Thanks. I guess I'll save my money and just plod along with Comcast.<br><br>-tj<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 5:58 PM, peter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pete@ideapete.com">pete@ideapete.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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First 20 mps is really 2.5 megabyte and typically upstream is about 10
- 15% of the downstream speed<br>
<br>
>From my sources in Denver the service is a joke and rarely gets the
10mps or 1.25 megabyte range and service swings are huge ( they are
using Bandwidth monitor pro ) <br>
<br>
As Qwest no longer will agree to SLA agreement or data on its broadband
connection service the difference in business and residential rates is
criminal<br>
<br>
I also believe that the PRC many times has asked Qwest for traffic
service patterns to back up their claims and has been told this type of
information is proprietary, go figure<br>
<br>
The true rate for this type of service should be a $ buck a Meg and
thats for bytes the rest is hype<br>
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( : ( : pete<br>
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Tom Johnson wrote:
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days and times?
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Richard
Lowenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.com" target="_blank">rl@1st-mile.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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December 16, 2008 | Modified: Thursday, December 18, 2008<br>
Qwest slashes Internet price<br>
Denver Business Journal<br>
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Qwest Communications Inc. has slashed the monthly price of its
highest-speed<br>
Internet service for new and existing customers.<br>
<br>
The Denver-based telecom (NYSE: Q) dropped the price of its residential,<br>
20-megabits-per-second broadband service to $59.99 monthly. The
service, called<br>
Qwest Connect Quantum, had cost $99.99 a month.<br>
<br>
The small business broadband service with the same speed is dropping
from $140<br>
per month to $100.40.<br>
<br>
New customers will be able to order the fastest Internet speed at the
reduced<br>
rates. The bills of customers who already get Qwest?s 20 mbps service
will<br>
drop 40 percent, the company said.<br>
<br>
The 20-mbps speed isn?t available in all areas where Qwest offers
broadband<br>
service.<br>
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(Where is this available in NM? Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Las
Cruces<br>
?)<br>
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