KSUwildcat
Posts:33
 | | 06/14/2008 9:02 AM |
 Alert | Service: Qwest DSL - 2.4Mbs down / 760kbs up Just kind of curious what people are getting around town. We have Qwest with their fastest package available here. I am going to try out Maricopa Broadband as they claim up to 9Mbs down. For me, download speeds are a big deal with the amount of work I do from home. But it would be interesting to know if other people in town have faster packages available from Qwest, or what they're getting with other service providers. By the way, you can easily check your speed at http://broadbandreports.com Then click on "Tools" (left hand column) and then "Speed Tests". There are some really good speed test tools on that site. | | | |
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Ebay1
Posts:168
| | 06/14/2008 10:04 AM |
Alert | | Orbitel here. 8Mbs down / 650 kbs up $39.99/month. Tested on www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ Seattle server and Los Angeles Server. I think it is the same speed test as broadbandreports. | | | |
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umtech
Posts:189
| | 06/14/2008 12:45 PM |
Alert | | Qwest 7 meg DSL | | | |
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mrsgeno
Posts:112
| | 06/14/2008 3:41 PM |
Alert | we just got maricopabroadband hooked up , so for it is running the same as cox's did..... one thing though can't get to their website so I can make up email addresses. | | | |
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OBG II
Posts:630
| | 06/15/2008 7:37 AM |
Alert | Hughes.net satellite 680 Kbs down 86 Kbs up slow but rural BFE area and no phone service. | |
Carroll O Connor, aka Archie Bunker, a great American!
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KSUwildcat
Posts:33
| | 06/15/2008 7:38 AM |
Alert | Switched over to Maricopa Broadband and after a rough start, it's testing at about 7.6Mbs down and 873Kbs up. Hey umtech . . . what part of town are you? Qwest told me 7Mb service is not available in Maricopa yet. | | | |
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Ebay1
Posts:168
| | 06/15/2008 8:54 AM |
Alert | Posted By KSUwildcat on 06/15/2008 7:38 AM Switched over to Maricopa Broadband and after a rough start, it's testing at about 7.6Mbs down and 873Kbs up. Hey umtech . . . what part of town are you? Qwest told me 7Mb service is not available in Maricopa yet.
Isn't Maricopa Broadband having financial problems? They didn't pay their bill and the premium channels went dark for a week.
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KSUwildcat
Posts:33
| | 06/15/2008 12:34 PM |
Alert | | I don't know, but their speed is really bad right now, can only get about 300 down. I'm on hold with tech. support as I type this, hold time estimated at 29 minutes. It will be a very short discussion. I'm giving them until 5pm tomorrow to resolve any problems and if it doesn't improve, then I will cancel. I never canceled Qwest. Still have everything. I can just switch over anytime I want. | | | |
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Ebay1
Posts:168
| | 06/15/2008 5:16 PM |
Alert | | Check out Orbitel. Haven't had any problems and am on every day for work. | | | |
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caveman
Posts:1276
| | 06/17/2008 12:51 AM |
Alert | | Have had no problems with Maricopa Broadband, they are the fastest in town. | | | |
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Catch-22
Posts:41
| | 06/17/2008 9:01 AM |
Alert | Just tested my MBB connection with www.speakeasy.net/speedtest :
8.665 Mbps downstream - 0.975 Mbps upstream - Seattle
8.627 Mbps downstream - 0.969 Mbps upstream - San Francisco
Was told it was max 9Mbps down and max 1Mbps up - so these measurements are real close to the max!
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 06/17/2008 9:46 AM |
Alert | Posted By KSUwildcat on 06/15/2008 7:38 AM Switched over to Maricopa Broadband and after a rough start, it's testing at about 7.6Mbs down and 873Kbs up. Hey umtech . . . what part of town are you? Qwest told me 7Mb service is not available in Maricopa yet.
It depends on which part of Maricopa you are in. We've got 7 Mbps with Qwest.
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Ebay1
Posts:168
| | 06/17/2008 7:49 PM |
Alert | Posted By Jason on 06/17/2008 9:46 AM Posted By KSUwildcat on 06/15/2008 7:38 AM Switched over to Maricopa Broadband and after a rough start, it's testing at about 7.6Mbs down and 873Kbs up. Hey umtech . . . what part of town are you? Qwest told me 7Mb service is not available in Maricopa yet.
It depends on which part of Maricopa you are in. We've got 7 Mbps with Qwest.
Qwest will only give us 3 Mbps for $36.99. What a joke. | | | |
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KSUwildcat
Posts:33
| | 06/17/2008 9:31 PM |
Alert | Maricpa Broadband at 9:30PM on the http://speakeasy.com/speedtest website, Seattle Server Last Result:
Download Speed: 8476 kbps (1059.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 943 kbps (117.9 KB/sec transfer rate) Regarding Qwest, it appears their CO (Central Office, which is their main distribution hub) is located just west of 347 and Casa Grande off Edwards Ave. A quick google maps search tells me its about 10,500 feet from my home in Glenwilde. Distance is everything for DSL service. The farther away you are the less speed you can get. That is why I am curious what part of town you are in umtech (without specific address ofcourse). If you are as far or farther than I am, then I would expect I should be able to get 7Mbs service from Qwest as well. They tell me I only qualify for 3Mbs, but I'm not confident they are very good at calculating that, or that their customer service people have access to current information.
Ebay1, if you are farther away, say Northeast, perhaps in RED, that speed limitation would make sense, even if it is frustrating. I did speak to Qwest before hooking up Maricopa Broadband. They told me they are rolling out their new fiber network which will offer 10-20 Mbs, and eventually, we will have that service here. But they can't tell me if it will be here in 5 months or 5 years.
As far as Maricopa Broadband is concerned, I am now getting about 8.5 Mbs down and about 900 kbs up pretty reliably. But I have noticed those speeds get difficult to achieve during peak hours. Time will tell with them. I'm not cancelling my DSL service with Qwest just yet. | | | |
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Cactus Rob
Posts:1204
| | 06/18/2008 2:39 PM |
Alert | Orbitel at 2:30 PM: 7502 down and 741 up here in the Villages. | | | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 06/18/2008 4:40 PM |
Alert | Posted By KSUwildcat on 06/17/2008 9:31 PM
Ebay1, if you are farther away, say Northeast, perhaps in RED FWIW, I'm in the Southeast section of RED and I'm getting 7 Mbps for $34.99. | |
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alanf
Posts:1602
| | 06/18/2008 5:05 PM |
Alert | 1655 Orbitel
Speakeasy Seattle 7.959M Down/ 742K Up
Speakeasy SF 7.859M Down/ 742K Up
internetfrog.com 7.630M Down/ 697K Up
" " " 7.870M Down/ 697K Up
http://myspeed.visualware.com/voip/ 7.620M Down/ 744K Up | | | |
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umtech
Posts:189
| | 06/18/2008 5:55 PM |
Alert | Posted By KSUwildcat on 06/15/2008 7:38 AM Switched over to Maricopa Broadband and after a rough start, it's testing at about 7.6Mbs down and 873Kbs up. Hey umtech . . . what part of town are you? Qwest told me 7Mb service is not available in Maricopa yet. -- Over in The Villages, in fact I'm waiting to hear back now on 12 meg and 20 meg service they just came out with. | | | |
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KSUwildcat
Posts:33
| | 06/19/2008 6:29 AM |
Alert | | Very interesting stuff. Qwest offers higher speed options to people who are farther away from the CO. Hmmm. Did they announce the 12 and 20 Mb packages for your area, or are you just inquiring about it? | | | |
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DurandClan
Posts:166
| | 06/19/2008 2:35 PM |
Alert | moving to Senita next week...as far as Qwest, it has been years since I had DSL...is it still wide open from an inbound perspective? Dave  | |
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