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My family switched to Comcast's digital phone. No complaints so far. But they did keep their old number. No telling what kind of history a new Comcast number has.
Comcast far better for bandwidth than Qwest. I think both are dependent on your home's wiring for reliability and quality. Comcast's a bit better for troubleshooting, but Qwest tends to not be bad either.
Am tempted to move my number from Qwest to Comcast, but will wait to see how well it works for my family.
I use Comcast both at home and at work, we originally used Qwest but found Comcast to be more bang for my buck, especially at work. There we use Broadvoice as VOIP and have had absolutely no problems with them whatsoever and I'm really getting used to having my voicemails emailed to me and being able to listen to them wherever I am.
Hi all!
I'm moving back to ABQ{as some of ya already know} I'm trying to remember if ABQ is Dish network friendly. Yes, l ike an idiot I signed up nearly a year ago when we moved here {buttcrack,AR} as my son lovingly calls it
Now if only I could remember how long Dish contracts are..If any help is possible?
I went for Qwest, and it seems fine, although I haven't given it a serious bandwidth workout yet.
As for TV, I have a new set-top antenna that pulls in the digital channels beautifully. So now I can see all nine channels that are English-language and non-religious. I don't want to sound complaining, because I know if I had satellite or cable, I'd be watching "Mythbusters" and stuff all day. As it is, I'm giving the most use to the weather on Channel 4.2.
Speaking of 4.2, they list weather in cities all over NM, with parts of AZ and CO. Do the ABQ stations broadcast strong enough to reach that far (which would explain my set-top antenna results, vs. the lousy picture I had in L.A.), or are there re-transmitters around the state?
OK, I have to be fair and give Qwest some brownie points. My danged DSL was performing so badly that they sent me a new modem....didn't help. Sat on the phone for over an hour while the techs checked the line, etc. They decided to send a tech out the next day - nice guy, knew his stuff. Seems Qwest now has fiber optic in my area. Tech guy switched me over at the box and reprogrammed everything - and it's a HUGE improvement. So, if you have Qwest and it's slow, call and inquire about fiber optic in your area. Apparently they aren't switching services over automatically.
I got 5370 down and 725 up using Qwest DSL on speedtest. I was with Comcast and changed because I noticed the service was variable. Cable broadband users share their service with others in their neighborhood, so while you might easily get 10M during the day, in the evening it might slow. It's the only difference I've noticed between the two services. It all depends on your neighborhood, so you could have an entirely different experience across town. Also, I think the infrastructure is still very spotty in places around NM, resulting in some really poor experiences in some places. At one point I had dialup in a little town near Belen. Let's just say I never clicked on the "broadband version" of any downloads. There are some posters that have horror stories about Qwest, so I think it may be six of one, half dozen of the other. There used to be a site that measured actual line noise, interference or general signal quality. I think it was US Robotics. Anyway, I'd leave it in Comcast's hands. File a complaint and see if you can get some guys with some equipment to test your local signal quality. Oh, I had a bad connector outside of the house when I was still on Comcast. They found it, I replaced it for 10 bucks and saw a noticeable improvement in signal quality. Check all of the connections you can get to for tightness, corrosion, etc.
Cable broadband users share their service with others in their neighborhood, so while you might easily get 10M during the day, in the evening it might slow.
I've heard the same thing. The total bandwidth is limited, so more users mean slower service. I don't think DSL has those same limitations.
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I'm trying to remember if ABQ is Dish network friendly. Yes, l ike an idiot I signed up nearly a year ago when we moved here {buttcrack,AR} as my son lovingly calls it 
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