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Brisk
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 That's a used Kia, not a Chevy

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Jerry Fenn, president of the Utah division of Qwest, wonders "Why provide a Rolls-Royce when a Chevrolet will do?" The likely reason? Qwest's "Chevrolet" service (DSL) is only available to roughly only 60 percent of residents in the state.
That isn't a Chevy.
Has anyone seen their service? 640/256 is what they dare to call "broadband".
Qwest backed out and relied on MSN to provide sevice. Now that MSN is backing out of the broadband ISP business, who knows.

You might complain about SBC, Verizon or Bellsouth, but at least they acknowledge broadband as a feasible service.
Even now, Qwest is still trying to sucker people into buying more voice lines and services. Forget about higher speeds.
So with ILEC out the picture, and not much choice between CLECs and Cable, the mountain west needs muni now more than ever.
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dvd536
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said by Brisk See Profile:
That isn't a Chevy.
Has anyone seen their service? 640/256 is what they dare to call "broadband".
Qwest backed out and relied on MSN to provide sevice. Now that MSN is backing out of the broadband ISP business, who knows.
Qwest is the 'Charter communications' of DSL. they seriously need to come out of the 1990's era. 640k might have been fast back then but almost everyone is offering 1500 as a standard package on DSL now.
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Steve
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Yorba Linda, CA

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said by Brisk See Profile:
Has anyone seen their service? 640/256 is what they dare to call "broadband".
Of course they call it that: "Broadband" doesn't mean "high speed" though it's often used incorrectly in that context.

For instance, I-DSL is baseband, not broadband.
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