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Old 10-15-2013, 08:45 PM
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The internet speed quoted by the cable companies is the maximum speed that they will give you. They don't quote you a minimum speed.
In some parts of The Villages Century Link uses twisted pairs of copper wire to the house. That technology worked well at the beginning of the last century for telephone service but will not work for modern data needs. Century Link is adding equipment to the boxes around The Villages but until they start replacing the copper twisted pair wire in the ground leading from their boxes to your house they will never even come close to Comcast internet speeds.