Clear Connect is hub and spoke vs mesh.
For many of us with C-7's with an antenna mod or the C-8 have found that a very large percentage of our ZWave devices are direct and therefore function as hub and spoke.
For example, one of my ZWave hubs has 32 Devices of which 28 are direct. The other 4 are one hop.
In other words, 28 of those devices are working in Clear Connect mimic mode 
And mimicking Clear Connect is the highest praise.
