Clear.com (aka: clearwire; aka: the 4g tower people...)

toviaheli · #1 (**permalink**) 11-02-2010, 02:33 AM

Just an FYI for those interested in a phone service to compete with other companies offering 4G...

Hold off until January 1, 2011 if you're out of contract and considering jumping ship to another carrier or signing up on a new 2-year with someone who offers 4G.

Clear.com is about to jump into the cell phone game (Rumored, but a reliable source).

>Sprint leases towers from them...

**hypeo** · #2 (**permalink**) 11-02-2010, 01:19 PM

FYI, Sprint owns more than half of Clearwire stock which makes them pretty much the owners of them. So it is probably going to be another subsidy from sprint kind of like Boost or Virgin mobile.

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Originally Posted by toviaheli

Just an FYI for those interested in a phone service to compete with other companies offering 4G...

Hold off until January 1, 2011 if you're out of contract and considering jumping ship to another carrier or signing up on a new 2-year with someone who offers 4G.

Clear.com is about to jump into the cell phone game (Rumored, but a reliable source).

>Sprint leases towers from them...

**BooDaddy** · #3 (**permalink**) 11-05-2010, 10:16 AM

Hypeo is correct. I really dont think sprint "leases" towers from Clear, but more or less shares the cost of those towers. Clear is a conglomerate of several companies together. Sprint is main holder, Comcast, and a few others are as well. Each of the parent companies board members also sit on the board for Clear.

kaoss_11 · #4 (**permalink**) 12-14-2010, 05:30 PM

any proof? from what i know sprint owns or has a large share of clear so how would they or why would they lease towers from them. source of you info?

**gTen** · #5 (**permalink**) 12-14-2010, 10:05 PM

I think clearwire owns some towers and sprint owns other towers..then when a person joins in a clearwire area, sprint pays for that subscriber monthly to clear....thats why clear is complaining, because if its a sprint area, clear gets nothing lol

**austin420** · #6 (**permalink**) 12-15-2010, 10:54 AM

clear has retail in my area. they sell a 3g 4g modem that falls back on sprint with unlimited data for 30 dollars or 40 dollars depending.
Clear.com High Speed Mobile / Wireless Internet Service Provider

toviaheli · #7 (**permalink**) 12-21-2010, 06:37 PM

A friend of mine has the clear consumer sales contract for several states and said they're planning on rolling out their own wireless phones 1Q2011.

tech · #8 (**permalink**) 12-28-2010, 01:58 AM

Fyi clear are rips off and they cap u at dial up speeds and still ur money plus there ahutting down fast

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