Lookin at Qwest DSL Service

[Shawn Badger]

I recently moved to South Gilbert are where neither Cox nor Qwest service. I
was able to find a company that however does service the entire area with a
wireless service http://www.wydebeam.com/ .
I was thinking they maybe a possible backup plan for you, but then I realize
they are using Cox as their ISP. If you are just worried about the
connection to the house this may still work, but if you want a true backup,
then I would go with Qwest.



On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:44 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I just moved into a house in South Chandler and when Cox configured my
> Internet and phone, they had to setup a temp connection.  This consists of a
> coax running through my back yard down the side of my house and into the
> junction box.  Funny thing is the box that services the 5 housed in my
> cluster is all of 2 feet from the junction box into my house.
>
> I'm not making this up.  When Cox engineered this sub-division they made a
> mistake and put in a 4 node connection.  The tech that came out to followup
> told me they could not add me to that box.
>
> They have to connect me to the box that serves another set of houses.  This
> requires running a conduit about 18 inches underground along the sidewalk
> (from behind my house) and under my driveway to the junction box on the
> other side of my house.  I was told it would take around 6 weeks to get the
> permit to do so.  It is unclear how much longer it will take after that.  I
> was told they are putting a rush on this project.
>
> I work out of my house and would like to find an additional solution. I
> like Cox.  I've had cox service for maybe 6 years now.  I had been with
> Qwest and had DSL for a while.  Liked them also.
>
> I'm thinking that maybe I'll try qwest or look at that as a backup plan.
>
> I'm wondering about what DSL routers are being used and the quality.  When
> I had DLS last I had a Cisco rounter that would overheat. I had little
> problem with mine. The Cisco was nice in that it was programmable.  Then I
> had an ActionTec (sp) , however that would not allow for port forwarding
> even though it was a feature.
>
> Looks like DSL speed is way up.  Any input or suggestions on Qwest DSL?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Keith
>
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