Thread: WiMAX is not dead nor doth it sleep (re N810WE)
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2009-10-07 , 21:45
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Originally Posted by adam917 View Post
I did ask them about non-Clear devices and they said it would work and that's the beauty of WiMAX - that it's an open system. I don't want the Mondi as isn't that the one that runs Windows Mobile?
I agree with them: that is the beauty of WiMAX. So long as you have a WiMAX device on the same frequency as the carrier (2.3GHz / 2.5Ghz / 3.5Gz) and if you can see their SSID (XOHM / Clear), you can register your WiMAX device on that network so long as your MAC address is allowed.

Both my Sprint Broadband 3G/4G U300 card and my Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition see XOHM and Clear as an SSID in Baltimore and see only XOHM in Washington, DC. In Baltimore, my U300 connects to only Sprint (Clear) while my N810WE connects to either. In DC, my U300 fails to connect but my N810WE connects to XOHM. I have my U300 and N810WE MACs registered by XOHM and Sprint.

To be honest, I think Clear is correct. You can buy a used N810WE, get a Clear account, and register that N810WE's MAC address on Clear using your account.