Some parts of The Villages have the older DSL protocol over copper wires from CenturyLink and the bandwidth is limited by the distance from the local switching station. Many other parts have the newer fiber optic-to-the-house technology and the supported download speeds are higher. If you are in an older area not support by fiber-to-the-house you may be better off with a different vendor. CenturyLink is a publicly traded company and they may not see a point in upgrading some of the areas from DSL to fiber. There may be significant cost involved with the installation of new capabilities and there may not be the customer base to support the investment. This does not mean they are discriminating. Again, you have other choices.
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Originally Posted by vermonster
The fine print says speeds up to 100 mbps. In the northern parts of The Villages, the $49 price gets you a speed up to 20 mbps. They claim they can increase that to 40 mbps, but only if you pay them $100 to have a technician come out. That is discriminatory, and should be investigated. It is too bad that internet service is not treated as a public utility like electric and gas service, which oversees the quality and pricing of these utilities. Isn't internet service the twenty-first century equivalent of those other twentieth century utlities?
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