From the FUD Department: Qwest's Fiber Pipe Dreams

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.

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5 Responses to From the FUD Department: Qwest's Fiber Pipe Dreams

  1. LOL!

    It isn’t only the internet speed that makes Utopia desirable…it is the GREAT customer service.

    QWEST PHONE/INTERNET SUCKS!

  2. This should be an interesting listen for us internet users:

    http://twit.tv/sn139

  3. John says:

    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.

  4. u235sentinel says:

    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.

  5. john havey says:

    Is it just coincidence that this announcement comes when city councils have to vote on re-bonding?

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