[Cialug] speaking of fiber, qwest?

[Jeffrey Ollie]

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> Maybe this was mentioned a few weeks ago but it didn't register until
> the other day. I stopped at the mall to grab some lunch and there was
> a sign for Qwest fiber optic Internet.
>
> Anyone know where in Des Moines they're offering this? I saw something
> on the website that lead me to believe its priced at $99/mo, which
> seems a little high for just Internet (even though it's 20mbps). Maybe
> if that price is right it includes more than just inet. FiOS by
> Verizon is $57.99/mo 20m down/5mbps up and $69.99 for 20/20.

AFAIK they are not offering it in Des Moines, or at least not Ankeny.
And in any case, it's not fiber-to-the-home.  It's
fiber-to-the-neighborhood - basically meaning that they deliver fiber
to a pod in your neighborhood from which they can deliver higher DSL
speeds because of the reduced distance that runs over copper.

http://www.qwest.com/residential/internet/fiber-optics.html

Jeff