It’s Mid 2009 and Qwest Still Doesn’t Have DSL
Yesterday I posted about the demise of wired phone service. No where is this more apparent than in my own neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. I live right in the city in a neighborhood called Greenwood. When I moved here years ago, the local phone company (Qwest) had not yet upgraded their cabling infrastructure to allow for DSL. Now here in 2009 six years later, they still have not! I just checked a minute ago. This was the message:
Our network is continually being expanded, and we don’t want you to miss the opportunity to get a broadband Internet connection that can save you time, help you enjoy online activities, open up the option to work at home, and more! Please fill out the form below, and we will let you know when Qwest Broadband becomes available.
Yeah sure, and I won’t hold my breath. It looks a lot like what they told me years ago. In today’s economy, it’s not a good bet that companies like Qwest will be doing any kind of expansion. I recently read about a heap of layoffs at Qwest and upgrading their infrastructure is probably way on the back burner now.
And this is not some out of the way suburb; this is right in the city and should have been upgraded years ago. Fortunately for me, Comcast (the cable company in my area) is more than happy to provide broadband service. If you are planning a move and want DSL broadband, make sure your new neighborhood supports it. Meanwhile, the wireless industry flourishes!
Well here it is 2010 where is broadband??? Qwest has been saying they were gonna do it for the last 20 years I lived here. They are not doing anything!! If I got an extra 400 dollars a month for a 1.5 T-1 then we can talk. Other than that there is absolutely nothing no wireless no Comcast NOTHING!!! Oh and even better because Qwest useing a LINE MULTIPLEXER called a SLICK 96 witch is short for they did not want to spend the money for more lines so they make more lines out of nothing you get to surf the internet on the slowest dial up lines in town! Satellite internet anybody???? Hmm here is what you get a connection slightly better than dial but less reliable expensive as hell and polices put in place so after you buy it you can not even use it other than for checking email or very ligh I MEAN light browsing. I had it and it was so bad worked didn’t work I gave up and told Hughes Net to come and get it…. How I wish I had access by any means possilbe DAM! Fact is tried a network card from celluar guess what to far away from the tower it would not work either.
Hi No Broadband.. looks like you’re frustrated with the situation too! Fortunately there are other options on the horizon like wireless tethering. That may be available thru Lightyear Wireless at some point. Also since I wrote this post, Qwest was bought out by Century Tel so who knows.