said by sonicmerlin :

Anyways, monopolies and incumbents always exhibit self-destructive behavior. They become become so fattened off the profitable rewards of their non-competitive market they have no idea how to react when things start to change.

said by sonicmerlin :

.....

I wonder why they couldn't build the nodes closer to achieve the maximum speeds VDSL is capable of.

said by tubbynet :

qwest could remain relevant and alive if they choose to compete on price rather than speed.

said by dvd536 :

Price frice. us power users want MORE UPLOAD!
which isn't going to happen without REAL COMPETITION. and 896kbps isn't real competition.

said by axiomatic :

They constantly complain about their VPN speeds to the corporate network.

said by axiomatic :

How about you open your eyes to a much bigger world SuperWISP and stop trying to rationalize something you really don't understand.

said by axiomatic :

You do realize that there are loads of legal valid uses for P2P don't you?

said by SuperWISP :

When you signed up for a residential class connection, you agreed not to run a server -- and P2P turns computers into servers. So, P2P is not legal or valid in this situation, even if it is one of the tiny fraction of a percent of cases where P2P is not being used for piracy. Again, you should not expect to use an ISP's resources without paying at least as much as they cost. That's just fair.

said by no_one :

No I do not need 10 meg upload. A couple would do nicely.

said by mossland :

It took me hours to download Windows 7. But I guess that is ok since my speed is "enough" and I can let my computer run all night. :-P

said by jadebangle :

anything that consume excessive amount of ram and resources is vaporware
your definition would fit for spyware or ads

Vaporware is a term used to describe a product, usually software, that has been announced by a developer during or before its development and, therefore, may never actually be released.[1] The term is usually applied to products which fail to emerge after having well-exceeded the period of development time that was initially claimed or would normally be expected for the development cycle of a similar product. The term implies unwarranted optimism, an as yet unannounced abandonment of a project, or sometimes even deception; that is, it may imply that the announcer knows that product development is in too early a stage to support responsible statements about its completion date, feature set, or even feasibility. However, most vaporware would not be considered a hoax since the makers have a genuine intention to create their product, even if it ultimately never materializes. Products with unspecified release dates or long development times that outwardly demonstrate regular, verifiable progress in production are not normally labelled vaporware.

said by SuperWISP :

You don't need more unless you're hosting a server locally, which is a business activity. Residential connections are asymmetrical for good reason: it satisfies the needs of residential users.

The only users who are likely to be dissatisfied with the upstream bandwidth that Qwest provides are the P2Pers. If a user is doing P2P, he isn't making ordinary residential use of the connection. He's engaged in a business -- the illegal business of distributing pirated copies of intellectual property. Qwest shouldn't be catering to him.

said by SuperWISP :

You don't need more unless you're hosting a server locally, which is a business activity. Residential connections are asymmetrical for good reason: it satisfies the needs of residential users.

said by giansky :

I just wish Verizon would buy them so, in my area, we'd have a FIOS option.

said by giansky :

Let's face it, Qwest is winding down its business!

They're trying to sell long distance. They have a ever diminishing land line business. And, the slowest Internet service!

I just wish Verizon would buy them so, in my area, we'd have a FIOS option.

RIP Qwest

said by WiseOldNerd :

Obviously the altitude in Denver has reduced the intellectual capacity of all Qwest management down to the idiot level. They seem to have completely missed the point that their infrastructure needs to be upgraded so that they can deliver fast downloads in all metropolitan areas. 1.5 just doesn't cut it and 3.0 is really no better. If they can't provide at least 10 down in every city they serve they should just sell it and let someone capable take over. And the service needs to be everywhere in every city, not just a few isolated areas that some idiot bean counter feels will pay off. I personally left Qwest for cable in two different cities because the service sucked and they had no plans to improve the infrastructure to do better.