 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 | 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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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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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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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | reply to Linklist
said by Linklist: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.
centurylink, qwest, qworst, US West
whatever you call this steaming pile of crap, it still STINKS!!1
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Markie
join:2003-07-26
Kalispell, MT | reply to Linklist
My concern is it's effect on the cost of competing services. Here in Kalispell, MT - a CenturyLink area - Bresnan pays up to TEN TIMES what they pay in Missoula - a Qwest area - for their traffic to be handled. CenturyLink is viciously anticompetitive and thus we have far fewer choices here in Kalispell than people in the rest of the state. |
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