Qwest Increasing Net Speeds to 40/20 Mbps

[Marcus Yam]

Not the fastest, but faster than before.

Qwest Increasing Net Speeds to 40/20 Mbps : Read more

 

[liquidblue]

I actually subscribed to this service in Phoenix when it first rolled out (20MB Line). I was happy that they could actually compete with COX/Roadrunner service. The internet line was fast and reliable. Worth every cent.

 

[haze4peace]

Cool, I live in one of those cities. I was already eyeing their 20mbs down/ 7mbs up. Now its even better. Good news.

 

[engrpiman]

I have Qwest 12 Mbit in Boise, Idaho and its been a rocky ride. I loose my connection all the time. I had the replace every line between my modem and the main line and its been working better but I sill loose internet at least once a day

 

[tomernatorII]

but can you really get up to 20mbps? I mean what server are you connecting to that you get these kind of speeds? If it's just to qwest's server that you get 20mbps, then its just really expensive.

 

[joz]

[citation][nom]tomernatorii[/nom]but can you really get up to 20mbps? I mean what server are you connecting to that you get these kind of speeds? If it's just to qwest's server that you get 20mbps, then its just really expensive.[/citation]
bingo >_>

the rest of the world has to first catch up to the server speed...which in America..isn't happening anytime fast. Now in Japan thats a differnt story.. 100mbps being standard I think?

 

[nehalemi7]

Hopefully they roll it out soon to Bountiful, UT...We've been stuck at 1.5/.896 for several years paying like $35 a month for that...so lame. I think they've been lying fiber around here though they've been tearing up all the streets. The only other option is comcast for like 50 a month to share a connection with all our closet porn neighbors I can't wait for a faster connection at a lower price! (hint hint nudge nudge)

 

[Wayoffbase]

I'm in Phoenix getting qwest fiber optic at 7Mb/s download and something like 500Kb/s upload. I'm really happy with that speed, hard to imagine it much faster, of course you are always limited by who you are downloading from.

 

[Guest]

Qwest needs to ditch the need to 1st have hard-line service from them and then they'll be more competitive. Who really wants or needs hard-line service nowadays (I wouldn't mind it, but that's not the point) with cell phones. Its just an excuse for them to charge more for what people want: a reliable and competitive high speed internet connection.

Personally I think that 40 mbps is overkill. Might be good for business use (Or if you're going to share between numerous users), but just soley I don't see the point.

 

[ckthecerealkiller]

[citation][nom]Sumpter[/nom]Qwest needs to ditch the need to 1st have hard-line service from them and then they'll be more competitive. Who really wants or needs hard-line service nowadays (I wouldn't mind it, but that's not the point) with cell phones. Its just an excuse for them to charge more for what people want.[/citation]
It's not required, these prices are just if you want the landline. If you get standalone it's like 15 bucks more. Which, consequently, is still less than adding the phone package. But agreed that it is overkill for most US residents.

 

[Guest]

Is 20Mb/s the top service in the US? Here in Portugal we have 100Mb/s via optical fibre. And almost at the same price as the old 30 Mb/s service. I think its because, as we're a very small country its much cheaper to build the infrastructures to support that speed.

 

[Wayoffbase]

[citation][nom]lik_pt[/nom]Is 20Mb/s the top service in the US? Here in Portugal we have 100Mb/s via optical fibre. And almost at the same price as the old 30 Mb/s service. I think its because, as we're a very small country its much cheaper to build the infrastructures to support that speed.[/citation]
yea the US is lagging behind much of the rest of the world in technology infrastructure, mostly because what we have is getting really old now and there is a lot of it to replace.

 

[jimmysmitty]

[citation][nom]tomernatorii[/nom]but can you really get up to 20mbps? I mean what server are you connecting to that you get these kind of speeds? If it's just to qwest's server that you get 20mbps, then its just really expensive.[/citation]

You can IF the server you are connecting to can provide it. A lot of people don't realize that the server you connect to is a big part of it all.

And this is no suprise considering that Qwest was bought by Verizon so I am sure they are utilizing the FiOS based tech. I only wish it was where my new condo is at (Tucson) cuz I would love to have at least a 12Mbps/5Mbps.

 

[Guest]

Nice!
Take note though with VDSL download speed drops considerably when you upload. the 40Mbits is probably when no uploading is going on, and 7mbits upload only functions when no downloading is going on (probably).
Also the speeds drop drastically the further you're away from a node or the phone central block.

Still, a lovely technology that could get the best out of our phone lines. After that, probably fiberoptics will be next.

 

[liemfukliang]

When there is a news in Tomshardware that Indonesian Telkomsel has raise their Speedy Speed from 1 Mbps to 50 mbps?

 

[PLATTERMAN]

I live in Denver & have Qwest as my internet provider. I have the 7 Mbps speed (platinum service). On the sites i belong to the fastest download speed i have seen is 380-385 kbps. When i had the 3 Mbps service it was around 180 kbps download.

 

[P_haze420]

[citation][nom]PLATTERMAN[/nom]I live in Denver & have Qwest as my internet provider. I have the 7 Mbps speed (platinum service). On the sites i belong to the fastest download speed i have seen is 380-385 kbps. When i had the 3 Mbps service it was around 180 kbps download.[/citation]


Exactly! I always get lose connections, speeds are very slow, and I don't want to switch to Comcast because they cap the bandwidth. That all we have in Denver/Boulder area. We need more competition and fiber optics. If I had fiber optics, I would switched to Verison FIOS. A lot of customers said that it had best service. I hope so.....

 

[TheZander]

I used to live in a little podunk town in Idaho. I got fantastic 7 meg qwest DSL. We purchased a house last year right in the middle of a town that was still small my most of your standards I'd imagine, but several times larger than where we used to live. Maximum speed? 1.5 meg. It absolutely sucks. We're in the heart of a large residential area, and it's close to two large grocery stores, many gas stations, restaurants, and other very popular businesses, so I figured they'd have to upgrade our area some day.

I asked a local tech, a sales rep, and a customer service rep and got the same answer each time when I told them my address.

Me: "Any plans for upgrading our area in the future?"
Them: "Nope."
Me: "Ever?"
Them: "Nope. No plans. Ever."

They seriously said that. Pisses me off all to heck. "Gee, let's move to a bigger city so we can get crappier internet service ..." Now I have to go back to the local cable crooks because there is really no other competition here. Lamesauce. Qwest 7 meg was excellent service when we had it.

 

[Lowdown]

They list all kinds of states that Qwest is part of except Wyoming. I know we are the smallest populated state but come on we need faster internet too man. In the cities you can sometimes if you are lucky get a 7mbps connection but most the time its less than that. The local cable internet provider can do 6mbps but it would be nice to see faster speeds here too.

 

[Guest]

People need to understand that when you get a 3 meg download, your download rates will not be at 3 meg.

You figure that 3 meg is 3072k as each meg is 1024 kilobytes. well, there are 8 kilobits to a kilobyte, so we have to take 3072k divided by 8.

The answer is 384k. 384k is the fastest the download rate will ever be!