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

[Tom Johnson]

Thanks.  I guess I'll save my money and just plod along with Comcast.

-tj

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 5:58 PM, peter <pete at ideapete.com> wrote:

>  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*
>
> *www.ideapete.com* <http://www.ideapete.com/>
>
>
>
>
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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>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
>> ?)
>>
>> --
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