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Originally Posted by ltcdfancher
Great news. Thank you. To be sure that I understand, Centric service is active on the closing date. There is an operational fiber modem in the low-voltage panel with a single(?) Ethernet port into which I can connect any wireless access points, etc. Or do I interface with Centric at the over-kitchen cabinet data point?
(It doesn’t matter where really; I’m just trying to manage my own expectations.) |
After talking to several of my neighbors in the new Eastport area, it is hit and miss if Centric has hooked up ANY of the network cables. My neighbors house 2 doors down, ALL network cables were active. In my house, zero network cables were hooked up in the garage box.
Centric will connect 1 network outlet to the modem for free. After that, they offer a 4 way switch for free, but you need to pay $129? for them to put the cable connectors on in the garage panel box. This will not cover all the available network lines in our house. We have 2 (upper & lower) in the master bedroom and living room. And 1 upper in the lanai. We opted not to network wire the 2 other bedrooms.
For Centric to install a 10 port switch/put connectors on all network lines in the garage box was about $230? AND a monthly fee on top of that.
I had Centric come and connect the upper living room network line to the modem which just involved installing 3 Cat 6 connectors. 2 for the modem line (each cable end) and one for the upper living room line, and their supplied pass thru connector to hook up the living room line to the modem line, in the garage box.
I then bought a $16 8 port switch and a $29 Cat 6 connector kit which includes everything needed to easily install the Cat 6 connectors in the garage box to the new switch, also housed in the garage box.
Now all my network lines are active, if I ever need to use them.
Seems daunting, but it’s actually a very simple procedure.
And my Centric $40 a month base speed of 100 mbps has our 2 hardwired tv’s operating basically lag free. We are also streaming to 2 iPads and 2 iPhones at the same time.
No need for the 1gb internet speed, as 99.999% of us will never come close to using the base 100mbps speed, never mind their 1 gb speed.
Our graphic artist daughter was here for a few weeks. She is a data hog, up/down loading massive files thru the day. She had no issues streaming with our 100 mbps speed.
Why people think they need, pay for the 1gbps speed is beyond me, as they will NEVER USE that much capacity.
Think having a 4” fire hose connected to your house water supply, instead of the 1” water supply line. You will never use the 4” capacity. Ever!