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Message: 6<br>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:14:06 -0700<br>
From: Jeremy MountainJohnson <<a href="mailto:jeremy@jskier.com">jeremy@jskier.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Anyone with Qwest FIOS experience?<br>
To: TCLUG Mailing List <<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a>><br>
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That was an interesting lawsuit that played out where you live. Sounds<br>
like<br>
it (somewhat) worked out in favor of residents and business with the<br>
competition of FTTP providers?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>It did help. The city went to TDS and asked them to put in fiber, and TDS refused saying there was no market. The City went ahead and did it themselves and TDS sued to stop (Really just to slow them down while TDS put in their own network) them. And I dislike TDS for what they did, and for their higher prices on phone and such, but because the city claimed they would have lower prices on fiber and phone TDS was forced to bring down their prices. But their service is pretty good, and it's affordable compared to my other options here. Cable costs more for less speed and it wasn't that reliable.<br>
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I also heard way up north, along Highway 2, many in the boonies have the<br>
option of FTTP since they were stuck with dial-up for so long and the<br>
demand for residential and business broadband was there- and I suppose<br>
there are plenty of places to dig for the lines.<br>
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So much for technological bragging rights from a city slicker stuck with<br>
cable!<br>
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JEREMY MOUNTAINJOHNSON<br>
<a href="mailto:jeremy@jskier.com">jeremy@jskier.com</a> [1]<br>
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On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 04:07:21 -0500, swede wrote:<br>
The problem is, you guys are too close to the city... You need to move out<br>
to the middle of nowhere...<br>
I'm about 40-50 miles out of cities and I'm paying $39.95/Mo, for 50 meg<br>
FTTH.<br>
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<a href="http://www.speedtest.net/result/872762919.png" target="_blank">http://www.speedtest.net/result/872762919.png</a> [2] The upload speed isn't<br>
that great there, I don't know why it's so slow right now.<br>
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I have my choice of TDS (They suck because the sued the city to stop them<br>
from putting in their own FTTH, but the service and prices are good)<br>
And Monticello Fiber (They suck because they lied about costs and there's<br>
no real support and most of the guys are just leaning on shovels all day.)<br>
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<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/tdsvsfnm/home" target="_blank">http://sites.google.com/site/tdsvsfnm/home</a> [3]<br>
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I'm not sure what the business rates are though.<br>
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Dave<br>
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"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem;<br>
government is the problem." - Ronald Reagan<br>
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[1] mailto:<a href="mailto:jeremy@jskier.com">jeremy@jskier.com</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://www.speedtest.net/result/872762919.png" target="_blank">http://www.speedtest.net/result/872762919.png</a><br>
[3] <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/tdsvsfnm/home" target="_blank">http://sites.google.com/site/tdsvsfnm/home</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." - Ronald Reagan<br><br> <><<br><br>