[olug] new quest fiber signs?

[T. J. Brumfield]

A buddy of mine works for Qwest.  Verizon is running all new stuff,
fiber to the house.  Qwest plans to eventually do fiber to the house,
but they are starting with fiber to the neighborhood right now.

-- T. J.

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
>> >From what I read, Qwest isn't running fiber all the way to your house.
>>  They're just running fiber to each neighborhood.  Verizon is also
>> running new fiber internet, and I think both are claiming 20 megs a
>> second.
>
> Are you sure about that?  I read an article a year or so ago stating that
> Time Warner in Lincoln was running fiber all the way to the house in new,
> upscale neighborhoods.  They had no plans to retrofit older neighborhoods,
> unfortunately.  I have a hard time believing that Time Warner is cutting
> edge on anything, so Qwest may well be running fiber all the way to the
> house.
>
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