Thanks for the alert Mike! I emailed her and received the expected response (I occasionally check and wonder about switching to cable, but prefer not to switch at the moment): "Fiber is coming to your specific location late October of 2010, sorry, it's not at your location yet." On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:27:27 -0500 (CDT) Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: > I forgot to add a couple of things: > > You can have one single static IP that you order >yourself online after > installation for $5.95 per month. > > The Qwest modem gives you four or five ports for >computers so that they > can connect directly instead of via a router. > > The Qwest modem also provides a wireless access point. > I forgot to ask if > it is 802.11g or 802.11n. > > I don't have a Wii, but apparently that works quite well >with this system > because she talked about it a lot even though I wasn't >asking. > > I just placed my order. I'll tell you if I find >anything remarkable about > the service after I get it. One thing I don't know >about is the Qwest > service's Linux-friendliness, or lack thereof. I do >have one Windows box, > still, and a few Linux boxes, but would prefer to move >away from Windows > and have them set it up using the Linux box. If the >configuration is done > using a web browser and not some specialized software, >then I can probably > do it from Linux easily. > > Mike > > > On Wed, 21 Jul 2010, Mike Miller wrote: > >> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010, Donovan wrote: >> >>> Yes, I have the new VDSL 40Mb/20Mb. >>> >>> 0.742 ms 20.45 ms 20.586 ms 207.225.140.233 >>> (207.225.140.233) >>> >>> Looks like less than 30 to me. That was from the DSL >>>modem itself, >>> from my workstation it was 21ms >> >> >> I think the upshot of this discussion is that the new >>Qwest VDSL2 >> service is quite fast and the price is great. It is >>important that I >> share my experience with you because the Qwest web site >>might give you >> some wrong info. >> >> One of the most important things: There is no contract >>with this, so >> you are not locked in. You can dump them after 6 >>months, or 1 month, or >> renegotiate a better price. The jump from $30/mo to >>$95/mo is a lot, so >> you'll probably want to do something. (Even if I paid >>$30 for months >> 1-6 and $95 for months 7-12, I'd pay less this year than >>I'm paying >> now.) >> >> I checked with Qwest's web site to see if my home was in >>an area that >> could receive the 40/20 Mbps "beyond fast" service. The >>web site said >> that I could not receive this service. I used the chat >>link to ask when >> it might be available (I live in a residential >>neighborhood of >> Minneapolis right nextdoor to a business). The chat >>person, Lynn >> Veches, told me that I could receive 40/20 in my home -- >>the web site >> was wrong. I told her that I know some people who might >>be interested >> and she said that if the web site says you can't receive >>this service, >> but you think it might be wrong, write to her at >>Lynn.Veches at qwest.com >> and she will check for you. >> >> The second important thing is that the deal continues >>after today: >> $29.99/mo for 40/20 for 6 months for people without >>Qwest phone service >> ($19.99 if you have Qwest phone service), but the $69.99 >>for the modem >> increases to $99.99 after 4:00 pm today. >> >> It costs $49.99 to have a Qwest tech come to your house >>and set up your >> first computer. She recommended this and told me that >>some people think >> they are tech savvy enough to do this themselves, but >>the Qwest pro will >> do extra work on the line, as needed, to bring you up to >>a full 40/20. >> Without the tech working on this, you may not get 40/20. >> >> Qwest will give you a $50 Visa Gift Card that can be >>used to pay your >> bill. I'm not sure that the gift card is only for today >>(probably not, >> but maybe). >> >> The Qwest service gives you the full bandwidth, straight >>to Qwest, and >> you aren't sharing it with anyone. They will not block >>any ports and >> you can run whatever services you want. I asked her and >>that is what >> she told me. >> >> See the info below. She told me that if you guys want >>to get this deal >> today before 4:00, write to her at the email address >>below. Feel free >> to include what I have written here for reference (but >>I'm not getting >> anything for this -- no referral or anything else -- I'm >>just trying to >> help you guys to get a good deal). >> >> I'm signing up now. >> >> Best, >> Mike >> >> >> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:20:32 >> From: "Veches, Lynn" <Lynn.Veches at qwest.com> >> To: Mike Miller >> Subject: copy of Qwest Chat >> >> I will give you a $50.00 Visa Gift Card >> 40M/20M $29.99 months 1-6 free activation and s&h, modem >>$69.99 today only, >> and $95.00 per month 7+forward >> REPLY to Order > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >