[Cialug] Iowa Telecom and Qwest

[Dave Weis]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, David Bierce wrote:
> Wow, Qwest sounds like the telephone company I used to work for in Wisconsin.
> I have my Naked DSL through Qwest here in Ames and I have been getting 
> bombarded with mailings from Iowa Telcom, is Ames a CLEC?  How can they try 
> to sell me a new line?

They are a CLEC in a few areas, mostly doing Qwest resale. They are taking 
full advantage of other companies wholesale services that they don't like 
to provide themselves.

dave




> On Apr 4, 2007, at 11:20 AM, Dave Weis wrote:
>
>> 
>> http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=120785&site=cdn
>> Magic handwaving upgrades copper to fiber!
>> 
>> Does anyone have a standalone DSL line with Iowa Telecom? I was told by an 
>> order taker at one point that they did but calling back in resulted in a 
>> new cost of almost $100 for a phone line and 1.5 meg DSL.
>> 
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