Qwest Communications is testing and reportedly planning a new VDSL2 broadband service supporting 40 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps up for $109.99 per month. Nothing has been confirmed, but if it happens, the service could come as DOCSIS 3.0 solutions in the neighborhood of 50 Mbps are starting to make market impact .
The service would be a step up from Qwest's ADSL2+ as well as making that challenge to DOCSIS 3.0 wideband, but never mind all the speed differences. Telephony reports Qwest CFO Joe Eueteneuer said the of broadband that "speed is almost a non-issue," Maybe that's what you says when you are not quite as fast as DOCSIS 3.0, but pretty close
For more:
DSL Reports has this story [1]
Telephony has this post [2]
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Qwest touted ADSL2+ in early 2008 [3]
Links:
[1] http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Sources-Qwests-Cooking-Up-New-40Mbps-Tier-102887
[2] http://blog.telephonyonline.com/unfiltered/2009/06/11/qwest-cfo-broadband-speeds-a-non-issue/
[3] http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/qwest-announces-20-mbps-12-mbps-on-fttn/2008-04-24