Comments on: Qwest offers 20 Mbit DSL in 23 new cities

By: jacob hoffman

jacob hoffman — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:38:03 +0000

i work as a qwest rep, and ill tell you ive sold alot fo 12mbps , its a good deal, comes with a free wireless modem ($99us), and its reallyf-ing fast, now 20mpbs i havent sold yet, but it also comes with the free modem

so check it out

By: moe

moe — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:31:45 +0000

when i lived in japan for 1 year, i had a 100/100mbit connection. they had a special offer and i didn’t need to pay for the first half year. after that it was around 40-50 euro per month.

By: Timmy

Timmy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:14:48 +0000

I’m so jealous of anyone with broadband. I recently moved from an apartment to a house in a new subdivision. I can’t get DSL or cable here so I had to get satellite internet. It’s terrible! 1mb download (that’s about 120kb/s on a good day) with a 12gb cap… problem is, when you go over the cap, they severely reduce your speed. In about 3 days I had used over 200% of the allowed bandwidth, and a couple days later they reduced my speed. Not only is the reduced speed atrocious (12kb/s down, 1kb/s up), but half the time web pages won’t even come up. I didn’t know how well I had it when I had cable. With Comcast, I didn’t get red flagged until I went over 500gb.

By: GViper

GViper — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:02:17 +0000

Also, the NTL 20 meg line is getting a FREE upgrade to 40mb come the end of the summer, after they roll out the 8mb > 20mb one, or somesuch.

The US prices are a joke, and everyone at work is convinced the US is better for internet speed / prices….

By: Armacalypse

Armacalypse — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:42:45 +0000

That’s kinda expensive, but worth it if you can’t get it cheaper (like me, mwhahahaha!… ).

By: Mugi

Mugi — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:49:16 +0000

I don’t even pay 50$ for my 100Mbit so LOL

By: Want more

Want more — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:47:47 +0000

Not the best but still better than many in my home country
1 Mbps uncapped download with 512Kbps upload from Bharti Tele services for 60$

By: watrboy

watrboy — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:44:01 +0000

here in philippines, my 2mbps/700kbps cost around $70, including phone.. service sucks, and the average is like 1.5mbps/400kbps, the ping is like 200-300ms ping, which is not good for gaming stuff.. grrrrrrrrrrrrr… you guys are really lucky compare to us..

By: devious

devious — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:34:12 +0000

Sorry, it was the fiber that got laid, not the babe… I’m working on changing that tho’ … LOL

By: devious

devious — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:32:06 +0000

Something else I don’t get in sunny Paris… annoying letters from my ISP moaning about what I’m DLing. No caps, freekin’ fast, and a nice blonde babe wants to sell me fiber optic, which just got laid in my “quartier”. Merveilleux! I don’t even wanna go back to the US to be honest. Jeez, do we still have to pay for RECEIVING calls on a cell phone over there?

By: minus

minus — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:34:19 +0000

BTW, I’m in the UK and use Vigin Media.

By: minus

minus — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:33:55 +0000

Wow, thats well over priced.

I get 20mb Cable for $40, unlimited use too. get 2.5mb/s actual dload speed.

By: cox

cox — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:09:25 +0000

@66
guess you’re jokin’…
In Turkey you pay 99 Turkish Lira for unlimited 8Mbit/2MBit connection (thats 75$) from the biggest provider Turk Telekom. There are few faster services from other providers but cost hell…

By: George

George — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:12:31 +0000

Here in the UK the market is very competitive. Live near a local phone exchange and it’s about 9.99-14.99 pounds a month for 8mb/sec down-256kbps up rising to about 14.99-19.99 a month (28-38dollars) for 24Mb/s down 1Mb or 2Mb upload (depends on ISP). Shop around with smaller ISPs and you can get faster for less too, but the ISP needs to have their equipment in the BT exchange. A friend of mine pays 26.99 UK pounds a month for 24Mb, cable TV and phone line with all calls inclusive from Virgin Media (including calls to the US for free).

One ISP (Tiscali) is offering up to 8Mb/s for 6.49 a month for first 3 months with calls included.

Never realised the US was so expensive, always thought it was much cheaper than us in the UK. ADSL2+ is being installed in UK exchanges as we speak and the government is now looking into fibre via utility lines that will offer anywhere from 50-100Mb/s.

By: Turkish

Turkish — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:45:34 +0000

you are very lucky
in Turkey
1 mbit download/256 kbit upload is 40$ / mo (unlimited)