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Originally Posted by Boilerman
I’m curious about those who pay for these plans with higher bandwidths. We stream multiple TVs with 4K, phones, laptops etc. and have never has an issue with quantum fiber 200 mbps. Is it gaming? Special work needs? Just curious
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We have 1GBs service because my wife and I do a lot of work on our computers and just want our uploads and downloads and overall access to the internet to be as fast as possible. Also, we got in on that special $35/month deal two years ago that I don't think we will ever see again. But I agree, for the average Villager the 200Mbs is totally adequate and the 500Mbs service is more than they will ever need unless they are running a home business where they are uploading and or downloading very large files, etc.. Even when someone goes from 1GB cable to 500Mbs fiber the service will "seem" faster since you have a dedicated vs shared connection. When I help sign-up someone here in the Villages, unless they are very price sensitive I recommend the 500Mbs service to lock in the price so they will have no issues in the future if more internet bandwidth is needed. In the new areas where Quantum is being installed, you can get up to 8Gbs so they must know something will be happening in the future or why would they even set up that infrastructure especially in the Villages? We don't know what the future holds but if history tells us anything, we will need more internet bandwidth for streaming and other internet access in the coming years.
Update: last time we discussed this necessary speed question If I remember correctly there was one person who said all he needed was 100Mbs and proved to us why. Fortunately for him, Xfinity offers a super cheap service that provides these slow speeds. Its called Xfinity Now and it's $30/month for 100Mbs, I don't think there is anything cheaper here in the Villages.