BTW there is 99/mo @ 20Mbps and I think ~$60/mo for ~15Mbps? Both are available only w/ the "fiber" service w/ Qwest....<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:30 PM, David Bierce <<a href="mailto:david@bierce.org">david@bierce.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">When I lived in Wisconsin and worked for CenturyTel (A telephone company that was in the process of modeling themselves after Qwest), they were still rolling out brand new copper trunks to brand now high density housing divisions in Wisconsin and Minnesota, but were forced in other markets to roll out fiber to home in Washington and Oregon, kicking and screaming, cause the PCU's allowed anyone with the will and the means to lay down copper or fiber to anyones home.<br>
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Would Qwest in metro Iowa be any different than CTL in that reguard?<br>
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On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, Neal Daringer wrote:<br>
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my understanding was the the "last mile" is still copper. is this correct?<br>
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Yes, ADSL2+<br>
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Shameless plug - we've had this for almost 2 years in some areas and also support Annex M on short loops to get over 1 megabit uploads, up to 2.5 megs on very short loops.<br>
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On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, Matthew Nuzum wrote:<br>
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Maybe this was mentioned a few weeks ago but it didn't register until<br>
the other day. I stopped at the mall to grab some lunch and there was<br>
a sign for Qwest fiber optic Internet.<br>
Anyone know where in Des Moines they're offering this? I saw something<br>
on the website that lead me to believe its priced at $99/mo, which<br>
seems a little high for just Internet (even though it's 20mbps). Maybe<br>
if that price is right it includes more than just inet. FiOS by<br>
Verizon is $57.99/mo 20m down/5mbps up and $69.99 for 20/20.<br>
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It's in parts of West Des Moines and Urbandale now. They are expanding it at<br>
a fairly rapid clip.<br>
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