Marsh Bend question

[jrjan1]

Hi everyone,

My husband and I are moving to Marsh Bend next week and I was researching internet providers. Since the streets are new, some of the search results say there is no service there.

Is this correct? or is it just not updated?

Could someone from Marsh Bend offer some advice on internet providers?

Thanks in advance.

[JoMar]

Call both Comcast and Service Electric and ask..

[vintageogauge]

Call Spectrum also and simply give them your address.

[MrExcite721]

Im going through the same thing. Spectrum will tell you they are not offering service in your area, but will come out and do a access survey to determine if its feasible to reach your property. I am still looking into that, as I have no interest in Comcast/Xfinity. Please post any further developments if you go in that direction!!

[M2inOR]

We are in a home in the neighborhood surrounded by the Lowlands golf course, near Cattail. We visit the Spectrum office on 301 periodically for updated info about service. The guys there say, “soon” only not yet.

We can wait, as we have little interest to use Comcast.

[vintageogauge]

We dropped Spectrum after the cost sky rocketed to over $200/month and have had Comcast for the last several months with no problems whatsoever and much cheaper with a 2 year guaranteed rate.

[M2inOR]

$200/mo for just internet?

[PoolBrews]

I have Comcast/Xfinity. I have the 220+ channel pack with 200MBps speed. It's only $126/month. I've had both CenturyLink and Xfinity and both have worked well for me. If you have Xfinity, you can use their app on all of your smart TV's in the home and you don't get charged for additional TV's.

[Northerner52]

I live in MB and have Comcast, the preferred provider, and they are the only cable company that carry The Villages TV and radio, Chanels 2 and 99. Love the voice remote too.

[M2inOR]

For those with Comcast, a few questions:
1. What is the non-discounted rate for Internet only, and for internet and basic cable?
2. For internet, interest in upload speeds at various times of the day.

Out here in Oregon, the tech Comcast uses provides fast download speeds, but uploads are quite slow due to how the technology is implemented for neighborhoods.

You can easily check your speeds by visiting URL "www dot speedtest dot net" with a Mac or Windows PC browser. If hardwired, performance should be better than the typical WiFi performance.

For the URL above, substitute "." for "dot" and eliminate the spaces. Type that into your favorite browser.

Thanks.

[JoMar]

$200/mo for just internet?

No, he made a mistake, he meant over $200 for triple play. I have Spectrum triple play and my bill is $195.00 including taxes, surcharges, broadcast fees etc. and NO contract. Some neighborhoods below 44 have Spectrum and, as I understand it, it gets wired for service along with other utilities. Xfinity is the preferred vendor since they have an agreement with the Developer which goes back to the time when they were the only game in town. The Developer has opened access to Spectrum and Century Link south of 466A although I believe Century Link is moving away from wired services nationwide. It's a personal choice, some people love Comcast and others hate it. Very few will tell you that they made a bad decision when they chose their provider, your due diligence should be your guide, not our opinions.

[M2inOR]

Thank you for the updated info. That's inline with my expectations.

I have Frontier FiOS in Oregon, and the rates are comparable. The fiber delivered internet and TV is reliable, and faster than what I even need. Hoping the same with Spectrum once it's turned on in our neighborhood. Neighbor has Comcast, and he's already got billing issues. Internet and TV are fine, but he's not happy with the billing snafus.

[B-flat]

Speedtest by Ookla - The Global Broadband Speed Test (https://www.speedtest.net/)

[EdFNJ]

For those with Comcast, a few questions:
1. What is the non-discounted rate for Internet only, and for internet and basic cable?
2. For internet, interest in upload speeds at various times of the day.

Out here in Oregon, the tech Comcast uses provides fast download speeds, but uploads are quite slow due to how the technology is implemented for neighborhoods.

You can easily check your speeds by visiting URL "www dot speedtest dot net" with a Mac or Windows PC browser. If hardwired, performance should be better than the typical WiFi performance.

For the URL above, substitute "." for "dot" and eliminate the spaces. Type that into your favorite browser.

Thanks.


I get 250-300megs/20 megs solid with no variation day or night. As much as I have always despised ComCrap I am having no issues with them. Paying $126 for 220 TV pack and 250/20 internet and that includes $15 /mo for modem which I would not normally do but was the only way to avoid their 1TB/mo cap down here. I have 2 security cams that use 1TB++ alone so I needed their "no cap" service. which requires 250meg internet + their modem or else it was $50/mo EXTRA for no cap so it ended up cheaper this way. While Comcrap is the devil I had to sell my soul. Best Spectrum could offer here is 25meg DSL which rarely got me 10megs for the 9 days I tried it. They do have gig fiber in some areas but not here so Comcrap was my only option.

Offers vary but I think it was around $65 for 150 meg internet but if you take some useless basic TV package you can get a better price.

[Altavia]

Is any one using the access point in the ceiling of the main living area they are installing in new homes?

[Nell57]

Are you in Marsh Bend?

[pacjag]

Is any one using the access point in the ceiling of the main living area they are installing in new homes?

I have not heard this was being done. More info?

[Altavia]

I have not heard this was being done. More info?

They are running a network cable to a box in the ceiling of the main living area. Installing a wifi access point there could give optimal wifi coverage to the home.


Best Wi-Fi Access Points (Updated for 2019) - The Geek Pub (https://www.thegeekpub.com/11555/best-wi-fi-access-points/)

[pacjag]

Interesting. I am pretty sure I do not have a cable run up there. Certainly no one told me about it. Now that the weather has cooled I may venture up there to check.

[Altavia]

I'd expect to see a cover plate on the ceiling if there.

There would be a blue network cable in the box.

[M2inOR]

Thanks for the Comcast report, and other answers.

Mine is a new designer home which we purchased in August and closed on in September. There was no access point in the ceiling in our Iris.

Once I get Internet installed, I will add a "mesh" network" from TP-Link. This uses several small APs that communicate with each other over a private channel. One of the APs connects to the main cable modem entering the home. This works more efficiently than typical WiFi repeaters. Additionally, the Deco APs that form the whole house WiFi coverage also have extra filtering that block suspected sites. I've used the same setup at my Oregon home for several years. Coming from the tech industry, I have a lot of devices on my network - Arlo and Blink security cameras, in-home servers, tablets, desktops, smartphones, and laptops. My home office served me well for 15 years, working on projects with Apple, Microsoft, and other consumer and pro tech companies. I was with LaCie for a long time before retiring, developing products for Mac and Windows computers.

One thing I did right away is to have Galaxy rewire all the ports inside the home to be full Ethernet. TV originally had Galaxy configure all the Ethernet ports wired as phone lines. I had them reconfigured as full Ethernet ports in each of the rooms, and I also had them drop an Ethernet port to the likely TV area in the living room. Only one jack was kept as a true telephone jack. I also had them label all the CAT-5 cables in the garage low-voltage box. The Iris also has coax cable outlets in each of the rooms.

If Spectrum doesn't get their act together by January, I'll bite the bullet and install Comcast.

Out here in Oregon, I had both Comcast and FiOS installed, and the FiOS was clearly better. Comcast here down-sampled the HD TV channels, lowering the quality of the video, though still technically 1080 HD. FiOS did not down-sample the video quality at all. The Comcast coax based internet will always have lower upload speeds, while true fiber based internet should have symmetrical download and upload speeds. The latter is a good thing when you have backups/uploads to the "cloud".

Good internet download speeds are essential for streaming video, especially since some services like Netflix and Amazon Prime now deliver 4K programming that is excellent if you have the right TV.

[Altavia]

Did you have Galaxy comeback after closing?

Ubiquiti AP's have worked well for me in the past.

Ubiquiti - Products (https://www.ui.com/products/#unifi)

[M2inOR]

Did you have Galaxy comeback after closing?
...


Yes, I did.

[Biggles]

Does anyway know the Name and Phone Number of the Comcast/Xfinity customer service person in The Villages. I think its Ron but that's just a guess.

[M2inOR]

Just checked with Spectrum last night, November 15. Typed my address into the Spectrum website, and was able to schedule an install at my Brooks Ave home.

Install dates for November and December were available.