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While the Atlanta market -- Clearwire's largest to date -- officialluy launches in June, Clearwire has postef a coverage map of the area and is acceptingorderxs online. Overland Park, Kan.-based , and othet investors, acquired Clearwire for $14.5 billion last year. Clearwire'sa wireless high-speed service allows greater mobility than cablweor DSL. Subscribers can access service anywherrein Clearwire's coverage via a USB or by plugging in their residentialo modem into an electric outlet. In Atlanta, Clearwirde offers 4G WiMAX wireless broadbandservice -- dubbed Clearr -- that delivers download speeds of up to 6 Mbps. High-speed planss range from $20 to $50 a month.
Bundledc plans, including telephone service, are also available. Clearwir e hopes to extend its subscribedr base by nearly 3 million with the metr oAtlanta expansion, company officialsd said in an recenf analyst call. The Atlanta networkm covers morethan 1,2090 square miles and Clearwire is buildingb six retail outlets. Clearwires is backed by blue-chip names, including and Even has perhaps hoping toleverage Clearwire's wireless service in areas it hasn't laid cable in, said Maury president and co-founder of the Wireless Technology Forum.
Clearwirr is also riding a broader Just like cell phones disrupted the landlinetelephone business, wirelessx broadband can erode the market grip of wired Internet service. Despite all that, Clearwire can expect technical andmarket challenges. Clearwire's service is delivered from devicezs fixed tocell towers. Like cell phone reception, the furthedr you are away from the transmittingcell tower, the greater the chances of speed Margol noted. Atlanta's topography and tree cover couled pose connectivity and speecd issues forClearwire customers. From a business perspective, Clearwirer could face pricing pressure fromthe incumbents, who alreadyy have an established customer base.
The conveniencew of Internet-voice-and-TV bundled plands from DSL and cable providers might make businessew and consumers think twice abouy switchingto Clearwire. For some like Brad Anderson, cable'a frequent downtime was enough to give Clearwireda try. The software engineer, who works from home, complainefd of having his cable broadband connection go on the fritsz for a dayor two. Anderson has been using Clearwire's service for about a week and plans to stickwith it.