high speed internet

[Gita56]

I started a new post because the most recent I could find searching the topic was over a year ago. Looking for alternative to Comcast (North of 466A) that does 25mp. Comcast increasing bill 30+% Jan 1. Need high speed for VPN connection for business in home.

Brighthouse not available north of 466A; Prism not fast enough; Fios not here yet; .... HELP!

[OpusX1]

You need that speed you have one choice I think. Pay up at least you can write it off.

[Bryan]

Check with CenturyLink. I know you said Prism was not fast enough byt if you are in one of the areas north of 466 where CenturyLink has installed fiber optic cable, Prism runs at about 40.

[ureout]

Check with CenturyLink. I know you said Prism was not fast enough byt if you are in one of the areas north of 466 where CenturyLink has installed fiber optic cable, Prism runs at about 40.

im N of 466 and have century link.....40mbps paying $41 a month for 2 years

[capecoralbill]

Ouch, seems like Comcast just boosted me 10 dollars two months ago, now we're in for anew increase in January?
Has anyone had any success with Verizon or other "hotspot" devices?

[spturnip]

North of 466A houses should have connections with both Comcast and CenturyLink. Since I get TV from an antenna (that I use with TiVo devices and supplement with streaming movies from Netflix and Amazon Prime), I only subscribe to Internet only.

During 2015, I had Comcast 75 Mb/sec internet, which more often tested at 90 Mb/sec, for $40 / month. When my "new customer" special ran out, they were going to increase to $60 / month, but offered me this year's new customer special of $50 /month when I asked to cancel.

I am in the process of canceling Comcast and returning to CenturyLInk for their 40 Mb/sec service at $35 / month (Internet only). They also offer 100 Mb/sec service at a higher price.

Note that CenturyLink has a fiber optic network in this area, where as Comcast still uses copper. Some year from now CenturyLink will be offering fiber network customers 1 Gb/sec internet, but price has not been disclosed.

[JerryLBell]

What are the higher-speed options for south of 466A? We bought a house there this year that we are retiring to in a year or so and are curious about the options. Where we live now in North Carolina, we've got options for 300 Mbs from Time Warner and gigabit from AT&T and (soon) Google. I hear of 40 Mb/s, 75 Mb/s and 90 Mb/s and they just sound so slowww.... But then, maybe I won't be in such a hurry then!

[dbussone]

BrightHouse has 100, 150, and 300. I find 150 to be very satisfactory. I have two smart TVs, 2 iPhones, 2 iPads, 2laptops and a printer all running off our network. No issues at all.

[Bosoxfan]

Any of you here know anything about WIFI? I'm having a terrible time with ours.Its sporadic .Some nights we have absolutely no problem but others Carol could be using her Kindle without a problem but I have problems using my tablet. We just recently added speed to our connection .It didn't help.Any suggestions would be appreciated

[zcaveman]

Any of you here know anything about WIFI? I'm having a terrible time with ours.Its sporadic .Some nights we have absolutely no problem but others Carol could be using her Kindle without a problem but I have problems using my tablet. We just recently added speed to our connection .It didn't help.Any suggestions would be appreciated

Changing the channel number helped me at one time:

Change Your Wi-Fi Channel Number to Avoid Interference (http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wifihomenetworking/qt/wifichannel.htm)

Write down the old number and change the channel number to see if it helps. If it doesn't you can always change the number back.

Z

[biker1]

I believe the 1 gigabit/sec is available now from Century Link (fiber only). When I asked, the price was over $100/month. I currently have 40 megabits/sec download and 20 megabits/sec upload for $35/month.

North of 466A houses should have connections with both Comcast and CenturyLink. Since I get TV from an antenna (that I use with TiVo devices and supplement with streaming movies from Netflix and Amazon Prime), I only subscribe to Internet only.

During 2015, I had Comcast 75 Mb/sec internet, which more often tested at 90 Mb/sec, for $40 / month. When my "new customer" special ran out, they were going to increase to $60 / month, but offered me this year's new customer special of $50 /month when I asked to cancel.

I am in the process of canceling Comcast and returning to CenturyLInk for their 40 Mb/sec service at $35 / month (Internet only). They also offer 100 Mb/sec service at a higher price.

Note that CenturyLink has a fiber optic network in this area, where as Comcast still uses copper. Some year from now CenturyLink will be offering fiber network customers 1 Gb/sec internet, but price has not been disclosed.

[biker1]

I work from home (software development, I am ssh'd into multiple remote systems all day and move some pretty big tarballs around) and stream to two TVs using Roku boxes. I have 40 megabit/sec and it is overkill. Netflix in HiDef only uses 5 megabits/sec. I suspect most people probably pay for more bandwidth than they need and may only have access to a portion of the bandwidth because of poor WiFi performance.

What are the higher-speed options for south of 466A? We bought a house there this year that we are retiring to in a year or so and are curious about the options. Where we live now in North Carolina, we've got options for 300 Mbs from Time Warner and gigabit from AT&T and (soon) Google. I hear of 40 Mb/s, 75 Mb/s and 90 Mb/s and they just sound so slowww.... But then, maybe I won't be in such a hurry then!

[JerryLBell]

I work from home (software development, I am ssh'd into multiple remote systems all day and move some pretty big tarballs around) and stream to two TVs using Roku boxes. I have 40 megabit/sec and it is overkill. Netflix in HiDef only uses 5 megabits/sec. I suspect most people probably pay for more bandwidth than they need and may only have access to a portion of the bandwidth because of poor WiFi performance.
I bumped up from 15 Mb/s to 300 Mb/s and the difference was night and day. I could not stream Netflix or Amazon with anything remotely like HD resolution and even then the image was pixelated as could be. Even YouTube spent way too much time buffering (and these were hard-wired connections, not WiFi). Maybe 300 Mb/s is overkill and 40 Mb/s is entirely adequate, but 300 Mb/s is pretty sweet.

[HimandMe]

I work from home (software development, I am ssh'd into multiple remote systems all day and move some pretty big tarballs around) and stream to two TVs using Roku boxes. I have 40 megabit/sec and it is overkill. Netflix in HiDef only uses 5 megabits/sec. I suspect most people probably pay for more bandwidth than they need and may only have access to a portion of the bandwidth because of poor WiFi performance.

How can I fix wifi performance. In the last ten minutes, this has flickered on and off six times! We have one of the larger Comcast packages for internet, even the supervisor out and have just about had it. HELP!

[biker1]

Before moving to 40 megabits/sec, we had 10 megabits/sec download. We had no issues streaming Netflix in 1080p HiDef on 2 sets at the same time. The move to 40 megabits/sec was motivated by an attempt to improve the voice quality of my Voice-over-IP phone (via the associated increase in the upload bandwidth). The phone issue was resolved and didn't appear to be bandwidth related but we kept the 40 megabits/sec. I see faster scps of larger files but Netflix quality is unchanged as 10 megabits/sec is sufficient to sustain two HiDef streams. Century Link is pretty solid. Perhaps your problems were Comcast quality of service issues and not bandwidth.


I bumped up from 15 Mb/s to 300 Mb/s and the difference was night and day. I could not stream Netflix or Amazon with anything remotely like HD resolution and even then the image was pixelated as could be. YouTube spent way too much time buffering (and these were hard-wired connections, not WiFi). Maybe 300 Mb/s is overkill and 40 Mb/s is entirely adequate, but 300 Mb/s is pretty sweet.

[biker1]

I can't diagnose issues remotely. If Comcast can't help you, I would drop them like third period French ( assuming you live in a part of The Villages where you have a choice of ISPs )

How can I fix wifi performance. In the last ten minutes, this has flickered on and off six times! We have one of the larger Comcast packages for internet, even the supervisor out and have just about had it. HELP!

[kissmelatr]

Can anyone tell me if you need to have roku or anyone of those other boxes to do streaming. I have a smart tv and amazon prime. I can watch it on my smart tv but not for long until it says I have low bandwith. I am going to move the modem next to tv. I have comcast internet blast. Also nexflix and hulu can also be watched. So why would I need to purchase roku etc. I am at a lost. Only thing I know is Comcast cable has go to go. As I know nothing about this technical issues any of your help would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to email back so I will be sure to get the info. Thank you all.

[tuccillo]

If you have a smart TV you don't need another box for streaming. While a Roku box will probably give you access to more material than your smart TV can, the lion's share of what you are likely to stream is available through your TV.

The bandwidth issues can be caused by poor WiFi performance. There are a few things you can try such as moving the Comcast box closer to your TV, changing the WiFi channel on your Comcast box (there are typically several WiFi channels available and the default may not be the best), and, lastly, using cat5 cable instead of WiFi (you need the Comcast box close to the TV and your TV must accept a cat5 cable). I am assuming you don't have any issues with what Comcast is delivering to your Comcast box - you mentioned "Blast", I believe that is a reasonably high bandwidth offering.

Can anyone tell me if you need to have roku or anyone of those other boxes to do streaming. I have a smart tv and amazon prime. I can watch it on my smart tv but not for long until it says I have low bandwith. I am going to move the modem next to tv. I have comcast internet blast. Also nexflix and hulu can also be watched. So why would I need to purchase roku etc. I am at a lost. Only thing I know is Comcast cable has go to go. As I know nothing about this technical issues any of your help would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to email back so I will be sure to get the info. Thank you all.