[Cialug] speaking of fiber, qwest?

[Dave Weis]

On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, Neal Daringer wrote:
> so this really isnt fiber optic internet like people would think.

It's fiber to the DSLAM in the neighborhood, it's as much fiber as their 
"digital voice" service that is POTS with a new name :-)

> 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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