[Sabella]

Originally Posted by jabacon6669

Good morning,
My wife and I will be moving to the villages right after Christmas. My question has to do with cable and internet service. We have a dish on the side of the house. What's the best way to go, and what's the approx. cost. Up north we have Comcast, but it is very expensive, over $250/month. Regards.

Comcast has price increases every January. If your service includes cable tv starting with January 2021 every month you will pay $18.50 broadcast fee and $9.20 regional sports fee(increase of$5.50 from 2020) The triple play plans( phone,internet,cable tv) are cheaper than using two of Comcast services. These services from Comcast are 2 year commitments with a penalty if u cancel before. Modem/ router monthly rental $15.00, TV box $7.50 from $5.00 in 2020. It is better to own your own equipment. When I purchased my own modem/router my blast internet speed went from 200mbp to 100mbp? Recently my 2 years was up and Comcast was going to charge me over $200. Monthly. I was paying $159. monthly for 3 services after calling to cancel and negotiating I was able to keep the same service for the same price. (Forgot about yearly price increase) my monthly bill now says I am saving $83. A month. If you call them to use their service make sure they email you a copy of what you agreed to before you sign it to make sure service and price are what they stated. Next time around I will cancel phone and tv and use cell phone and stream tv. The price for any internet service is excessive but that’s how they make up for losing people from their other services.

[laboutj]

Originally Posted by jabacon6669

Hi All,
Thanks for all the info. So, in conclusion, we went to our local Comcast office, and they put us on seasonal, $50. This in itself is a scam, for what, just prevents me from having to return the equipment. And, an additional $20 to keep my internet, so I can see my cameras. So, $70 in total. Oh well, better than $255. Which I will address when we return in May. Now, in Florida, we are going to go with Comcast. It appears, we will be able to get good internet speed and television package for around $150. Hopefully, I'll be ahead of the game by about $35/month.Thanks again.

My wife and I are snowbirds. We have Comcast in both homes. Your best bet is to buy your own modem/router combos for both locations. It's a hit up front, but you will recoup the cost in 10 months (in each location). Approximately $150 apiece, but you are paying somewhere around $17/month to rent the modem/router combo. There's also Roku sticks, unless you have a smart tv. We had to buy the Roku's so that my elderly father in law could navigate his way around and the Roku's make it simple (less buttons to push, less chance to turn on spanish language or change inputs). We couldn't do seasonal because we have have security in both homes. But we are still paying $50/month for internet in each location and have Youtube TV ($65/month), which travels with us. $165/month combined for both homes with 300MB service in each. No WiFi drops, rock solid.

[bobnyce]

Originally Posted by jabacon6669

Good morning,
My wife and I will be moving to the villages right after Christmas. My question has to do with cable and internet service. We have a dish on the side of the house. What's the best way to go, and what's the approx. cost. Up north we have Comcast, but it is very expensive, over $250/month. Regards.

Your best bet is to get the best internet service you can afford, buy a fire stick or similar device and stream since it requires no equipment, contract etc.

We have found Prime Video, Brit Box and You Tube TV to meet all of our needs and there are plenty of others to choose from.

If you want to avoid contracts - use streaming you can drop or add monthly.

[chrissy2231]

Century Link high internet $50 for life. Direct TV has the most channels for basic package

[Curtisbwp]

I use xfinity internet, i do not need cable. But i have roku, netflix, hulu.

[budfor]

Originally Posted by laboutj

We purchased our home in October. Bought my own modem and Roku's and use XFinity for internet. $50/month for 300MB service. I know, overkill. Youtube TV, $65/month. House up north with Xfinity everything (phone, internet, cable) was $265/month. Best feeling in the world to bring the huge box of equipment back to the Xfinity store.

How did you get 300 mbs for $50? I'm paying $75 for 100mbs plus $20 for the modem.

[laboutj]

Originally Posted by budfor

How did you get 300 mbs for $50? I'm paying $75 for 100mbs plus $20 for the modem.

It was a new service, so the intro rate was $50/month. Way more than we need. I’ll have to renegotiate when the promo ends, probably will have to drop to 100 or 200 mb to keep the same rate

[ditmer]

Originally Posted by laboutj

My wife and I are snowbirds. We have Comcast in both homes. Your best bet is to buy your own modem/router combos for both locations. It's a hit up front, but you will recoup the cost in 10 months (in each location). Approximately $150 apiece, but you are paying somewhere around $17/month to rent the modem/router combo. There's also Roku sticks, unless you have a smart tv. We had to buy the Roku's so that my elderly father in law could navigate his way around and the Roku's make it simple (less buttons to push, less chance to turn on spanish language or change inputs). We couldn't do seasonal because we have have security in both homes. But we are still paying $50/month for internet in each location and have Youtube TV ($65/month), which travels with us. $165/month combined for both homes with 300MB service in each. No WiFi drops, rock solid.

We are moving-in to The Villages tomorrow. I'd like to my my own modem-router and sign-up for internet with Comcast. The equipment I've been looking at doesn't seem to have a cable-port though. I want to make sure that I don't buy the wrong modem-router. Any advice on which one to buy and what cables if any I need to also buy?

[brianherlihy]

go back to 1950 the best tv/ tv is bad today

[laboutj]

Originally Posted by ditmer

We are moving-in to The Villages tomorrow. I'd like to my my own modem-router and sign-up for internet with Comcast. The equipment I've been looking at doesn't seem to have a cable-port though. I want to make sure that I don't buy the wrong modem-router. Any advice on which one to buy and what cables if any I need to also buy?

I have this one up north, it's a cable modem and router combo: Access Denied

URL is blocked. It's a Netgear Nighthawk C7000-100NAS. On sale for $160, regularly $190

Has four cable ports on the back and i have a strong signal everywhere in a 3000SF house. It's also on sale at the Best Buy in Lady Lake.

[Viperguy]

As a side note. The big cable companies aren't stupid. They are already putting limits on data for those of us that "ditch the cable". It is just a matter of time before that will become a factor.

[laboutj]

Originally Posted by Viperguy

As a side note. The big cable companies aren't stupid. They are already putting limits on data for those of us that "ditch the cable". It is just a matter of time before that will become a factor.

I doubt a retiree that's cruising facebook and streaming movies and tv shows would hit a 1TB data cap.

[Viperguy]

I agree.....right now. Things change based on how much business they loose from the cable tv. 1 Tb can be reduced easily just like cell data or slowed down. Don't trust em.

[JoMar]

As stated before, depends on where you live and what you can do without. Streaming services are great but you will give something up. We have Spectrum plus Disney+ and Amazon Prime. Download is 200mps and upload is 11 mps......more than enough for what we need. Carbonite runs in the background so backup is never an issue.

[laboutj]

Originally Posted by Viperguy

I agree.....right now. Things change based on how much business they loose from the cable tv. 1 Tb can be reduced easily just like cell data or slowed down. Don't trust em.

Definitely. I can see them going to the wireless plan model of different tiers not just for speed, but for usage.