Qwest 3,5,7Mbps > LOL

reply to ke4pym

Re: LOL

I'm confused. Are you upset that they're giving people up to 7mb if their line can handle it or not? You don't need your house built next door to the CO either. You can be a couple miles away and still get a great increase.

Your example (about your current service) could be more accurate, too. Right now your provider has you capped at 5Mb. If suddenly your line could handle 7mb so they let you have it and didn't change a higher price, would you be upset? Should your neighbor, who can't, be upset? I don't think so.

If I live far away from a bus stop should I get a discount fare simply because I had to walk further? Naturally some one out there thinks so, but not the sane people.

Wes

reply to ke4pym
LOL that's not preferential treatment. Preferential treatment does not follow any kind of logic - it's purely subjective. The reasoning behind the equal pricing isn't subjective, it's based on distance. How come you're only looking at it like the 3mbits are paying for 7mbit service, and not that the 7mbits are paying for 3mbit service? Glass half-empty, i guess.
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Besides, if it's a "best effort"-seemingly meaning without speed caps-it stands to reason that speeds will slowly decline the further out you are from the CO. Maybe if you're an "inch too far" instead of getting 7 Mb, you get 6 3/4...I could live with that. And, if they make it clear that the offer is "the fastest we can provide to you at a set price" People who sign up knowing this have no complaint, allthough it would make sense to lower the price for those who are too far away and can only get 1.5Mb.

This is just another gimmick to hide a price increase and try to polish their image with the clueless, since, I'm sure, most customers will fall into the 1-5 Mb range.