Thu 10 Apr 2008
Get your Reality Distortion Fields ready: the Salt Lake Tribune reports that Qwest is planning on building fiber. Despite the catchy headline, it looks like this plan is a lot of smoke and no fire. Qwest plans to build a FTTN network capable of 20Mbps by the end of the year at a cost of $300M. Compare that to UTOPIA who can do 50Mbps right now at a cost 10% cheaper per household served.
This raises some great questions, chiefly how it is that UTOPIA can build a better network at a lower cost than one of the country's largest telecommunications companies. Qwest's cost per served household is somewhere in the range of $1500 while UTOPIA is doing it for $1350. When you figure out the cost per megabit per household, Qwest is spending nearly triple what UTOPIA is. If Qwest stockholders are expecting a decent return on investment, I've got some great investment opportunities in subprime mortgages for them. This is further proof that Qwest just doesn't get it.
April 10th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
LOL!
It isn’t only the internet speed that makes Utopia desirable…it is the GREAT customer service.
QWEST PHONE/INTERNET SUCKS!
April 10th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
This should be an interesting listen for us internet users:
http://twit.tv/sn139
April 10th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
I enjoyed how they left out upstream data rates. Still I wish them luck, it would be better than what they offer now. Qwest DSL is the only option I have.
Even though I live in a Utopia city (Riverton), I have the feeling it will be a cold day in hell before I see fiber to my door.
April 12th, 2008 at 9:14 am
I don’t get it. first they are then they aren’t now they are going to build out fiber.
So which is it Qwest?
Geez. Talk about confused.
April 12th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Is it just coincidence that this announcement comes when city councils have to vote on re-bonding?