[1st-mile-nm] Qwest slashes "Connect Quantum" Internet price

[peter]

First 20 mps is really 2.5 megabyte and typically upstream is about 10 - 
15% of the downstream speed

 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 )

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

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

The true rate for this type of service should be a $ buck a Meg and 
thats for bytes the rest is hype

( : ( : pete

Peter Baston

*IDEAS*

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Tom Johnson wrote:
> Has anyone tested this speed up and down and on various days and times?
>
> -tom
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.com 
> <mailto:rl at 1st-mile.com>> wrote:
>
>     Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |  Modified: Thursday, December 18, 2008
>     Qwest slashes Internet price
>     Denver Business Journal
>
>     Qwest Communications Inc. has slashed the monthly price of its
>     highest-speed
>     Internet service for new and existing customers.
>
>     The Denver-based telecom (NYSE: Q) dropped the price of its
>     residential,
>     20-megabits-per-second broadband service to $59.99 monthly. The
>     service, called
>     Qwest Connect Quantum, had cost $99.99 a month.
>
>     The small business broadband service with the same speed is
>     dropping from $140
>     per month to $100.40.
>
>     New customers will be able to order the fastest Internet speed at
>     the reduced
>     rates. The bills of customers who already get Qwest?s 20 mbps
>     service will
>     drop 40 percent, the company said.
>
>     The 20-mbps speed isn?t available in all areas where Qwest offers
>     broadband
>     service.
>
>     ------
>
>     (Where is this available in NM?  Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Santa
>     Fe, Las Cruces
>     ?)
>
>     --
>     Richard Lowenberg
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