[Cialug] speaking of fiber, qwest?

[Neal Daringer]

so this really isnt fiber optic internet like people would think.

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Dave Weis <djweis at internetsolver.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, Neal Daringer wrote:
>>
>> my understanding was the the "last mile" is still copper. is this correct?
>
> Yes, ADSL2+
>
> 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.
>
> ddave
>
>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Dave Weis <djweis at internetsolver.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, Matthew Nuzum 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.
>>>
>>> It's in parts of West Des Moines and Urbandale now. They are expanding it
>>> at
>>> a fairly rapid clip.
>>>
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