I also just moved into the Villages. As an IT Expert for a living, I did my due diligence in picking Comcast. CenturyLink and BrightHouse offer asymmetric DSL at very lost speeds (comparatively). While the fools at CenturyLink tried to claim that 25MBps was sufficient for "any home they ever heard of" is laughable, the 1.5MB upload is the biggest issue. If you want to do VOIP (dont get it from your provider), have a smart thermostat, cameras and or want to upload videos, music, images...it is simply too slow. So, I went to Comcast...got NO contract and two TV's on my package for right at $60 a month.
Do not get Comcasts cable modem (there are many reasons). Go to a computer store (MME or other locals) and get the lowest cost DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem that you can buy (about $60). From there, get a firewall and WiFi (I can go crazy there). The ROI on your own modem is just under six months.
But, if you are buddies with your neighbors, hop on theirs. You will anyway if you connect to XfinityWiFi as it is all over the Villages. My new neighborhood as 17 SSID's broadcasting, all corrupting each other and most of them are a waste of bandwidth.
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