 Review by jjgb10 
UPDATED: 91 days ago
member for 3.8 years, 1453 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Kasson,Dodge,MN
 $32 per month (12 month contract)
 about 6 days
 Qwest
 "Great first year pricing!!! Stable connection!!!"
 "None anymore"
 "Good value for your money!!! Good, fast, stable connection!!!"
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I ordered Qwest Naked DSL 1.5/896kbps DSL for $31.99 a month for a year. The regular price is $49.99 a month for the same package so I jumped on this deal. I was using Midwest Wireless Clearwave wireless internet before but during peak times, the packet loss and ping times were horrible. They couldn't fix the problem either.
Well, I signed up for the DSL and they shipped out the modem and I received it and plugged it in. It connected right up like it should have. I went into the modem stats and I saw the my SNR was 6/6 which is the lowest SNR that the modem will connect at that speed. I only connected at 1536/288kbps so I got my full download rate but I was too far away to achieve my full upload. I plugged the modem into the NID but it was all the same. We are said to be 17,800 feet away from the RT so this is alright I thought.
The connection is stable for the most part but the ping times are higher than cable because of interleaving. We use Viatalk on this line and Viatalk sounds perfect on the incoming audio, but on the outgoing audio, our voice kind of chips away every few seconds. It doesn't cut our voice off or stutter but it just misses a part of the audio for a split second. It doesn't bother the other people much at all.
Our DSL has gone out only once for 15 minutes which wasn't bad. When we first ordered, we were connected at 640/256 and I called in and the got our speed to where it was supposed to be the next day.
Overall, I am happy with Qwest DSL and the speeds and pricing. I wish that they could build an RT closer to use so we can get the full upload speed and have higher SNR margins for more stable DSL but we are in the country so we are happy. It was much better than our wireless ISP.
UPDATE 7-8-2008
Qwest has since upgrade our area by bring Fiber to the Node with ADSL2+. They replaced all lines from the new remote terminal all the way to our house. We now have 7mb internet and our VOIPo sounds better than ever with much more stable pings. Downloads are right where they need to be also. GREAT!!!
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