Clearwire ditches Rover pre-paid WiMAX service

It’s been not up to a year because it went live, but Clearwire has now officially dropped its Rover pre-paid WiMAX service, saying that it was simply the way to “test some new pay-as-you-go pricing options and was offered on a limited retail basis in a pair markets.” As you are able to recall, the logo offered just two products — the Rover Puck WiFi hotspot and a USB stick — and it gave customers the facility to buy 4G WiMAX service on an everyday, weekly or monthly basis starting at just $5 an afternoon. As a Clearwire spokesperson explains to FierceWireless, however, the corporate will not be giving up on pre-paid options altogether, and says that it’s own new no-contract plans “should meet the desires of many of the Rover customer base.”