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Originally Posted by Bill14564
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Copper cable can be just as reliable as fiber. There are physical limitations and mitigations with both.
Availability, service reliability, price, and support all matter more than the particular technology being used.
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Sorry, Copper cable is susceptible to water, moisture, and all kinds of buried environmental attacks. Also, it's also susceptible to all kinds of emi/rfi interference expecially from
lightning and cable systems need to be periodically powered from your home to the ISP which fiber does not. Known fact, fiber, overall is more reliable or Internet providers would still be deploying copper cable which they are not. In fact, just the opposite.
Now are you saying Xfinity or Spectrum is just as reliable as Quantum? Different question. All three companies are very reliable just with the cable companies you are always getting promotions that you have to constantly re-negotiate. And the technology is totally different.
As mentioned, when people reach out to me for help connecting to Quantum, a significant number say they are tired of the buffering at prime times, and this will vary depending on where you live here in the Villages, along with the need to reduce their monthly costs. The reduction comes with the internet service
and getting rid of cable and moving to streaming.
Remember, cable is a "shared" connection with good download but terrible upload speeds where fiber is a "dedicated" connection with the same download and upload speeds.
The need for speed was mentioned. In many cases, cable subscribers sigh up for the higher speeds so when they sometimes get "slow-downs" during peak times they still have enough speed to do what they want. With fiber there is no need for that.
Finally, did you know, one of the most common ways an induced lightning power surge can enter your home and damage and or destroy your sensitive electronic devices is through the copper cable line? It happens a lot and most do not know or install any surge protection on the incoming cable line to their home. In fact, many aren't even properly grounded. The protector costs about $29.95 on Amazon. With fiber there is no need to worry about this.
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