[Cialug] [Slightly OT] High-speed DSL availability in DSM metro

[bofh at visi.com]

I just called Qwest, and received the runaround again: 
"With the New Year, they're looking at upgrades, but we 
don't know where or when".  As I told them, I dislike 
Mediacom (left them due to the outages), but I'm about 
ready to leave Qwest--and will drop the voice line.

Seems like everyplace I go outside the Des Moines metro 
area has no problem with getting high-speed (7 Mb/s+) 
connections--metros and rural areas alike. Des Moines has 
become an even worse technology backwater than it was.


On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:53:09 -0600
  jrnosee <jrnosee at gmail.com> wrote:
> I concur.  I live on the border of Waukee and Clive/Urbandale.  Every time I check it says I'm only able to get a 1.5 > connection.  (Although I have gotten some reports that it may be due to no open 7mbps+ ports free on our
> DSLAM?!).
> 
> I REALLY want to drop Mediacom.  We loose our connection or most of our bandwidth on cable at the drop of a 
> hat.  I got home Monday night to .9mbps downstream.  0.9!!!!! on a 12mbps connection!  Does anyone know any 
> outdoor cable monkeys for mediacom?  They were supposed to come put a new line in for us MONTHS ago and 
> never did.  They just keep sending the indoor guys who scratch their (butts) heads and say "well, it's fine 
> right now."
> 
> Seriously...  Any takers?  $20 on that being the outcome of yet ANOTHER mediacom appointment I've got 
> tomorrow morning.
> 
> At least they dropped my price for all the hassle I've had.