Internet everywhere! Internet everywhere! We’ve been promised this by a lot of companies over a number of years. And while WiFi has been around for a long time, you could never stray much farther than your house. Well, a new technology, WiMax is here in Amarillo. A company called Clear is the first to offer the service. Promising speeds over 5mb, all you need is a little thumbdrive, like this to make it work. I’ve been testing it for the last few weeks and am pretty impressed with the speed. Keep in mind that one person using the Internet will rarely notice any speed differences over 1 megabit. The coverage was good, even inside buildings. I only ran into issues if I got too far outside of Amarillo and in cement basements – of course. There’s something freeing about sitting at a picnic table in a city park and having full access to the Internet. Who needs an office?
I’m Eric Spellmann, taking you to the Next Level!
More Information
What is WiMax?
http://www.wimax.com/education
Clear
http://www.clear.com