thunderblock
join:2004-02-10
| Re: Wow... Naked 256/256 for $15? I'm not so sure. The reports I saw said that naked dsl would run $33. In addition to the DSL charge, I'm sure this will still be an additional fee for an ISP of your choosing.
In January I subscribed to Qwest's 256/256 for $15 for DSL + $6.99 for barebones (no email address or web hosting) "Qwest.net Broadband Basic" package. So total monthly cost is $21.99, not bad. I switched from a Comcast cable modem and while I like the DSL price, I have not been happy with the DSL latency. Pingplotter (tracert tool) usually shows an average of 80ms to the first hop outside the house and sometimes much worse (once 1700ms!). I'm about 10K to 11K feet from the CO. The DSL hasn't been much of a problem for my mostly low bandwidth data traffic, but my experiences with the 2nd line that was ported to Vonage is quite another story (won't get into it here).
Regarding Qwest's customer service, I have been very happy with it. When I complained of static on the voice line and poor pingplotter results, they sent a tech out the next day who helped clean up the inside wiring. IMO, Qwest has gotten their act together, not only with DSL but also with a good bundled local service package and competitve LD. |
