Clearwire: Just Say No

[Tom Marshall]

> Worst case, I'll setup a tunnel to the Real World for VoIP

I tried this and it works great.  Just needed a tunneling daemon and a few
iptables rules.  Total time invested was about an hour.  I've spent longer
on the phone talking to their support reps.

I don't understand how a company can be so myopic as to think that the
strategy of making life difficult for the average user and annoying the tech
literate user enough to spread the word that their tactics are hostile is
worth the short term gain of a captive audience.  But I guess there's
precedent -- look at the RIAA and MPAA.

The real irony in this absurd situation is that I _did_ check into VoIP from
Clearwire and they don't provide it in my area (not that I would have paid
their absurd prices but that's beside the point).  The situation reminds me
of a jealous ex-boyfriend -- "if I can't have her, then nobody can!"

-- 
"Trying to make bits uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet. The
sooner people accept this, and build business models that take this into
account, the sooner people will start making money again."
        -- Bruce Schneier