Yeah I've got the same deal, 12Mb down 7Mb up, my line is their FIOS service and I did indeed have to drop IPHouse in order to get it :(. So technically I think it is MSN but I still had to go to Qwest to order the static IP. And currently I don't see any protocol limitations except perhaps on 25 which I don't currently use but I was told might be restricted.<div>
<br></div><div>And yes is is actually fiber to a local termination point then VDSL to the home. So really I did see improvement from the old DSL in both latency (10ms drop) and jitter (~1 to 2ms current average jitter down from 5 to 10). But I cant really see any major improvements in speed and indeed some of the speed tests out there don't show me getting close to what I'm supposed to. So really they probably have the same uplink limitations they have always had. VOIP has improved overall due to the jitter decrease which is good.</div>
<div><br></div><div>--j<br><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Scott Downing <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:SDowning@erdc.k12.mn.us">SDowning@erdc.k12.mn.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Yeah, its fiber to the CO which gives you up to 20mb down. In my area 7mb up was available so I upgraded a few months ago to 12mb down and 7mb up, got a static ip and I use it for my own test server and some personal things. No one has complained, I wouldn't try to be a hosting center with that but if it isn't mission critical it works just fine.<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org">tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org</a> on behalf of Josh Welch<br>
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Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Anyone with Qwest FIOS experience?<br>
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I got some flyers from Qwest advertising that fiber is coming to my<br>
area (Prior Lake). On further investigation it appears that it's fiber<br>
to the CO (or some other distribution point) that's going to allow me<br>
to get better downloads than my current 1.5Mbps. I can get up to 20<br>
down now but all the plans are 768Kbps upstream.<br>
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Lame.<br>
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I'm trying to decide whether additional downstream capacity is worth<br>
it for me to upgrade.<br>
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Josh<br>
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On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Matthew F. Unger <<a href="mailto:mfunger@arbita.net">mfunger@arbita.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> As far as I know, no one is offering fiber to consumers in the greater<br>
> TC market. The two consumer fiber products I'm aware of are FiOS (from<br>
> Verizon) and Uverse (from AT&T). If you know of someone different, let<br>
> me know, because I'm looking to get away from this stupid cable modem. I<br>
> really don't want to deal with DSL because frankly, I don't trust Qwest,<br>
> and they're lines have been the source of my frustration with DSL.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
><br>
> Matt<br>
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> [mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org">tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org</a>] On Behalf Of Ryan Coleman<br>
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> Kathryn,<br>
><br>
> Is that for DSL or Fiber?<br>
><br>
> That sounds like DSL to me. I was told *nothing* about MSN on the phone.<br>
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> --<br>
> Ryan<br>
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> On Jul 7, 2010, at 1:51 PM, Kathryn Hogg wrote:<br>
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>><br>
>> Ryan Coleman wrote:<br>
>>> We're getting FIOS in 55125, the rate to my residence (20Mb) is<br>
> $29.95 a<br>
>>> month for six months...<br>
>>><br>
>>> Does anyone have any experience with this? running your web server,<br>
> and<br>
>>> what not? Is the base modem pretty decent or should I be considering<br>
> an<br>
>>> upgrade? I did opt to purchase the modem ($8/month rental otherwise).<br>
>><br>
>> What are your options for ISP? I was told that for residential<br>
> service,<br>
>> you had to have MSN as your ISP.<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Kathryn<br>
>> <a href="http://womensfooty.com" target="_blank">http://womensfooty.com</a><br>
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