Qwest has been Ma Bell's red-headed step child since divestiture. They have the largest geographic footprint to cover and the smallest customer base to pay for it of the Big Three wire line carriers. It's not surprising your DSL sux. If you are happy with your cable Internet, stick with it. I'd be running from Qwest if it was my provider!
In Northern Virginia we have mostly Cox and Comcast and out where I live the Comcast is really Adelphia's old service. Comcast bought their assets after Adelphia went under. Needless to say, Adelphia did NOTHING to upgrade its service (probably the bankruptcy court wouldn't let them if they wanted to) and Comcast has done little besides a) repaint the trucks; b) hire different undocumented workers to trench in the coax; c) raise rates. Oh, and now I get the Golf channel as part of my digital cable package. I've been tempted a couple of times to bite on one of their triple play bundles (cable/phone/Internet) -- it would be cheaper in the short run but I'm afraid more expensive in the long run. I work from home as much as possible and I cannot afford to be off the air because Comcast's Internet is no more reliable than their TV. -Mike __________________ Michel David Lowe > -----Original Message----- > From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:COMPUTERGUYS- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 2:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] T1 vs DSL? > > It's opposite here. DSL is horrid and expensive and going nowhere....course > DSL being such old tech has nowhere to go. Cable is rock solid and > inexpensive, 70 bux for 2 up 18mbit down and we regularly see 25mbit+, my > DSL costs 28 and I get 1.1mbit. Qwest corp. has told me they have zero > plans on upgrading anywhere here in Arizona, so everyone is stuck with DSL, > which even if you are sitting on the dslam is much slower then cable. My > only hope where I live is some form of wimax coming in, I feel waves of > depression when I consider I might be stuck with DSL for the duration. I > had faster speeds six years ago. > > Mike > > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
