Clear wifi alternatives

Ok so you're in a shanty of some kind. That's gonna be a bit tough. Personally I would first ask if you can piggyback off the slumlord's wifi.

If you can't there are a few service providers that offer LTE service for low prices, mintsim wireless is a nice one. My wife uses it for their 2GB a month level. I assume you could get a router with an LTE modem and sim card slot for a reasonable price that should work but I don't know that they officially support that kind of use.

The routers are not always cheap. No idea how legit this is but it looks like you can still get Clear Wireless, sort of. Paladin wrote: Ok so you're in a shanty of some kind.

Well, it sounds as if that's what he's been trying to do. Doesn't seem to work because the landlord's wifi doesn't reach cross the back yard. So it's either cellular or the landlord provides some kind of solution. Looking at the link name in Paladin's post, sounds like Clear is the old Sprint WiMax, which was shut down for good on 31 March ? No, I don't live in some shanty. It's not as bad as it sounds, trust me. Quote: If you can't there are a few service providers that offer LTE service for low prices, mintsim wireless is a nice one.

The issue here is data. Remember, I'm trying to use this for desktop home use, so the typical "cellular" plans with data caps or throttling after a certain threshold won't work. Quote: No idea how legit this is but it looks like you can still get Clear Wireless, sort of. Pretty sure that's not legit. Or, it's some kind of defunct site, because I did the "check availability" thing, and it only showed offers for DirectTV.

I'm pretty sure Clear Wireless is gone. Are you currently getting your internet from the landlord? Do the other tenants have issues?

Yeah maybe clarifying the original issue will help more. Even most of the 'unlimited' ones charge a lot and still have a point where they throttle you even though some don't tell you that until you hit the limit. If you expect to go over the limits of common providers, you might also cause issues for your landlord if you get your connection working properly.

It would be polite to watch out for that. Get a directional panel antenna that will optimize both reception and transmission for your signal, mount it outside or at a window pointing to the source of the link. That should improve the link a good bit. This is assuming you are getting wifi from the landlord. You can also just get regular wired service DSL or cable.

Should be no problem to run an additional cable to your ADU. But it would be cheaper if you can just use your landlord's.

They're small, but they're real dwellings. As for OP, as others have mentioned depending on the electrical setup Powerline networking might work, or more likely if you're supposed to be getting WiFi Internet as part of your rent from the main house, work with them to setup a Point-to-Point or even fiber with media converters in order to provide good service. Should be able to get away with a cheap, directional low-powered wireless bridge. Thanks guys, for all the varying advice.

And Drizzt put it better than I could, about the guest house thing. It's a legitimate unit in the back that has a few rooms, with bathrooms, and a kitchen. Luckily for me, I found a local ISP that is willing to install an additional cable line on top of whatever possible cable line the house owners have. The current major cable ISP here only allows one line per residence, which is why I was looking for something like Clear Wireless, and not an additional cable line. DSL is definitely a possibility, too, as long as the owners here don't have a phone landline but who does these days?

I know you guys mentioned some less expensive methods, like a better router, etc. But, we'll see Thanks again. Well, do you have a separate address? If you have a separate mailing address then the ISP should service that separately. Out of curiosity, which ISP? If so, get that, FIOS rocks. It utilizes mobile carrier radio towers to provide connectivity, which eliminates the need for miles of wire and utility poles.

And thanks to its effective mile range compared to Wi-Fi's foot effective outdoor radius it can provide last mile connectivity to otherwise inaccessible hamlets. WiMax is gaining popularity in urban centers as well. Rather than compete on increasingly crowded 2. The company debuted its Clear service in Portland back in and has since added 87 additional markets.

WiMax isn't the only option for rural broadband customers, mind you. The same satellite technology that provides television service to 37 million Americans can also deliver Internet access, often with the very same dish.

The only problem is, the service isn't nearly as fast as DSL or cable and these systems also require two modems uplink and downlink as well as a clear view of the Southern sky. T1 lines—or more accurately, "digitally multiplexed telecommunications carrier systems"—were originally developed in the late s by Bell Labs as a means of transmitting large amounts of voice and data on a less congested network between the company's major telephone exchanges, known as Central Offices.

However with the breakup of Ma Bell at the hands of anti-trust litigation in , the T-carrier system opened up for general use. A T1 line can be constructed from either fiber or copper but always has a maximum physical capacity of 1. This total bandwidth is split into 24 equal 64kbps channels. Customers are able to rent any number of the 24 portion total of the full T1 line or in the case of the larger T3 lines, any of the total While typically more expensive to operate than other broadband technologies, fractional T1 does provide consistently connectivity, fast speeds, and flexible bandwidth without multi-thousand dollar monthly bills.

What's more, because the T1 system was originally designed to be a point to point transmission between COs and now connects directly your home to the ISP, it provides a high degree of transmission security.