Kfedka
Premium
join:2005-05-06
Spokane, WA | Gotta love competition!
Well Comcast has the 22/5 tier for little over $60/month. Qwest is feeling the heat. Of course where I live, I can only get 1.5mb/s for Qwest service. |
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MSauk
MSauk
Premium
join:2002-01-17
Sandy, UT | The new comcast speeds could not get here fast enough!
Qwest stinks period. Our area this is what they call fast!
Fast
Connection speeds up to 1.5Mbps
wtf. That was fast 7 years ago qwest. |
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fatmanskinny
Premium
join:2004-01-04
Wandering | Is something cooking?
I smell something again. Is it that Layoffs and Merger odor again? |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
 ·Comcast
 ·Qwest.net
 ·magicjack.com
 ·BeeCreek Communica..
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| Much better...
Considering nobody would buy 20/896 for $100/month (since it's more like 17/700) it's logical that they'd lower the price.
I mean, in practice Qwest Quantum is no faster than Comcast Blast, so the new pricing scheme is much less clinically insane, much more realistic.
Too bad ADSL2+ speeds are not available in my area, or I'd try Quantum out now that the price is more in line with Comcast's offerings. Though I'd miss having 2+ Mbit/s of upload. |
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thranx
join:2007-11-09 | total poop
What horrid pricing, and it's only promotional... after the year you pay 10 bucks more than their old price. What a joke.
That and the upload is crap. |
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Phil
Rojo Sol
Premium
join:2001-06-11
Camarillo, CA | Technically they raised the price of this tier. Lame. |
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Cheese
Premium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
clubs: | Wow.....
20/896? What the fu......dge....  |
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qworster
join:2001-11-25
Los Angeles, CA
·DSL EXTREME
·Brand X Internet
·RoadRunner Cable
·Vonage
1 edit | Looks to me like they RAISED the price!
A quick glimpse of Qwest's website indicates the baby bell has reduced the price of their relatively new FTTN/ADSL2+ "Quantum" tier, dropping the price from $99 per month to $59.95 per month. That $60 deal is a twelve month promotional rate, after which it's $109.99 per month.
It looks to me that they RAISED the price by ten dollars a month (after the promo period ends).
FYI...896 kbps uploads is the most that this kind of DSL will do. |
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jinjimbob
Troy Mcclure
join:2001-11-13 | They can offer 1024 kbps up. |
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jinjimbob
Troy Mcclure
join:2001-11-13 | reply to MSauk
Re: Gotta love competition!
I hear you, I can get either 256k or 1.5M at my house, they say its FAST, right . . |
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tubbynet
reminds me of the danse russe
Premium
join:2008-01-16
Chandler, AZ
·Cox HSI
·Callcentric
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·FrontierNet Intern..
1 edit | reply to qworster
Re: Looks to me like they RAISED the price!
adsl2+ will handle up to 3meg on the upload. however, qwest maximizes the amount of interleaving so as to make it more "error resistant" at the sacrifice of some of the upload. this is so qwest doesn't spend money upgrading lines in the best interest of the customer to provide the best experience possible 
q. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to thranx
Re: total poop
said by thranx  :What horrid pricing, and it's only promotional... after the year you pay 10 bucks more than their old price. What a joke. That and the upload is crap. Of course its crap[all of it]
using tired old DSL tech limits upload to 896kbps
using tired old PPPoE/A scoops 3mbps off that 20 right off the top[for the handfull of people that can GET the 20m service]
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When I gez aju zavateh na nalechoo more new yonooz tonigh molinigh - Ken Lee |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to qworster
Re: Looks to me like they RAISED the price!
said by qworster :A quick glimpse of Qwest's website indicates the baby bell has reduced the price of their relatively new FTTN/ADSL2+ "Quantum" tier, dropping the price from $99 per month to $59.95 per month. That $60 deal is a twelve month promotional rate, after which it's $109.99 per month.It looks to me that they RAISED the price by ten dollars a month (after the promo period ends). Saw their ad today and it says in fine 1pt font "minimum 18 month comittment required"
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prices listed aren't "out the door" prices*
* add at least $20 for phone line and crap fees.
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When I gez aju zavateh na nalechoo more new yonooz tonigh molinigh - Ken Lee |
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dynodb
Premium,VIP
join:2004-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
| reply to tubbynet
said by tubbynet :adsl2+ will handle up to 3meg on the upload. however, qwest maximizes the amount of interleaving so as to make it more "error resistant" at the sacrifice of some of the upload. this is so qwest doesn't spend money upgrading lines in the best interest of the customer to provide the best experience possible q. 1. Standard ADSL2+ does not go to 3M upstream.
2. Interleaving doesn't limit upstream speeds. It corrects errors at the cost of latency, not bandwidth.
3. Higher upstream speeds result in a lower available downstream rate for a given line, and it's the downstream rate most are interested in.
Other than that, you were spot-on |
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monkeyslew
join:2005-03-21
Littleton, CO | reply to jinjimbob
Re: Gotta love competition!
I live in one of two sets of condos that can only get 256K from Qwest. It is a no brainer for my area - Comcast 8/2 |
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scantrontb
@avvanta.com
| reply to dvd536
Re: Looks to me like they RAISED the price!
I'll say!... i hit the website link above and then the "pricing details" link and it shows that they raise the price 20 BUCKS! to $119.99 after the promo deal... and that's NOT including the fees for the "basic phone service" either... and if the marketing lady from Quest says that their site is "wrong" then why haven't they "fixed it" yet?... hmmm... sounds like they are trying to get as many suckers as they can before somebody higher up the food chain finally stomps on them and MAKES them change it... btw here is the full text of the pricing detail link:
Qwest® High-Speed Internet Pricing
Pricing - Qwest Connect® Quantum with Windows Live™
$59.99/mo With Qualifying Home Phone Package (does not include price of phone service)
Price includes bundle discount and requires Qwest Choice® Home local phone package or better. Price available for first 12 months; thereafter pay standard monthly rate. Current standard monthly rate is $109.99/mo.
$64.99/mo With Basic Phone Service (does not include price of phone service)
Price available for first 12 months, thereafter pay current standard monthly rate. Current standard monthly rate is $114.99. Must continue to have basic phone service on account, price higher otherwise. Price for Life Guarantee available (see below) with a two-year commitment.
$69.99/mo Without Phone Service
Price available for first 12 months, thereafter pay current standard monthly rate. Current standard monthly rate is $119.99. Price for Life Guarantee (see below) available with a two-year commitment.
Price for Life: Price for Life guarantee is only available to residential Qwest Connect DSL Silver, Platinum, Titanium and Quantum subscribers and requires a 2-year term commitment. If you order service with a term commitment you agree to maintain that service for the entire term commitment period. Downgrading service to 256Kbps, changing ISP, moving out-of-state, suspending or disconnecting service may cancel price guarantee and may result in an early termination charge.
The early-termination charge associated with the 2-year term commitment will be waived if: (A) you notify Qwest within 30 days of the date you ordered the service with a term commitment that you do not agree to the terms of this agreement and terminate your service and (B) Qwest has not performed and you have not used any of that service. Qwest may waive the early-termination charge if you move or upgrade service; your original term commitment period may start over. |
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Anonymous
Premium
join:2004-06-01
IA
·Mediacom
| Qwest sucks
The title needs to be changed. This way people may think Qwest has somewhat reasonable (or should I say not so insane?) pricing!
One of very few select companies I really hate. Got rid of them 4 years ago I never looked back  |
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