Glad I DID NOT Get It!!! User Submission by Franklin Carbone

I am utterly APPALLED by what you and each of you have endured..and am
THANKFUL beyond words we did not get it…we could have but did not! I
went to one of the malls in my area (I live in Marysville, Washington
about 40 miles north of Seattle)to get some Idea about whether it would
work in my area; I asked staffers at 3 CLEARWIRE sites if it would work
in my area….” It may or may not…..” Blah blah….or “probably it
will…most of the time” these people were poster children for the most
IGNORANT of Biohms I had ever met..one girl printed up a map in my area
of antennaes “in range to transmit to the modem…but they can’t be
farther than 2 miles away”
“Let me see the map”……….it had an “S” handwritten on the top of
the sheet…with three antennaes….on th print.
“Mame…on a map…..NORTH is always on the top”
“How do you know?”
“I trained as a pilot”….Oh brother! What the hell is
this…..anyway….I got the modem….NOT FALLING FOR NOR ACCEPTING her
entreaties “of a very good service…” Or not……NOR SIGNING..for nor
paying a deposit….for modem..or contract……took it home….hooked
it up(after I promised her I would bring the modem back if it did’nt
work) and got….5 blue flashing lights on the modem!!! But ZERO
connectivity!! Like I am REALLY going to play around like some
JACKASS..trying to find a spot(the brochure in the medem box
said…”even slight movements and repositioning of the modem make a big
differance in reception……”)where the internet can connect from my
laptop!!! What kind of idiocy is that!? I am exactly 1.23 Nautical
miles from one antannae SW of it with no obstructions….I can only
imagine the distress you have all gone through……..one staffer
suggested I did’nt know what I was doing (an aircraft mechanic..yeah, I
KNOW what I’m doing!) I got an e-mail asking why I did’nt sign a
contract with them…and suggested “you HAVE a LOT of work to do before
you approach..”mainstream” calibre” for function, reliability…”

I got “too wordy” I suppose…I over-ran the 150 character max.
Limit….I basiclly told them…”you Blow”

Good luck to you all! It’s REALLY scary out there!!

Franklin F. Carbone
–wtz