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marzer

macrumors 65816
Nov 14, 2009
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Colorado
you rocking QWEST DSL???

I've always found them to be terrible out here in CO compared to broadband, but I've also never gotten your speeds either. What part of CO are you in.

Was visiting my parents down in Pueblo over the weekend, and they have qwest with their DirecTV package, and this is what their speeds look like....

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Pathetic, haha

qwest is much cheaper, but can't justify saving money if those are the types of speeds you get.

It comes down to the level of service your parents pay for, if they have the 1.5Mbps service then those speeds aren't bad (Qwest QOS for residential is about 85%). I've got the 40Mbps seervice so the 35 is at least within their QOS agreement. If they are paying for faster than 1.5Mbps and only getting 1.3Mbps, they definitely need to open a trouble ticket!
 

416049

macrumors 68000
Mar 14, 2010
1,844
2
The ISP probably would have just said what his college was, so he didn't want people to know what college he went to. College/Universities are trying out a new sort of Internet connection that is far faster than us average consumers can get, IIRC.

k, thanx for the clarification
my home speed



at a friends

 
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speedyfv

macrumors member
Oct 12, 2010
36
0
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Paying for 30mbps service so I cant complain
 

LostSoul80

macrumors 68020
Jan 25, 2009
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7
i thought my connection was bad. how long did it take you to load the speed test? an hour?

Sorry for the late reply, ehm. I'd have liked to reply like 2 hours ago, but I ended up eating instead.




















Not but seriously that was sort of a joke. :D :D
 

Harmush

macrumors 6502a
Sep 21, 2008
557
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Liverpool
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Just bought a power-line adapter - very happy. Virgin are also doubling speed in my area in July, so I'll hopefully get 100mb D/L then :)
 
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