[clue-tech] Qwest DSL

[Keith Hellman]

On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 10:16:27PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote:
>
> On Nov 19, 2007, at 8:15 PM, Keith Hellman wrote:
>
>> 3. How is the performance?  I have Comcast (cable) broadband and am
>> generally pleased. Qwest "silver" service (what I'm considering) is
>> supposed to be about 5x the speed (1.5Mb/s).  Do others using their
>> silver service see this type of bandwidth?
>
>
> You sure you're not mixing up "b" and "B" in the advertising/speeds?
>
> 1.5 Mb/s (bits) is typically quite a bit slower than Comcast's offerings 
> around here, but I don't know where you live.   Maybe Comcast has a lower 
> speed thing somewhere around here.
>

I don't think I've messed up the "b" and "B" --- I also don't know what
my Comcast bandwidth is supposed to be, I used one of those website
based "measure-your-bandwidth" services.  It said in the neighborhood of 
3300Kb/s.

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