Corydon
Cultivant son jardin
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join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO
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| As of today...
The shiny new "fiber optic" (basically FTTN) service isn't available in my neighborhood, which is a bit disappointing, considering that median home prices in my neighborhood are about $375k and the place is crawling with younger professional couples...exactly the people who Qwest should be targeting.
One side effect of this is that, while Comcast is still running the Slowskys in Denver, Qwest is now claiming that they offer the fastest residential internet connection in town (if you live in the right neighborhood, I guess).
Perhaps this will help speed deployment of DOCSIS 3.0 here, or at the very least inspire Comcast to roll out 16 Mbps service and give their 6 Mbps flagship customers a boost—Qwest is offering 7 Mbps DSL in my neighborhood for about the same price ($41.99 vs. $42.95 for 6 Mbps with Comcast)
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rolljak
join:2005-09-04
Woodland Park, CO
| US Cable in my area offers 10Mbps/1Mbps for $44.95 but Qwest only offers the 1.5/896K for $37 (qwest.net service w/o email NOT MSN. MSN blocks ports for $27 for life).
In Colorado Springs -25min away- Qwest has the 20Mbps for most areas for $99 or the 12Mbps for $46. |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20
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Their "fiber optic internet" is nothing more than "marketing" same as their "digital home phone service" was when they tried to combat cable tv's VOIP and switched digital phone services. Its probably the very same "marketing" that they use where they say they'll fix their service when it goes down, too.*
If there was ever any one company that was grasping at straws, it's Qwest...
(*speaking of my last experience where my line was cut and it took 3 days and a call to the corporate office to get them to dispatch a tech) |
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