Review by dgorrell 
UPDATED: 217 days ago
member for 5.9 years, 69 visits, last login: 203 days ago
 Park City,Summit,UT
 $31 per month (month by month)
 about 35 days
 Qwest
 "Great reliability and customer service"
 "A bit expensive for ISP + DSL service"
 "Highly recommended"
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Additional update Jan.16. Replaced my Apple Airport Express wireless with the Apple Extreme. Latency went down to 100ms and previous reported slow browser page load is no longer a problem.
Update for 2008: Now have the 1500 dn/750 up package, which is the fastest I can get from Qwest at 15,000' from the C.O. Price is $19 for the Qwest DSL plus $19 for Xmission ISP. Still am very appreciative of Xmission tech support and general reliability.
I have recently been suffering serious bogging-down of my throughput such that the majority of web pages will not load on the first try (browser timeout.) My Flash speed tests will sometimes show around 200-300 dn speed but other times the result is 1250 dn, 450 up, which is about as good as I have seen. Latency is around 250ms, which seems normal, but the behavior of the email clients and browsers is pretty poor. Will have to take a serious look at my internal WiFi network to see if the problem is not with Xmission or Qwest.
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I ordered 640 down 256 up through Qwest and converted my 56k dial-up account at Xmission to the DSL. Xmission was VERY helpful in the setup as the Qwest Contract installers had no clue about Macintosh or about 802.11 wireless (this was back in 2002.) I have a static IP and I generally get around 400 down and 200 up, though there are periods of stagnation now and then.
Since then, Xmission has been very quick to help whenever the odd problem pops up. If I could wish for one thing it would be better roaming availabilty and access when I travel. Xmission now has a service, but it is very limited so I keep a $10 Juno account for dial-up purposes.
Again - bottom line is that Xmission is an excellent provider - just wish I could use them everywhere!
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