Broadband in Scottsdale?

(along with television and two telephone lines). I opted for the faster 
network connection and I get a full 1 megabit both ways. (I test it every now 
and then and, so far, they've been good at delivering the bandwidth.) The 
service comes in on the traditional four-wire telephone connection to a "box" 
stashed in a corner. From there, the network connection runs to a firewall 
(LinkSys) on the net connection and the family and work systems are behind 
that. Also coming out of the box is a single piece of RG-58 coax that runs to 
all the TVs. Sets are tuned to channel 6, 7 or 13 and each set has its own 
remote control for tuning.
     Note that Qwest says they block ports to prevent home-based web servers 
for customers using this service. A service upgrade to avoid the port 
blocking is *NOT* available. (I asked.)
      We pay about $130 per month: $40 telephone, $40 television and $50 
high-speed Internet. Reliability has been very good but I probably wouldn't 
notice downtime in the wee hours.

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