[Cialug] speaking of fiber, qwest?

[jrnosee at gmail.com]

BTW there is 99/mo @ 20Mbps and I think ~$60/mo for ~15Mbps?  Both are
available only w/ the "fiber" service w/ Qwest....

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:30 PM, David Bierce <david at bierce.org> wrote:

> When I lived in Wisconsin and worked for CenturyTel (A telephone company
> that was in the process of modeling themselves after Qwest), they were still
> rolling out brand new copper trunks to brand now high density housing
> divisions in Wisconsin and Minnesota, but were forced in other markets to
> roll out fiber to home in Washington and Oregon, kicking and screaming,
> cause the PCU's allowed anyone with the will and the means to lay down
> copper or fiber to anyones home.
>
> Would Qwest in metro Iowa be any different than CTL in that reguard?
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On Jul 1, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Dave Weis 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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