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Old 06-22-2024, 02:55 PM
Risuli Risuli is offline
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Moved here in June 2022 and took Xfinity up on their offer of $55/month for 500 Mbps internet (equipment included) and just went with streaming for all needs. Of course it was a 2 year contract and this past month the bill jumped to $116. Called Xfinity and they said their lowest cost deal that they'd offer to keep the same service was $71/month. Noted that my home had a fiber cable already run to the house and I contacted Quantum Fiber. Quantum offered 1 Gbps* service for $35/month (allegedly for life) with no contract and equipment included. Of course the fine print for Quantum says its valid as long as they offer the same service, and the equipment price ISN'T part of the "life" guarantee. Nonetheless, I've had it installed and so far (like this last week!) its been great.

* Note: its 1 Gbps internet from the fiber router. For what ever reason when the house was built they put the ONLY fiber jack in the front bedroom; Quantum provides their WiFi 360 pods which provide mesh wifi for the rest of the home, but speed will NOT be 1 Gbps, more like 200-350 Mbps which is still more than enough for 4K HD, gaming, etc.