Thanks for the alert Mike!  I emailed her and received the 
expected response (I occasionally check and wonder about 
switching to cable, but prefer not to switch at the 
moment): "Fiber is coming to your specific location late 
 October of 2010, sorry, it's not at your location yet."


On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:27:27 -0500 (CDT)
  Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote:
> I forgot to add a couple of things:
> 
> You can have one single static IP that you order 
>yourself online after 
> installation for $5.95 per month.
> 
> The Qwest modem gives you four or five ports for 
>computers so that they 
> can connect directly instead of via a router.
> 
> The Qwest modem also provides a wireless access point. 
> I forgot to ask if 
> it is 802.11g or 802.11n.
> 
> I don't have a Wii, but apparently that works quite well 
>with this system 
> because she talked about it a lot even though I wasn't 
>asking.
> 
> I just placed my order.  I'll tell you if I find 
>anything remarkable about 
> the service after I get it.  One thing I don't know 
>about is the Qwest 
> service's Linux-friendliness, or lack thereof.  I do 
>have one Windows box, 
> still, and a few Linux boxes, but would prefer to move 
>away from Windows 
> and have them set it up using the Linux box.  If the 
>configuration is done 
> using a web browser and not some specialized software, 
>then I can probably 
> do it from Linux easily.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2010, Mike Miller wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010, Donovan wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I have the new VDSL 40Mb/20Mb.
>>> 
>>> 0.742 ms	20.45 ms	20.586 ms	207.225.140.233 
>>> (207.225.140.233)
>>> 
>>> Looks like less than 30 to me.  That was from the DSL 
>>>modem itself, 
>>> from my workstation it was 21ms
>>
>>
>> I think the upshot of this discussion is that the new 
>>Qwest VDSL2 
>> service is quite fast and the price is great.  It is 
>>important that I 
>> share my experience with you because the Qwest web site 
>>might give you 
>> some wrong info.
>>
>> One of the most important things:  There is no contract 
>>with this, so 
>> you are not locked in.  You can dump them after 6 
>>months, or 1 month, or 
>> renegotiate a better price.  The jump from $30/mo to 
>>$95/mo is a lot, so 
>> you'll probably want to do something.  (Even if I paid 
>>$30 for months 
>> 1-6 and $95 for months 7-12, I'd pay less this year than 
>>I'm paying 
>> now.)
>>
>> I checked with Qwest's web site to see if my home was in 
>>an area that 
>> could receive the 40/20 Mbps "beyond fast" service.  The 
>>web site said 
>> that I could not receive this service.  I used the chat 
>>link to ask when 
>> it might be available (I live in a residential 
>>neighborhood of 
>> Minneapolis right nextdoor to a business).  The chat 
>>person, Lynn 
>> Veches, told me that I could receive 40/20 in my home -- 
>>the web site 
>> was wrong.  I told her that I know some people who might 
>>be interested 
>> and she said that if the web site says you can't receive 
>>this service, 
>> but you think it might be wrong, write to her at 
>>Lynn.Veches at qwest.com 
>> and she will check for you.
>>
>> The second important thing is that the deal continues 
>>after today: 
>> $29.99/mo for 40/20 for 6 months for people without 
>>Qwest phone service 
>> ($19.99 if you have Qwest phone service), but the $69.99 
>>for the modem 
>> increases to $99.99 after 4:00 pm today.
>>
>> It costs $49.99 to have a Qwest tech come to your house 
>>and set up your 
>> first computer.  She recommended this and told me that 
>>some people think 
>> they are tech savvy enough to do this themselves, but 
>>the Qwest pro will 
>> do extra work on the line, as needed, to bring you up to 
>>a full 40/20. 
>> Without the tech working on this, you may not get 40/20.
>>
>> Qwest will give you a $50 Visa Gift Card that can be 
>>used to pay your 
>> bill. I'm not sure that the gift card is only for today 
>>(probably not, 
>> but maybe).
>>
>> The Qwest service gives you the full bandwidth, straight 
>>to Qwest, and 
>> you aren't sharing it with anyone.  They will not block 
>>any ports and 
>> you can run whatever services you want.  I asked her and 
>>that is what 
>> she told me.
>>
>> See the info below.  She told me that if you guys want 
>>to get this deal 
>> today before 4:00, write to her at the email address 
>>below.  Feel free 
>> to include what I have written here for reference (but 
>>I'm not getting 
>> anything for this -- no referral or anything else -- I'm 
>>just trying to 
>> help you guys to get a good deal).
>>
>> I'm signing up now.
>>
>> Best,
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:20:32
>> From: "Veches, Lynn" <Lynn.Veches at qwest.com>
>> To: Mike Miller
>> Subject: copy of Qwest Chat
>>
>> I will give you a $50.00 Visa Gift Card
>> 40M/20M $29.99 months 1-6 free activation and s&h, modem 
>>$69.99 today only, 
>> and $95.00 per month 7+forward
>> REPLY to Order
> 
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