NetDroid2
join:2004-08-16
Excelsior, MN
| Thats Qwest for You
Isn't this what Qwest always does?
Complain about something that is better than what they offer but but do absolutely nothing to improve it.
Actually now that I think about it almost all the big companies fighting the "Monopoly" of fiber and WI-FI do.
But really what DSL provider still offers 256/256 as a broadband choice? Are there any? |
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Monkeydoo
join:2003-11-19
Angola, IN
| Wow. I mean is this shocking? Who really didn't see this coming.
I find it amazing how they don't take notice of an area, unless somebody else starts doing something good. Seems like now-a-days big companies have more lawyers then anything.
Its so sad how much money a year they spend in just legal battles, in courts, and other shady practices. If they would just put that money to better uses, we wouldn't have to worry about munis trying to provide, because we would all have great service already. |
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powerhog
Stinkin' up the joint
Premium
join:2000-12-14
Owasso, OK
 ·AtlasOK
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said by NetDroid2  :But really what DSL provider still offers 256/256 as a broadband choice? Are there any? Here's the DSL offerings from my Telco provider:
Lite
$30.00 Speeds up to 56/64k - dial up replacement.
Basic
$41.95 Speeds up to 128k - up to 4 times faster than normal dial-up.
Standard
$56.95 Speeds up to 256k - up to 8 times faster than normal dial-up.
Premium
$72.55 Speeds up to 512k - up to 17 times faster than normal dial-up.
Lite Installation
$50.00 Fee includes a modem and DSL jack installation.
Basic, Standard, or Premium Installation
$100.00 Fee includes a modem and DSL jack installation
Service Order Charge
$25.00 Fee for downgrading to a slower DSL speed.
Service Order Charge
$50.00 Fee for upgrading to a faster DSL speed.
Modem Maintenance
$3.00/mo. Covers modem malfunction.
This is what you get when you have NO competition and an extremely small ILEC. Still, I wish I was close enough to town to get it. 
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Agristar 200/DW6000/G4R-1250H/99W/XP Pro on 3 systems (behind a router). |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| Or maybe they don't have the capitol to invest in their offerings. Don't assume that it's becuase of lack of competition..
If you will remember, these new technologies didn't emerge until all the buy outs and mergers in the late 90s.
I rember being told at my previous company that we were being put up for sale and being bought by Comcast so that we could move forward and offer better technology since they had bigger pockets. My smaller company alone didn't have the capitol resources to invest in these new technologies and deliver them effectively to the consumer.
So, since you mention that they are an EXTREMELY small ILEC, it may simply be lack of funds.
Who is this ILEC by the way? |
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plk
bo may sleep in loft
Premium
join:2002-04-20
Ogden, IA | reply to NetDroid2
256k up/down here for 69.00 a month |
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jhboricua
ExMod 2000-01
join:2000-06-06
Minneapolis, MN
clubs:
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Hmmm, DSL was around way before the 90's, LEC's just didn't had any incentive to deploy and canibalize their own profits on inferior but expensive broadband solutions (ISDN anyone?).
The only reason DSL was ever deployed was because of the CLEC's like Covad, Northpoint, etc., who after the Telecomm '96 law took advantage. LEC's HAD to deploy because they had no choice, not because they wanted it.
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"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." - Albert Einstein
Jose A. Hernandez * IT Technician * MPLS, Minnesota, USA * My website: Zerochill |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| DSL was invented by a scientist at Bell Labs in 1988. Although DSL had immediate potential, it did not become relevant in the public eye for some time. This was due to many factors, including the limited ability of computers at the time to process information at high speeds, and the relatively undeveloped state of the internet at that time.
DSL internet became more important with the advent of affordable broadband technologies in the late 1990's. Though originally just a laboratory quirk, the advantages of DSL in speed over a second phone line were immediately clear. Consumers and internet service providers rapidly warmed to the idea, and it is now one of the most popular forms of broadband internet access in America.
One of the reasons many companies were unwilling to embrace DSL service at first was because it was far more profitable to lease customers a second phone line to allow them to access the internet. As other broadband technologies became available to consumers, however, interest in DSL grew. Gradually, companies realized that users would be willing to pay premium prices for the advantages that DSL provided over older technologies. (Boy, little did they know)
Want to know one of THE first telephone companies to launch DSL? Qwest, formerly U.S. West. I would harldy say that the born date of DSL in 1988 is WAY before the 90's. |
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