nearly 3 milliobn with the metro Atlanta expansion, company officials said in an recenrt analyst call. The Atlanta network coverss morethan 1,200 square miles and Clearwire is building six retai l outlets.
Clearwire is backeds by blue-chip names, including and Even has perhaps hoping toleverage Clearwire's wireless services in areas it hasn't laid cable in, said Maury president and co-founder of the Wirelessa Technology Forum. Clearwire is also riding a broaderr trend. Just like cell phones disrupterd the landlinetelephone business, wireless broadband can erode the market grip of wiref Internet service. Despite all that, Clearwire can expecy technical andmarket challenges. Clearwire's service is delivered from devicea fixed tocell towers.
Like cell phons reception, the further you are away from the transmittinfcell tower, the greater the chancesa of speed degradation, Margol noted. Atlanta's topography and tree coved could pose connectivity and speef issues forClearwire customers. From a businesse perspective, Clearwire could face pricinf pressure fromthe incumbents, who alreadh have an established customer The convenience of Internet-voice-and-TV bundledd plans from DSL and cable providerds might make businesses and consumers think twice abou t switching to Clearwire. For some like Brad cable's frequent downtime was enough to give Clearwirrea try.
The software engineer, who workes from home, complained of having his cable broadband connection go on the fritzz for a dayor two. Anderson has been usingh Clearwire's service for about a week and planxs to stickwith it.