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Superfast wireless connections coming soon to Chicago

2009-09-18 09:04 by
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By Christmas, Chicagoans will have a new wireless service called Clear that's as fast as your cable modem or Internet access at work.

Though no specific date has been announced for the rollout, the so-called 4G super-high-speed service will charge subscribers roughly $40 to $45 a month to get unlimited high-speed data on any computer or Wi-Fi-enabled smart phone. The speed is faster than today's wireless connections, touting average download speeds of 3 to 6 megabits per second.

"This is a paradigm shift. It's a data service that acts like a high-speed pipe, and you can connect PCs, netbooks, laptops and Wi-Fi devices to it," said Bill Morrow, CEO of parent company Clearwire, in an interview Thursday. Chicago will be Clear's 15th market nationwide.

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