 CheesePremium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
kudos:1 | How many.... people can even GET 40Mbps already? Not that many I would think... |
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| I think that would be kinda hard to do out in the middle of no where. No way in hell would ANY company offer those speeds in more than 80% of the Qwest service area. It's one of the most rural telephone companies besides ATT and CentLink focuses on those areas. Although CentLink would be smart pushing out the Qwest TV product that ran over VDSL that Qwest killed a few years ago. |
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I can, but I won't pay $100+/month for it. |
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 TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | The only change I'll see is I will have to change the name and routing number for where the money goes to pay the bill each month on my online bill pay at the bank.  |
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Re: How many.... I am in a city and Qwest only offers me 5Mbps/896kbps. :P |
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 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | No one should mourn death of Qwest No one should mourn the death of Qwest as CenturyLink takes it over. Qwest, which took over Baby Bell U.S. West, was the worst managed of the Baby Bells from the time AT&T was split up. Its only real value was it's long distance fiber network that owner Anschutz brought along for the ride from his deal with Southern Pacific RR & later the Union Pacific RR. It never wanted to be in the last mile business with residential customers.
With the CenturyLink takeover, at least there is the potential that last mile concerns will finally be given higher priority. Residential customer service would have NEVER been a priority for Qwest.
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 Steve BPremium
join:2004-08-02
Seattle, WA | reply to Cheese
Re: How many.... I do. My trained rate is 40/20 with it being slightly less on both because of overhead.
I only live a block away from the terminal. =) |
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Steve BPremium
join:2004-08-02
Seattle, WA | reply to Linklist
Re: No one should mourn death of Qwest said by Linklist:.....Residential customer service would have NEVER been a priority for Qwest.
This is something I know all too well. Lol |
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nonymousPremium
join:2003-09-08
Glendale, AZ Reviews:
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Re: How many.... said by hottboiinnc:I think that would be kinda hard to do out in the middle of no where. No way in hell would ANY company offer those speeds in more than 80% of the Qwest service area. It's one of the most rural telephone companies besides ATT and CentLink focuses on those areas. Although CentLink would be smart pushing out the Qwest TV product that ran over VDSL that Qwest killed a few years ago.
Centurylink has their own product. Nextlevel/Motorola is long gone. Plus if you were a customer that liked the service and now has say fast internet and a direct tv bundle would you switch back after being burned? |
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Re: No one should mourn death of Qwest I really hope you're right. But one look at the CenturyLink forums (an admitedly unscientific survey) demonstrates that last mile upgrades aren't worth crap unless you have infrastructure to supply the last mile. So what if I can sync at 40mpbs if my effective download rate is only 0.5mpbs due to bandwidth exhaustion?
With Qwest, I have 1.5mpbs service, which I doubt will ever change. But at least I get that speed with amazing consistency (and despite being almost 18,000 from the remote terminal). |
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| how about a minimum speed of at least 3Mb during peak hours? most users of centurylink would rather have even 1.5Mb during 7:30pm than a max speed of 7Mb when there's nobody online at 3am. all the reviews i read on here, and family members that have centurylink, are lucky to get ISDN speeds. |
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 Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT | Can already get 7mbps.. ..in most of Montana. Heck, my parents in Miles City can get 7mbps/896kbps for less than half of what MidRivers can give (MR wants $100 for a 10mbps/1mbps connection). |
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Re: No one should mourn death of Qwest Steve, I also live in the WA area, all I could get from Qwest was 1.5! I was hoping they would have upgraded our area by now, but nope, years later and still no change. Comcast is basically the choice now for us. If I was offered the 40/20 ithink id take it |
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Re: How many.... 10 Mbps here for $65 I get 35 Mbps with cox. |
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Re: how about a minimum speed said by nanaki333:of at least 3Mb during peak hours? most users of centurylink would rather have even 1.5Mb during 7:30pm than a max speed of 7Mb when there's nobody online at 3am. all the reviews i read on here, and family members that have centurylink, are lucky to get ISDN speeds.
Bandwidth is becoming so cheap and so available thanks to Moore's Law, they really shouldn't have any trouble maintaining a measley 7 mb during peak hours.
Look at DOCSIS 3, which enables 160 mbps per node. If they have 125 people on a node, you could *guarantee* over 1 mbps per person without any oversubcription. In a few years they'll have 1 gbps DOCSIS 3. It's getting to the point that claims of congestion are laughably transparent lies. |
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| The town I am moving to offers residential wimax service by an indie ISP called YouSquared. It uses Motorola Canopy technology. Anyone knows anything about latency, speed and reliability (other than during storms)? |
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 CptGeminiInside your computerPremium
join:2004-11-29
Corpus Christi, TX
kudos:6 | I'm betting.... its an april fools joke. |
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Re: How many.... Shoot... Centurylink charges me $53 for a 1.5 M connection...
What is this!!!??? |
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Re: I'm betting.... I got charge $53 this month for a 1.5 Mb this month... i hope this is a April fools joke from Centurylink!! |
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