[lug] Qwest Premier Anyone?

Matt Thompson thompsma at jilau1.colorado.edu
Wed Jun 1 12:49:33 MDT 2005


On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 12:25 -0600, Matt Thompson wrote:
> Folks, I'm about to switch from CU's ISP to another, but this isn't an
> ISP question.  Rather, since I'll be paying for an ISP now, should I
> also upgrade to Qwest Premier DSL service as well?
> 
> I'm wondering what kind of speed people are getting out there.  I
> currently have Choice which is 1.5M/896k down/up, while Premier is 3-5M
> down.  I guess I want to know is it at the 3 end or the 5 end?

Well, answering my own question, I called up Qwest and it looks like I'm
at the 3 end according to a test of the line.  Nuts.  But, the guy I
talked to seemed to indicate some lucky jerks could get 5 or even 7
Mbps.  I hate with the fire of ten suns each and every one of you who
can get 7.

Matt
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