lazsheriff
Laz
join:2005-01-03
Fort Lauderdale, FL | oh great....
1.5 mpbs?
That's what my first broadband connection was....1.5mb dsl about 5-6 years ago.
What good is fiber at 1.5 mb? |
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AthlGrond
Premium,MVM
join:2002-04-25
Aurora, CO | Let Me Guess
Qwest has announced they have begun rolling out fiber to the home in Lone Tree, Colorado Let me guess where some of the Qwest execs live...
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longstreet
join:2004-11-14
Plano, TX | Qwest
If it's one thing Qwest is good at, it's dick teases.
WHY O WHY WOULD YOU CAP FIBER YOU MORONS |
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Topmounter
Sent By Grocery Clerks
join:2001-02-20
Evergreen, CO | Too little too late?
Based upon past performance (and personal experience), I think "Qwest: Ride the Lite" is a more appropriate marketing tag line. |
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jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH
| Lacking
To put it simply:
"That is SOOOOOO last century!"
They can easily offer 15-30 mb/s and they cap it at minimal DSL speeds? Talk about greedy...
Anyone know the price for this? If you say anything over $20, Im ganna start laughing unconrollably! |
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Topmounter
Sent By Grocery Clerks
join:2001-02-20
Evergreen, CO | reply to longstreet
Re: Qwest
In TelcoThink, so they don't decrease the real or perceived value of their other data services of course! |
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CO_Chris
Premium
join:2001-08-28
Broomfield, CO | look out Comcast
I just hope by the time i move to Colorado next spring i will see 20MB vs the 1.5 they are going to start off with. I hope they can do it just to have another option then just Comcast |
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Lincoln99
Premium
join:2005-03-24
Pleasant Grove, UT
| where it makes "sense"
And check out this statement from Qwest's press release:
"Qwest has determined that where it makes sense for the company, such as in certain new developments where green field conditions exist, Qwest will deploy FTTH technology, which enables Qwest to be well prepared to serve customers' current and future broadband needs."
So there you have it. Where it makes "sense" for Qwest (i.e. they can make the most money), they will deploy FTTH. If your home, or neighborhood, or city don't make "sense" for Qwest, tough. You'll be left off the information superhighway, and you will not fully participate in the global economy. |
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AthlGrond
Premium,MVM
join:2002-04-25
Aurora, CO
 ·Comcast
| reply to CO_Chris
Re: look out Comcast
said by CO_Chris  :I just hope by the time i move to Colorado next spring i will see 20MB vs the 1.5 they are going to start off with. I hope they can do it just to have another option then just Comcast Unfortunately you are far more likely to see 20MB from Comcast. (If history is any kind of indicator.)
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belushi
Premium,MVM
join:2000-11-08
Twinsburg, OH
| reply to lazsheriff
Re: oh great....
Does it really matter that your PIPE to the household for Internet service is 1.5 Mbps when the aggregate PIPE of the local community is oversubscribed as hell. I hear some of the Internet connections that aggregate local community traffic can be oversubscribed as much 100/1.
Plain and simple, what most people don't realize is that residential service, whether it be delivered via Ethernet, Coax, Fiber, etc. has no quality of service and no service level agreements. Thus the 1.5 Mbps. Its the other applications like IPTV which will take advantage of the Fiber...for now. |
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rtcpenguin
Premium
join:2001-01-21
Fairfax, VA | reply to jimbo2150
Re: Lacking
I really don't get it either. 3Mbps DSL is $30 a month around here, so 1.5mpbs would actually be a major step backwards. Silly. |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs | reply to lazsheriff
Re: oh great....
"the service will start off capped at 1.5mbps "
YAWN...... |
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HotRodFoto
Premium
join:2003-04-19
Denver, CO
1 edit | WTF!?!?!? Lone Tree????
Come on Qwest, wanna make a TON of new customers? Get it to prime areas, not these lil pockets of uber rich areas for god's sake! Lone Tree......go figure. Medium income is prolly close to a million there.
1.5? Bwahahahahhaha! Ummmm Qwest, is it any wonder why MCI ran so fast away from you? HEAR you customers and your competition! 1.5 is a joke on FTTH.
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NOCMan
Verizon Fios User
Premium
join:2004-09-30
Flower Mound, TX | Quest wants to be bought by Verizon
If they did a vdsl deployment then Verizon might just pass them over when they're done buying MCI. The proof would definately be in the pudding if we could find out how they build out the fiber. |
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flushls
join:2004-11-02
Joyce, WA
| Whats this brown stuff on my shoe
QWERST could'nt light fibre... they don't have a clue they could not find their a**holes with both hands and a friggin funnel.
By the time they deploy something some indie beat them to it.
I knew people that where smart and intelligent then they went to work for QWERST and got hit with the stupid door, and the rude and arrogant door.
I would not hold my breath they are a bunch of low life dirt bags.
Flushls |
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needforspeed59
Cruise Ship Just Passing Through
join:2001-05-02
Glendale, AZ | Com'n now. Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel. 
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
 ·Qwest.net
| Bitch, Bitch, Bitch.....
Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch
Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch
Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch
Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
·Qwest.net
1 edit | Wait there is more:
Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch
Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch
Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch
Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch
Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch,Bitch
I quess that covers it, at 1.5/896
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jhebert121
join:2002-06-03
Benton, AR | hmmm
hey i am wondering will this 1.5 be just your down or your down and up???? |
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BonezX
Basement Dweller
Premium
join:2004-04-13
Canada | reply to AthlGrond
Re: Let Me Guess
most likely. |
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