I recently upgraded to Qwest 7mbps and my speeds were worse than yours. One point the download speed was only 0.30 mbps but the techs came to my house and did some repairs and now I'm at 6.20 mbps.
I have Qwest 3 mb plan, i get .5 dl and upload speed. It kinda blows. Not even a good blow, but like one where the girl has a cheese grater in her mouth.
Ok , I will shed light on some simple truths about internet for you the masses. Internet bandwidths work like this. 1) you download speeds will always be about 1/10th of your subscribed bandwidth. 2) if you are doing a speedtest at a speedtest site that is not your providers - you are an idiot. 3) the speedtest will always be approximately 15% less then you provisioned rates due to a thing called OVERHEAD - that is the cost to send your data to and from on the internet. Knowledge is power.
Well upgrade to the 7mbps speed dumb dumb. You pay for 1.5 and get 1.3. Go ahead and switch to comcast. You'll pay $50/mo and show us a video then of how bad it sucks once 5pm rolls around. lol
Cable internet is based off of usage anyways, ever notice drops in speed during peak usage times, I pay for 35mps, and $10 extra bucks for a guaranteed 20mbps, cable internet never hits full speed neither does dsl its a fact of life
I am currently paying for 7.0 and my upload speed is 0.218. Infact, i couldn't even watch this video without it stopping 7 times.... Qwest is truly a rip off
I signed up for the 12Mbs service. I'm only getting up to 5Mbs at best. On the Qwest site, I didn't see this but my REAL connection speed is to be around 3-7Mbs. So I'm paying for almost half of what is advertised.
im in the same situation. i'd gladly pay a little more to get something that doesnt freeze every 5 minutes, but the faster DSL is not even available in my area.
Lol I disagree with you, qwest is really just trouble... Their tech's aren't that bright as well. I called their techs few years ago, they didn't even know how to port forward! They're internet is really failing as well. We got 1.5 MBps with them, yet we only get 150 KB a sec, not the 1.5 megabytes per sec they said to give
Lol, my friend you got it wrong. I was confused at first when I saw internet speeds. They mean megabits not megabytes. 1 megabit is about 100 Kilobytes so you are getting what they said. 10 mbps is almost equal to a megabyte and is generally expensive.
qwest is crap. when it comes to networking, a monkey knows more. their tech support is rude. not only that, but most of the technicans i delt wit are not "brightest" of the bunch. i really wish there was a better service. i like comcast but i just dont have the cash, does any1 noe a other option of cheap high speed dsl?
Not really, because your in Qwest territory, so you could find another ISP, but it still on Qwest lines and you have to deal with them to get the DSL loop, but a third party ISP. I would say keep it simple and get Qwest as your DSL and ISP provider if you can't afford Comcast, but I would look into every other option to keep Comcast instead.
Qwest blows, even IF you can get their 20Mbps connection, they still have 896Kbps upload, and they are NOT rolling fiber to the home, its fiber to the node, contrary to what their ads say... I'll take my 16/2 w/ powerboost on Comcast... :)
Qwest sucks, the fastest they can give me is 3Mbps down and 896 kbps up, for the same price I got Comcast which is 6Mbps down and 1Mbps up. Qwest is a joke, at best.
I recently upgraded to Qwest 7mbps and my speeds were worse than yours. One point the download speed was only 0.30 mbps but the techs came to my house and did some repairs and now I'm at 6.20 mbps.
michael85225 7 months ago
well your fucking lucky thats over 1 mb/s im using hamilton isp and its the shittiest i get 30 kb/s maybe if im lucky ill get 100 kb/s at night
Ravagar 8 months ago
Wow, faster upload than my RoadRunner broadband...
YoutuJ3eJ3lows 9 months ago
U pay for what u get dumbass. i have 12mbps from qwest u cheap peice of shit
mega160 1 year ago
I have Qwest 3 mb plan, i get .5 dl and upload speed. It kinda blows. Not even a good blow, but like one where the girl has a cheese grater in her mouth.
3onthekinsy 1 year ago
Then y don't you upgrade it to 7mbps instead of 1.5mbps dumbass? Qwest is perfectly fine.
xXMozManXx 1 year ago
Ok , I will shed light on some simple truths about internet for you the masses. Internet bandwidths work like this. 1) you download speeds will always be about 1/10th of your subscribed bandwidth. 2) if you are doing a speedtest at a speedtest site that is not your providers - you are an idiot. 3) the speedtest will always be approximately 15% less then you provisioned rates due to a thing called OVERHEAD - that is the cost to send your data to and from on the internet. Knowledge is power.
sftech6 1 year ago
@sftech6
NO. You are wrong. Download speeds are advertised in megabits/kilobits while your download progress bar shows measurements in megabytes/kilobytes.
For example an 8 megaBIT download speed will give you a 1 MegaBYTE download reading. 8 bits are in a 1 byte.
8megabits IS 1 megabyte.
My download speed is 40mb/ sec which is 5MB/sec. Learn the difference so you don't make yourself look like a fool.
danie123182 8 months ago
should i get it? looks cheep and good price!
alltimegamer247 1 year ago
Well upgrade to the 7mbps speed dumb dumb. You pay for 1.5 and get 1.3. Go ahead and switch to comcast. You'll pay $50/mo and show us a video then of how bad it sucks once 5pm rolls around. lol
sigwart 2 years ago
Cable internet is based off of usage anyways, ever notice drops in speed during peak usage times, I pay for 35mps, and $10 extra bucks for a guaranteed 20mbps, cable internet never hits full speed neither does dsl its a fact of life
cclark0724 2 years ago
You are ridiculous spend the money and get a faster speed of internet everyone know 1.5 sucks Qwest has 40mbps available get with the times idiot
cclark0724 2 years ago
1.5 meg line... your retarded.
simpsda 2 years ago
Hahahaha i live in denver too.... Comcast FTW!
ViEt3o3Boi 2 years ago
I am currently paying for 7.0 and my upload speed is 0.218. Infact, i couldn't even watch this video without it stopping 7 times.... Qwest is truly a rip off
bakoch25 2 years ago
Qwest = fail
Comcast = Win
Also, Comcast just deployed their DOCSIS 3.0 upgrades, so their base package will be 12/2, and their premium package is 50/10.
BlueRollinCoal 2 years ago
I signed up for the 12Mbs service. I'm only getting up to 5Mbs at best. On the Qwest site, I didn't see this but my REAL connection speed is to be around 3-7Mbs. So I'm paying for almost half of what is advertised.
rudyiking 2 years ago
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ruffio72 2 years ago
im in the same situation. i'd gladly pay a little more to get something that doesnt freeze every 5 minutes, but the faster DSL is not even available in my area.
Qwest is the very definition of failure.
ruffio72 2 years ago
uh... thats a perfect 1.5 meg line. get a life there is nothing wrong here...
rabidsquirrel360 2 years ago 4
thats one perfect 1.5 meg line. i see nothing wrong here. move along
timbermax 3 years ago 5
I hate qwests internet. It always disconnects when i play a game online. And their higher speed service isnt available in my area
BerwickonTweed 3 years ago
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rabidsquirrel360 3 years ago
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rabidsquirrel360 3 years ago
Lol I disagree with you, qwest is really just trouble... Their tech's aren't that bright as well. I called their techs few years ago, they didn't even know how to port forward! They're internet is really failing as well. We got 1.5 MBps with them, yet we only get 150 KB a sec, not the 1.5 megabytes per sec they said to give
ut5t 3 years ago
Lol, my friend you got it wrong. I was confused at first when I saw internet speeds. They mean megabits not megabytes. 1 megabit is about 100 Kilobytes so you are getting what they said. 10 mbps is almost equal to a megabyte and is generally expensive.
UltimateMods 3 years ago
Yeah I know that lol... Anyway..... Qwest still hasnt given us our full internet speed.
ut5t 3 years ago
compare to clearwire this actually pretty good.
CocainWhip 3 years ago 3
Damn thats slow
kklasen 3 years ago
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rabidsquirrel360 3 years ago
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rabidsquirrel360 3 years ago
qwest is crap. when it comes to networking, a monkey knows more. their tech support is rude. not only that, but most of the technicans i delt wit are not "brightest" of the bunch. i really wish there was a better service. i like comcast but i just dont have the cash, does any1 noe a other option of cheap high speed dsl?
beeldred234 3 years ago
Not really, because your in Qwest territory, so you could find another ISP, but it still on Qwest lines and you have to deal with them to get the DSL loop, but a third party ISP. I would say keep it simple and get Qwest as your DSL and ISP provider if you can't afford Comcast, but I would look into every other option to keep Comcast instead.
Cjaiceman 3 years ago
Qwest blows, even IF you can get their 20Mbps connection, they still have 896Kbps upload, and they are NOT rolling fiber to the home, its fiber to the node, contrary to what their ads say... I'll take my 16/2 w/ powerboost on Comcast... :)
Cjaiceman 3 years ago
my ping is 40
joeldude76 3 years ago
I have Qwest and it works great!
cooolproductions 3 years ago
THANK YOU! jesus christ sometimes i felt like i was the only one :)
rabidsquirrel360 3 years ago
Honestly I never seen anything like it as in you download something and you cant even open a website
btw this is 1,5 MB plan which by any means ain't cheap but is the cheapest they offer
hitammemikul 3 years ago
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rabidsquirrel360 3 years ago
@hitammemikul i got the 12mbps and its slower than urs...im on gay tech support right now in line behind 40 people
CrazyForCooCooPuffs 1 year ago
Qwest sucks, the fastest they can give me is 3Mbps down and 896 kbps up, for the same price I got Comcast which is 6Mbps down and 1Mbps up. Qwest is a joke, at best.
Cjaiceman 3 years ago
i have cebridge cable thare alot slower than that im suppose to be getting 2mb a sec im only getting 240kbs a sec
mowtown23 3 years ago
I fucking hate qwest dsl, it sucks so badly, I can barely load this Youtube video.
Wii4me 3 years ago
Dude what system you got??
BGPOND30 3 years ago
Its 3mb speed.
Wii4me 3 years ago
oh i love that song :)
but nice test
miguellovesjesus 3 years ago