The expansion continues as Clearwire launches in Rochester and Syracuse, NY, Merced and Visalia, CA, Eugene, OR, and Tri-Cities and Yakima, Washington. It means that the fastest wireless connection available is now present in 44 U.S. markets.
CLEAR provides wireless internet speeds at four times faster that 3G networks within the CLEAR coverage area. The network in Rochester covers around 560 square miles and more than 600,000 people. The network’s northern border is Lake Ontario. It extends as far south as Canadaigua and Geneva, as far west as Spencerport and eastern border is Webster. In Syracuse, CLEAR covers 230 square miles and more than 265,000 people with service extending as far north as Brewerton, as far south as Nedrow, Auburn and Cortland, as far west as Village Green and as far east as Fayetteville and Manlius.
In these markets, new customers are offered an online-only mobile Internet promotion with plans starting as low as $15 per month for the first two months after a $50 service credit. Check clear.com for the promotion.
“Our residents now have a fast Internet connection that’s as mobile as they are,” said Jerry Brown, regional general manager for CLEAR. “And we’re thrilled to offer affordable rate plans with no limits on the amount of data customers use. No caps on usage, no penalties – our customers just use the Web as much as they want wherever they go – it’s that simple.”
The Merced network covers 180,000 people over 580 square miles. It border extends north to Livingston, ands outh to Merced. The network will also cover the townships of Chowchilla, Dos Palos and Los Banos. The Visalia network covers more than 550 square miles, providing CLEAR service to 288,000 people. The network extends to the northwest township of Goshen, along highway 99 to Tipton in the southwest. The northeast border is Ivanhoe and the southern part of the network extends to East Porterville. The network covers the cities of Exeter, Farmersville, Woodlake, Lindsay and Visalia.
The online-only Internet promotion has plans starting at $15 per month for two months after a $50 service credit. Visit www.clear.com for the promotion.
In Eugene and Springfield, OR, the network covers 105 square miles and more than 75,000 people. It extends along Interstate 5 corridor from the McKenzie River to Franklin Blvd. It also extends from 73rd and Main in Springfield to Green Hill Road west of Eugene.
New customers in Oregon can also take advantage of CLEAR’s online-only promotion with plans starting as $15 per month for the first two months after a $50 service credit. This promotion is available at www.clear.com/oregon.
In Yakima, the network covers more than 650 square miles, with more than 137,000 people able to get the super fast wireless internet. The network extends northwest to Ellensburg and southeast to Toppenish, Sunnyside, Grandview and Prosser. In Tri-Cities, the network extends over 800 square miles and more than 206,000 people can get CLEAR service. The networks extends west to Benton City and east to Hermiston and Pendleton.
The online-only promotion extends for new customers in these two markets as well. Check out www.clear.com/washington for the promotion. These markets are added to the launches that happened on June 28. There are now 44 markets with CLEAR along with the launches in Salt Lake City, Richmond and St. Louis. It’s the only 4G network available today. CLEAR offers some great devices, including three CLEAR Spots, wireless hot spots that connect the devices to the 4G network. There are WiMAX-enabled laptops, USB modems and other devices that connect to the network.
Sprint will also offer services in all these markets, with the first WiMAX-enabled smart phone, the HTC EVO 4G. They’ve also announced the second WiMAX-enabled phone from Samsung. Both devices run on the Android operating system. Clearwire is setting up networks in New York, Miami, Cleveland and Boston by the end of 2010. They hope to cover 120 million people by the end of this year.
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Whem LA and San Francisco, San Diego???
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