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Qwest FINALLY executed on their plans to bring FTTN in my neighborhood in Ames over the past couple of months... as well as a change from ADSL to VDSL. However, this was after at least two years of telling other potential customers (my next-door neighbors!) that DSL wasn't available in the area at any cost. I can only assume this was due to lack of available ports in the DSLAM.<BR>
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That said, I've submitted an order to upgrade from 1.5Mbps to 12Mbps (the top speed they're offering), due to install next Monday. I'm not complaining about 12Mbps, but it's a far cry from the 40Mbps they're advertising... even with brand-new fiber and VDSL equipment - all in a new neighborhood with (presumably) good enough quality copper to the home to support the higher speeds.<BR>
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What I don't quite understand is why Qwest seems so unwilling to make ANY investment into their infrastructure, even in core areas where the payoff should be relatively fast.<BR>
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> From: bofh@visi.com<BR>> To: cialug@cialug.org<BR>> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:19:31 -0600<BR>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] [Slightly OT] High-speed DSL availability in DSM metro<BR>> <BR>> I just called Qwest, and received the runaround again: <BR>> "With the New Year, they're looking at upgrades, but we <BR>> don't know where or when". As I told them, I dislike <BR>> Mediacom (left them due to the outages), but I'm about <BR>> ready to leave Qwest--and will drop the voice line.<BR>> <BR>> Seems like everyplace I go outside the Des Moines metro <BR>> area has no problem with getting high-speed (7 Mb/s+) <BR>> connections--metros and rural areas alike. Des Moines has <BR>> become an even worse technology backwater than it was.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:53:09 -0600<BR>> jrnosee <jrnosee@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>> > I concur. I live on the border of Waukee and Clive/Urbandale. Every time I check it says I'm only able to get a 1.5 > connection. (Although I have gotten some reports that it may be due to no open 7mbps+ ports free on our<BR>> > DSLAM?!).<BR>> > <BR>> > I REALLY want to drop Mediacom. We loose our connection or most of our bandwidth on cable at the drop of a <BR>> > hat. I got home Monday night to .9mbps downstream. 0.9!!!!! on a 12mbps connection! Does anyone know any <BR>> > outdoor cable monkeys for mediacom? They were supposed to come put a new line in for us MONTHS ago and <BR>> > never did. They just keep sending the indoor guys who scratch their (butts) heads and say "well, it's fine <BR>> > right now."<BR>> > <BR>> > Seriously... Any takers? $20 on that being the outcome of yet ANOTHER mediacom appointment I've got <BR>> > tomorrow morning.<BR>> > <BR>> > At least they dropped my price for all the hassle I've had.<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Cialug mailing list<BR>> Cialug@cialug.org<BR>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug<BR> </body>
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