FFTL
join:2004-04-15
Hollister, CA
clubs: | wow
Lucky Utah people  |
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Shack
join:2002-01-17
Bloomington, IN | I am just a bit jealous, or rather a lot. Hope it works out well for them. |
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Panthergm
join:2004-03-22
Salt Lake City, UT
| Lucky People?
Lucky Utah People? this is only avaible in certin cities here. my city is not one of them. makes me mad all we have is qworst and comcrap. I have actually thought of moving to a service area so I can get the fiber connection. just so some people know it is not avaible in salt lake city. |
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO | 1 of 2 things will probably happen over the next couple years.
1.) Utopia will be expanded to cover other areas of Utah.
2.) Your local duopolies will feel the heat and upgrade before #1 happens. |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana
| said by Skippy25  :1 of 2 things will probably happen over the next couple years. 1.) Utopia will be expanded to cover other areas of Utah. 2.) Your local duopolies will feel the heat and upgrade before #1 happens. 3.) Bush invades Utah because the NSA can't tap into fiber 
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diehardspeed
Premium
join:2003-05-14
Salt Lake City, UT | $45 - 15/15
Don't know where they got the $40 for 10/10 from but the basic is $45 - 15/15
Will have it this summer =)
Can't wait! |
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Pz_
join:2001-03-31
Brownsburg, IN
clubs: | reply to ronpin
Re: Lucky People?
LOL! |
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RayW
Premium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
 ·XMission
| I am waiting for it
I thought they had put the fiber into (well, about three blocks away) my area this fall, but according to the SL Trib we are not due until later in '06. I wonder if COMCAST and/or Qwest are getting scared and putting in preemptive strike capability?
*Sigh* I am not an economist, but I wonder if the incumbents had spent money on infrastructure instead of lawsuits to stop infrastructure, if I would have had UTOPIA like service by now.
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the fiber truth
@alphagraphics.com | reply to diehardspeed
Re: $45 - 15/15
»www.usa.att.com/fiber/compare/index.jsp
It's 40 bucks (39.95) for 15mb symmetrical |
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NetDroid2
join:2004-08-16
Excelsior, MN
| reply to RayW
Re: I am waiting for it
Well at least you have comcast to hold you over. They may be crappy but they most likely have faster speeds than around here.
With a choice of Qwest or Mediacom around your really stuck with two not so great services. Gotta love the speeds 5/256 .
Some day one of them will upgrade something. |
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olegy
join:2003-06-02
San Diego, CA | Why they are charging $40-45/month. They can easily charge $100 for it and get the same rate of subscribers. 15Mbps symmetrical! How sweet! |
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RayW
Premium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
·XMission
| reply to NetDroid2
Prefer Qwest despite the power issues and the 60% helpdesk idiot rate, and that is because Xmission is a good ISP with a good help desk, even when it is Qwest's fault. And from what people say about Comcast, I think I will stay with the lower DSL speeds (1.5/1 or actual nominal 1.1/0.8).
Hmmm... well, I guess what I wrote up there makes sense, but I do not think I would want to write a report like that  .
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danawhitaker
Space...The Final Frontier
Premium
join:2002-03-02
Urbandale, IA
·MSN
 ·Mediacom
| reply to olegy
If I recall, there are bandwidth caps, so the speed to me is rather moot. I'll take my friend's 100mbit synchronous uncapped connection in Stockholm any day, or, in the meantime, uncapped 1.5/896 from Qwest.
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attsbcisgay
join:2003-03-18
Beverly Hills, CA
| reply to the fiber truth
Re: $45 - 15/15
34.95 for 8/8 sucks. 39.95 15/15 makes economy sense!!! how about 8/8 for 19.95??? I take that over my SBC 3/.512 at 21.99 |
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Skidus
join:2002-10-06
Salt Lake City, UT
| reply to danawhitaker
Re: I am waiting for it
said by danawhitaker :If I recall, there are bandwidth caps, so the speed to me is rather moot. I'll take my friend's 100mbit synchronous uncapped connection in Stockholm any day, or, in the meantime, uncapped 1.5/896 from Qwest. Xmission informed me there is a 100 gig a month cap. |
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the fiber truth
@alphagraphics.com
| reply to attsbcisgay
Re: $45 - 15/15
Sure, but if you look at what current competition is:
Comcastic 8mbit/768kbit no cabletv with rental = 66
Comcastic 4mbit/384kbit no cabletv with rental = 56
Qwest 1.5mbit/896kbit no phoneline = 43
Qwest upto7mibt/896 no phoneline = 54
Compare to:
ATT/SBC Utopia 8/8 no phone or tv required = 35
ATT/SBC Utopia 15/15 no phone or tv required = 40
Bottom line is the consumer saves money. The wonderful thing about utopia that no one bothers to mention is that even if it totally flops and the taxpayers have to pay for it, they'll still be saving money because comcast and qwest have lowered their price (to utopia served addresses) to 29.99 for their highest speeds (not including modem rentals and phone line costs) but still you get the idea the consumer saves 20-30 bucks a month on their internet bill.
The number i heard that worst case utopia scenario is taxypayers would owe about 9 dollars a month if it flopped.
Every city councilman/mayor who voted it down in their city, should feel like crap for essentially not voting to save EVERYONE in their cities real montly dollars. |
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brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY | reply to RayW
Re: I am waiting for it
They can tap to anything even hear u taking a shit / |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to FFTL
Re: wow
said by FFTL :Lucky Utah people Nah. people in grant county are luckier. they get 100000/100000 for the same forty bucks.
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You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much Bandwidth |
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RayW
Premium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
·XMission
| reply to brooklynman4
Re: I am waiting for it
said by brooklynman4 :They can tap to anything even hear u taking a shit / ummmm...what does that mean in context of the original thread?
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I am not lost, I find myself every time. |
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grandpinaple
join:2006-01-03
New York, NY | reply to NetDroid2
Dude is that speed even possible I would think the upload would choke on the download. Well nah almost you need only 128 for the full 5Mb. |
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