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Re: Fios or Fois
It's not the download that I'm focused on, its the upload. ADSL2+ tops out at 1Mbps. AT&T profiles customers at 25/2 for their VDSL product, and broadband packages are up to 1.5 Mbps on the upload side.
As for the Qwest side of things, you are correct that there are plenty of homes within 3k feet of a DSLAM. However with AT&T VDSL MOST homes are under 3k feet away due to the technological limits of VDSL. There are a few homes at 5k feet, but on average people are much closer to an AT&T U-Verse fridge than to Qwest's FTTN equipment.
Again, upload is my big deal and cable's too...unless you're comparing cable with fiber. VDSL gets better upload speeds than ADSL2+ and that's what Qwest is lacking even in their "next generation" areas. At 20 Mbps, they're right in saying that download is "just fine" for most people...provided Qwest actually provisioned their systems to deliver advertised speeds. |
