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    Clear Fast Track Airport Security Is No More

    Review: Clear Spot Portable WiMax Wi-Fi Hotspot

    Giz Explains: How Cell Towers Work

    Exclusive: WiMax Uncapped Speed Tests

    Sprint Dual U300 Modem Will Connect to Both EVDO and WiMax

    Sprint and Clearwire Marriage Official: WiMax Network Branded "Clear"

    Proporta Clear Cases for BlackBerry Pearl

    DIY Clear USB Flash Drive
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    06/23/09

    In reply to Clear Fast Track Airport Security Is No More
    I thought the whole idea of people being given special privileges because they paid $200 was pretty absurd in the first place. It would inevitably lead to more crowding for those who didn't have the pass and less security for everyone. I can't say that I'm sad to see it go, though obviously it sucks for the employees when any company goes under in this economy.
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    Image of DallasDictys DallasDictys
    03/31/09

    In reply to Review: Clear Spot Portable WiMax Wi-Fi Hotspot
    anybody got any leads on a good USB wifi router, that I can use with a Verizon Dongular Device. I checked the Internet but couldn't get a clear understanding if my Verizon USB internet device would work with any particular wi fi router.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    03/31/09

    @DallasDictys: Pretty sure the same one, Cradlepoint, has a Verizon pre-set. You should ask them.
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    03/31/09

    In reply to Review: Clear Spot Portable WiMax Wi-Fi Hotspot
    They removed the monkey face from the case, looks like..




    From Giz, a while back

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    03/31/09

    In reply to Review: Clear Spot Portable WiMax Wi-Fi Hotspot
    i can't wait for this to come to san antonio, texas. can . . . not . . . wait.
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    03/31/09

    In reply to Review: Clear Spot Portable WiMax Wi-Fi Hotspot
    I'm not clear--how is all this Wi-Fi magic being performed by a ketchup bottle?
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    Image of Curves Curves
    03/21/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: How Cell Towers Work
    Why doesnt the Woz have a star? I mean, you know, he is, you know, THE Woz. That sort of seems like all the qualification you could possibly ever need.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/22/09

    @Curves: He's too overqualified to get a mere star. He needs something else like an infinity symbol or something like that..
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    Image of leozuck leozuck
    03/20/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: How Cell Towers Work
    does anyone know what font is used in the photos here. it's used in all of gizmodo's captions.


    thanks :)

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    Image of Eric Sheline Eric Sheline
    03/20/09

    @leozuck: Akbar :)
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    03/21/09

    @Eric Sheline: And that would be Former Star Intern Eric Sheline, so you know you can trust it.
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    Image of thecybernerd thecybernerd
    03/20/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: How Cell Towers Work
    I am surfing the net via WIMAX in my hotel room in Dallas! I was able to tour the test lab for Sprint/Clearwire WIMAX in Herndon, VA and the technology that lets you move between base stations (cell towers) is incredibad!..... I also saw small speed differences between the diffrent network equipment providers such as motorola and samsung. The base stations in Baltimore and DC are made by Samsung. The base stations in Fort Worth and Dallas are Motorola i think. And 95% of all the base stations in the DFW region are running off microwave links because most cell sites do not have sufficient backhaul at the location.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    03/21/09

    @thecybernerd: You should check out my WiMax feature, and make comments there. For the record, I thought the handoffs in Portland were actually pretty good.
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    Image of DeadWriter DeadWriter
    03/20/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: How Cell Towers Work
    I was just in a fire that took out land lines, power and the local radio stations. The only reliable audio information I got was by streaming radio from the local radio station via the Internet through my 3g phone. I never would have thought I would have said that a complex technology beat a simple one in a time of need.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    03/21/09

    @DeadWriter: So how did they get their signal out to stream?
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    03/21/09

    @IcePirate_GitEmSteveDave: Meaning if they didn't have a back up generator to power the transmitter to transmit over the air, how did they have the power to broadcast over the internet?
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    Image of Monty Monty
    03/20/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: How Cell Towers Work
    What, no instructions on how to hack the cell site to send out your own pirate cell phone broadcast? As the kids around here say: Fail. Whatever that means.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    03/21/09

    @Monty: So you're saying a photo is not enough for you to figure out how to create an entire cellphone pirate net? Man, you'll never be haxx0r material. Whatever that means. (Seriously, I have no idea what that means.)
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    Image of bluebledthesea bluebledthesea
    03/20/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: How Cell Towers Work
    What does this have to do with gadgets?
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    Image of Mammoth Mammoth
    03/20/09

    @bluebledthesea: What does the internet have to do with computers?
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    03/21/09

    @Mammoth: Apparently bluebledthesea didn't know about our policy for banning anyone who says, "What does this have to do with gadgets?" Oh well, now he/she does.
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    03/22/09

    @Wilson Rothman: Zing!
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    03/20/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: How Cell Towers Work
    This post is sponsored by the Amalgamated Federation of Telegraph, Telephone, Facsimile Machine, and Internet Operators:



    AFTTFMIO: Connecting The World With Copper Wires and Pneumatic Tubes Since 1879

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    03/21/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Hey, it's Mabel! She was always connecting Timmy's Mom to the Sheriff.
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    Image of TrollSlayer TrollSlayer
    03/20/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: How Cell Towers Work
    Is it more cost effective to use the microwave dishes? It seems like the smart thing to do, since running cables is probably more expensive for the manpower and materials.


    Also, did you see and smoldering birds inside the fence?

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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    03/21/09

    @TrollSlayer: No smoldering birds that I could see. Re: Microwave dishes, it's smart, but if there's already a hard-wired land connection, as there is with most wireless carriers, this is added infrastructure. Also, there's a lot of bureaucratic BS I didn't get into about why today's wireless carriers use landlines. Stay tuned for a frickin' exposé.
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    03/20/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: How Cell Towers Work
    I can honestly say that I still don't know how cell towers work.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    03/20/09

    @Woz: I'd have to agree. This seems like it was part one of a series on how cell towers work.

    I'm now intrigued, though.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    03/21/09

    @Your friends can call you HoJu!: My advice is to re-read the article a time or two. If you do that, I promise we'll do our part in cooking up a Part 2, though I swear to you at the moment none is in the works.
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    03/21/09

    @Wilson Rothman: Well get crackin'! What do I pay you for, anyway????
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    Image of Curves Curves
    03/20/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: How Cell Towers Work
    I like the close ups, I never really knew what they looked like. Not only are they tall, but they put them on the hightest hills too, so it hard to see.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/22/09

    @Curves: You'd be surprised how many of them are closer to you than you realize.


    Especially the ones they paint brown and attach plastic 'branches' on to make them look like trees and blend in.

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