[Cialug] Question about going broadband in Des Moines...

[Dan Schlichting]

Actually qwest is upgrading all 640 K user to 1.5 and a half free until Jan 
7th or something. I am only paying $32

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:22:43 -0600, reinstall hell wrote
> don't know what sites you download from but i get 3mbit all the time 
> when i download from a server that isn't overloaded. and your 
> mistaken the upstream is 256kbps (which isn't all that great either),
>  but who needs that much upstream? its fine for uploading txt, 
> pictures, and short movie files. if you really have the need for 
> lots of upstream go with DSL (hope you live close to your carrier) 
> and you can get that 

> 1.5mbit down/ 1.5mbit up (still for a very hefty price usually ~$60-
> 70/month right?). only people i've heard of using stuff like that 
> are pirates, programmers, and those needing remote access(none of 
> which, being related).



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