Broadband in Scottsdale?

[Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr.]

I have an employee and a past employee who both use Qwest VDSL and would
pick it any time over cable modem service.  They are both in Glendale.  I
also used Qwest VDSL in Anthem, but switched to COX cable modem service when
it first became available.  I also very much liked Qwest VDSL and would not
have switched except that my wife works for COX and we get a "special" rate.
The problem with VDSL is that it is only available in select areas and if
you don't call the right number, no one within Qwest has a clue as to what
you are talking about.

For Qwest ADSL, there are many Mega Hosts which will provide you a static no
blocked IP address including my business.  With the distance the original
poster presented though, that would not be an option.

Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr.
Phoenix Internet

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Ted
Gould
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 8:23 AM
To: PLUG Discuss List
Subject: RE: Broadband in Scottsdale?



> ADSL is in limited areas and you can get a block of static IPs (my old
> apartment), however there has been a push by the telco to offer VDSL,
which
> they do not give out static IPs (my new house in Scottsdale).

The cool part about VDSL is that you don't have the 'A' in the front, so
you get synchronous bandwidth.  This makes uploading go _alot_ faster.

Does anyone else have VDSL?  Does your modem seem to crash every four
weeks or so?  All it requires is a unplug/plug back in, but it sure is
annoying.  I no one else is having that issue, I'll have to call Qwest
and ask for a new one.

BTW - For those who are interested in things being open, VDSL is a
proprietary protocol developed by basically one vendor.  They are
thinking about getting it standardized, but we'll see.

		Have fun,
			Ted