pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Pointless
Wouldn't the money wasted on rebranding be better spent on actually making service improvements instead?
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
 ·Comcast
 ·Qwest.net
 ·magicjack.com
 ·BeeCreek Communica..
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| Rebranding costs less, apparently.
Seriously, when are they going to upgrade my area to ADSL2+? Most of town can't get 7 Mbps speeds and thus are on Comcast. Oh, and they should OVERPRPVISION THEIR FREAKING SERVICE TIERS so people can get the actual speeds they advertise, which isn't the case right now.
Hurry up and get bought by Verizon already, guys...sell off outliers to CenTel/WS and upgrade the more urban networks to FiOS. Seriously, nobody loves you. |
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delusion ftl
@algx.net
| overhead is significant
Keep in mind the overhead for Qwests ADSL2+ is also significant. I can say from personal experience that the 20mbit in reality is closer to 16-17 actual throughput for virtually all users. Contrasted with Comcast where the 16mbit tier is actually provisioned at 17.6mbit and more often than not that's what you got. |
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JSRoman
Premium
join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL | Riding the light, My ass!
What a difference 10 years makes.
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mogulman
Premium
join:2002-09-09
Parker, CO | Pitiful
Just pitiful. I live in a suburb of the Denver area. I could only get 1.5Mb here.
Same thing as it was 10 years ago. |
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jadebangle
Premium
join:2007-05-22
Olathe, KS | reply to delusion ftl
Re: overhead is significant
still a palty 896kbps upload
all the way good to 100mbps LOL |
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Hpower
Roflmao
join:2000-06-08
Glendale, CA
2 edits | Quest = teh sux
Quest simply sucks. 20mbps/896kbps = fail. |
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hidden72
join:2008-01-21
Kaysville, UT
| Don't expand, rebrand!
Don't expand, rebrand! Nice... I'm still stuck at 1.5M/896k (thank you remote terminals) with no other competitive options. But hey, I'll feel better about it when I see the nice warm and fuzzy commercials knowing that Qwest is truly a broadband company. Meanwhile my brother across town has 20mbps from a cable provider. Thanks Qwest! |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | reply to jadebangle
Re: overhead is significant
You would need 3mbps upload for the overhead of a 100mbps download. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| USF welfare queen
Qwest must be thinking to become a USF welfare queen waiting for Obama to throw truck fulls of money for "broadband" deployment, fudge the numbers and their existing ADSL network will be paid for by Obama's plan (ignoring it was built a decade before this broadband plan). |
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CO_Chris
Premium
join:2001-08-28
Broomfield, CO | Up 4 sale maybe?
I just hope if this does happen I am cool if VZ buys them so we can get fios here in Colorado but if ATT get's them bring on Uverse. |
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nonymous
join:2003-09-08
Glendale, AZ | Any money from the government would go straight to the few in charge.
Downhill really started with Phil and his railroad buying Qwest. All Phil knows is Phil. |
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Cjaiceman
Premium,MVM
join:2004-10-12
Parker, CO
·Comcast Workplace
·Comcast
| reply to iansltx
Re: Pointless
You could not be more right! 
Qwest = FAIL
Comcast = GOOD
FiOS = WIN
I would go for the 50/20 on FiOS if offered....
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
·Comcast
·Qwest.net
·magicjack.com
·BeeCreek Communica..
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| I'd rate Comcast as a solid "Meh". They're DOCSIS 1.1 where I am, so while PowerBoosted downloads are decent, uploads top out (boosted) at under 3 Mbps (2.8 on speed tests) and I have to pay biz prices to get anything more than 8/2. Whe they come out with DOCSIS 3, I'll upgrade their rating to a solid "decent-ish" but not unti then. DOCSIS 1.1 is soooo 2003. |
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BroadbandUser
@speakeasy.net
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?, 896kbps is faster than Comcasts upload! From the Concast website.
"Speed comparisons are for downloads only and are compared to 768Kbps DSL and 56Kbps dial-up. Maximum download speed of 4Mbps (or 6 Mbps) and upload speeds of 384Kbps (or 768Kbps) depending on the product that is selected. Increased speeds not yet available in all areas. Actual speeds may vary and are not guaranteed. Many factors affect download speed." |
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Chris 313
Come get some
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join:2004-07-18
Houma, LA
clubs:
·Comcast
·Comcast
·Charter Pipeline
·Comcast Digital Vo..
·AT&T CallVantage
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?, 896kbps is faster than Comcasts upload! From the Concast website.
"Speed comparisons are for downloads only and are compared to 768Kbps DSL and 56Kbps dial-up. Maximum download speed of 4Mbps (or 6 Mbps) and upload speeds of 384Kbps (or 768Kbps) depending on the product that is selected. Increased speeds not yet available in all areas. Actual speeds may vary and are not guaranteed. Many factors affect download speed."
I guess they were using old fine print. The Standard is 6/1 now 12/2 in a lot of places. Still matching or is faster then what Quest is putting out. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | next-gen
is NOT *DSL*, it is TRUE FTTH.
Don't forget, you ALSO give up 15% of that paltry 896kbps upload in tired old PPPoE/A overhead!
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ViRGEdx
join:2002-10-25
| And that's why Qwest is screwed if they keep going down this path. Qwest's primary cable competitor is Comcast. Wherever Qwest drops ADSL2+, Comcast just drops Blast (16/2) on DOCSIS 1.1 to keep Qwest at bay, or upgrades the area to DOCSIS 3.0 and smokes Qwest. Qwest isn't competitive in broadband with Comcast while they're using single-pair ADSL technology, and they have no TV service to speak of.
Their only choice is to run FTTH, otherwise Comcast is just going to whittle them down to nothing over the next few years. |
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Anon15durrr
@qwest.net | reply to mogulman
Re: Pitiful
You got that right. 7Mbps across the river. I can see it over there, taunting me. Yet, still at 1.5... for 3+ years... here. I should "borrow" wifi from the neighbors. |
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