[Cialug] speaking of fiber, qwest?

Dave Weis djweis at internetsolver.com
Tue Jul 1 12:23:03 CDT 2008


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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