[biker1]

See my comments below.

Originally Posted by TheDude

I've been looking into it. Now I am not sure if Xfinity uses Fiber Optic cables though the internet seems fast and can't imagine they don't.

>>> They don't. The fiber at your house is used by Century Link only.

Looking into Century Link, they do not have home security and they require auto-pay. Friend of my mine who Century Link says the service is good, but the customer service is not. That is not what I say, but it is moving me personally to the other direction.

>>>CenturyLink does not require autopay but it will save you some money. We use it and have not had any issues.

(sorry to sidetrack) From personal experience in my life with Netflix 4K. I lived in NYC and used Cablevision. I had the 40mps service and always checked on speediest.net. Even though the 4K bar in Netflix would show up, my 40mps had trouble and movies were slow and stopped at times. That was a couple years ago. Currently I have 75mps (ATT, Fiber Optics) and no problems with Netflix HD as I really am doing 85mps.

>>>>I don't know about your service in NYC. Some of the coax based internet providers use a "loop" so you are sharing bandwidth with others on the loop. I achieve the advertised CenturyLink bandwidth regardless of the time of day. For lack of a better term, they appear to have "home runs" to the homes.

Now I have been looking at Brighthouse also. Its another one in the game. (but watch OP says, I will probably take them off the board)

Basically for me, it is going to go down to a couple options.

Who is using the Fiber Optics

>> CenturyLink uses fiber optics for most customers. However, I would not focus on the technology. Choose the provider that offers the services you need at the price that you want to pay. All of the internet providers offer more than sufficient bandwidth for whatever you are likely to want to do, except for some areas where CenturyLink does not have fiber.

Are the channels I watch in HD
Home Security cheaper to bundle with Xfinity than to buy from another company