Anonomess
@cox.net
|  Qwest Ultimate DSL?
Qwest mentions an Ultimate DSL service in its price for life disclaimer. Does anyone know anything about this? it is listed after Quantum, so I assume it is even faster.
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ewth8tr
Premium
join:2005-04-03
Salt Lake City, UT | I believe it is the 20M tier. |
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octbit
join:2009-04-27
Littleton, CO | reply to Anonomess
Was chatting with a tech the other day, and at least in the Denver market they're supposed to be launching a 40Mb service soon. |
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Bronnster
join:2007-12-05
Hazelton, ID | reply to Anonomess
40mb?! Beautiful. Too bad I am not in Denver but I see hope for Idaho. Thanks for the word octbit  |
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ewth8tr
Premium
join:2005-04-03
Salt Lake City, UT
| reply to octbit
said by octbit  :Was chatting with a tech the other day, and at least in the Denver market they're supposed to be launching a 40Mb service soon. Yes, it will start in Denver, but then it will spread. It's VDSL2 and the highest tier will be 40M/20M. |
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Anonomess
@cox.net | reply to Anonomess
Thanks for the replies. It is wierd they have it in their disclaimer but no where else on their site that I can find. I wonder if and when it will come to Phoenix. Does anyone have a link with more specifics such as cost? |
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AthlGrond
Premium,MVM
join:2002-04-25
Aurora, CO
 ·Comcast
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In addition to the above, I see mentioned on Qwest's site:
"The Ultimate Qwest Bundle for staying connected and entertained
•Local Phone Service Unlimited Long Distance
•Qwest DSL
•DIRECTV® Service"
»qwestonlineoffers.com/
So an "Ultimate" subscriber mentioned may be someone doing the above bundled deal.
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CopperMonkey
join:2007-12-18
united state | reply to Anonomess
I had a feeling they weren't going to lie down and let the cable ops walk all over them... looks like I still have good intuition. Now if only they weren't so slow with service expansion... |
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no_one
@QWEST.NET
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Does it use some of the same hardware as ADSL2 rollout that is going on? Or is it another start from scratch?
I just can not see the profitability if it is an entirely new rollout. Plus if it is them some still stuck at 1.5, some the new adsl2 at up to 20, then a third rollout with new hardware at up to 40. |
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PauLQwest
join:2009-06-06
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I'm an employee of Qwest and am in the sales and service department. I can confirm with you that yes, Qwest is coming out with 40 M down. They have already began 'testing' the lines in certain areas of Colorado. the price that shows on my computer at work is 115 a month. That obviously will come down considerably in the future. Hope that helped... |
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halfzero
join:2001-05-10
Broomfield, CO
| What would be the upload speed? It should be at least 1mbps to be useful for the price. 40mbps down with 0.8mbps up will be a big joke and has very little value. Quest could make several tiers for upload speads, says 0.8mbps, 1mbps, 2mbps, and etc. with appropriate pricing. This would be a lot better than forcing everyone to live with the given upload speed. |
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caffeinator
Coming soon to a cup near you..
Premium
join:2005-01-16
Spokane, WA | reply to PauLQwest
Agreed..
I'm happy with my 7M service on the d/l side, but the 72Kb/s upload is killing me.
And that's just upping a 96Mb video to Youtube. Ugh. |
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jinjimbob
Troy Mcclure
join:2001-11-13 | reply to Anonomess
So, they're increasing the speeds for people who can already get the 12Mbps tier to upto 40 MBps.
See why competition is needed, most areas are still at 1.5 Mbps, and will be the foreseeable future. |
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caffeinator
Coming soon to a cup near you..
Premium
join:2005-01-16
Spokane, WA
 ·WebBand
| said by jinjimbob :So, they're increasing the speeds for people who can already get the 12Mbps tier to upto 40 MBps. See why competition is needed, most areas are still at 1.5 Mbps, and will be the foreseeable future. Most areas??
Pretty sure that's not true.
I live in a city of 250K and have had 1.5 or better for yrs. If ya live in a rural area, well, you get what ya get.
It's much more cost-effective to build up a CO with a card to give a higher tier with higher rates than run new line so people who choose not to live in a city can have basic broadband Internet. It's not a right, and Money is the game.
Yes, some new areas don't have hi-speed either, but thats urban sprawl for ya...telcos can't keep up.
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Turbocpe
Premium
join:2001-12-22
IA
| said by caffeinator :said by jinjimbob :So, they're increasing the speeds for people who can already get the 12Mbps tier to upto 40 MBps. See why competition is needed, most areas are still at 1.5 Mbps, and will be the foreseeable future. Most areas?? Pretty sure that's not true. I live in a city of 250K and have had 1.5 or better for yrs. If ya live in a rural area, well, you get what ya get. It's much more cost-effective to build up a CO with a card to give a higher tier with higher rates than run new line so people who choose not to live in a city can have basic broadband Internet. It's not a right, and Money is the game. Yes, some new areas don't have hi-speed either, but thats urban sprawl for ya...telcos can't keep up. I live in a city with 209K. My area, which is a residential area that makes up part of that 209K population, can only get 1.5mbps. My area is served from a CO DSLAM. So 1.5 is definately not limited to only "rural areas". |
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Bink
join:2006-05-14
Denver, CO | reply to octbit
Nice to hear. Too bad I’m in Denver and can’t even get their 12Mbps service. |
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jinjimbob
Troy Mcclure
join:2001-11-13
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said by caffeinator :said by jinjimbob :So, they're increasing the speeds for people who can already get the 12Mbps tier to upto 40 MBps. See why competition is needed, most areas are still at 1.5 Mbps, and will be the foreseeable future. Most areas?? Pretty sure that's not true. Most areas of their served whole areas, yes, its true.
I didn't say most urban areas.
If they offered anything above 1.5Mbps from their remote terminals, that would be great. My modem says I can get 10 Mbps, but thats just what my line can support from the house to the RT.
Most areas, yep. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| I believe this is what everyone's talking about as far as the new VDSL2 product goes:
»/forum/r225037···ing-soon
40/20 for $110, 12/5 for $52. Plus I assume $5-$10 if you want dry-line.
I'll bet coverage will be rather sucky at first; the ADSL2+ deployment has loop lengths that are still too long for VDSL. Specifically the 40 Mbit tier, at least to my knowledge. But for people who can get the service the lower tiers will givecable a run for its money, and the Ultimate tier is in FTTH territory for speeds, with uploads that cable can't match. |
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anon guy
@qwest.net
| These are rates for bundled customers on 2 year contract.
Ultimate+ 40up/20down $109.99
Ultimate 40up/5down $99.99
Quantun+ 20up/5down $64.99 $45.00 first year(new sub only)
Quantum 20up/896 $59.99 $45.00 first year(new sub only)
Titanium+ 12up/5down $51.99 $35.00 first year(new sub only)
Titanium 12up/896 $46.99 $35.00 first year (new sub only)
Platinum+ 7up/5down $41.99 $25.00 first year (new sub only)
Platinum 7up/896 $36.99 $25.00 first year (new sub only)
Silver 1.5up/896 $26.99 $15.00 first year (new sub only) |
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questionable
join:2005-10-18
Phoenix, AZ | reply to Anonomess
40 up / 20 dn? I think those are flipped! |
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