[roadkingab]

Hello friends...moving to the Villages (St Catherine) in late June 2021. I see that xFinity charges $100.00 for one time cable/internet installation. Is that a pretty common charge with all Cable/Internet providers or are the homes down there wired for a different provider? Thanks for any insight you can provide.

Art

[FLgirlNow]

Originally Posted by roadkingab

Hello friends...moving to the Villages (St Catherine) in late June 2021. I see that xFinity charges $100.00 for one time cable/internet installation. Is that a pretty common charge with all Cable/Internet providers or are the homes down there wired for a different provider? Thanks for any insight you can provide.

Art

I had Spectrum before and they didn't charge to hook-up. Xfinity will send you the box, etc. and you can also do it yourself. I needed to have all the cables checked in the house to make sure they were all working and also needed to install another location on another wall. They charged $100 to do all of the above including burying the new cable that was run around the house. Robert was the name of the Service Tech I had and he was great. Personally, I like Xfinity better than Spectrum basically because of the "apps" it has plus I can connect to Amazon Prime without the Firestix which I needed with Spectrum.

What I didn't like was my service went down the first day and rebooting on-line didn't work. Took me a while to find a phone number and actually get someone on the phone. It took them sometime to get my connections back up and working. That was in April and I haven't had any issues since.

[Papa_lecki]

Are you living in FLA full time or part time? Spectrum lets you change your plan month to month. So I downgrade my internet when I’m not there, just to support the connected devices. Comcast wont let you.

[splashes]

I would use spectrum over comcast Customer service is far superior with spectrum

[Rmingee]

If it’s a new home, the cables in the low voltage box does not have connectors on the coax. Also you would have to figure out which cable goes to which room. I paid the $100, I wasn’t happy but I paid it. Congratulations on your new home.

[roadkingab]

Thank you all for your responses and insight. Looks like we will have to pay the $100.00 to get hooked up!

[CosmicTrucker]

I had Xfinity hooked up this past month in Hawkins. The installer didn’t charge me the full $100. They earn the install fee on new homes due to having to run a ground cable and having to ID that mess of cables in your box inside your garage.

[scottiesrgreat@gmail.com]

Wow! I moved into Bradford a few months back - The Villages told me Xfinity was the Internet Cable provider - I was sad - bad experiences w/Xfinity in the past. I have had good experiences with Spectrum - and was absolutely thrilled to discover Spectrum *did* offer service at my new home - despite what TV paperwork indicated!! I scheduled an install - and it literally took them 5 minutes - and have had very good service with them - I work from home and no issues w/connectivity. They may have charged installation - but it was probably extremely minimal because I can’t remember what it was - I stream cable to all of my TVs - I love the channel lineup package (that I selected) - and no contract!

[scottiesrgreat@gmail.com]

Originally Posted by CosmicTrucker

I had Xfinity hooked up this past month in Hawkins. The installer didn’t charge me the full $100. They earn the install fee on new homes due to having to run a ground cable and having to ID that mess of cables in your box inside your garage.

Strange - just moved into a new home in Bradford - had Spectrum connect - they **didn’t have to run any wires anywhere - just flipped a switch in the outside utility box and plugged in router and verified connection. No wires - nothing.** Internet and TV (I stream) to the TVs in each room. ***Totally wireless.*** and minutes for installer to activate and verify!

[Kgcetm]

I'd sure take a look at streaming. We stream with Deja Vu/Spectrum internet. Shopping Cart - DEJAVUEPLUS
It's reliable, less expensive and has many more channels.

[jedalton]

better off going with their wi-fi. 400 Mbs for $50/mth, and firestick with streaming service for under $20/mth. gives you over 5,000 live channels, 5,000 movies, 5,000 series. Hard to beat. ask me how.
fast Eddie the villages firestick guy.

[Bwolf1]

Spectrum is the only way to go. Stay away from Xfinity! I started at $40/mo. Now pay $118.00. Would switch if I could be we don’t have the Spectrum option where we are yet. The minute we do, I switch!

[SeaCros]

I would think that all the new homes "down south" would already be wired for cable services no matter who the carrier is. The $100 charge should be peace of mind that it is done correctly. I would just inquire to make sure there an not other hidden fees when they do the installation.

[scottiesrgreat@gmail.com]

Originally Posted by SeaCros

I would think that all the new homes "down south" would already be wired for cable services no matter who the carrier is.

You are correct - they are! At least in my case - totally pre-wired - from the utility box that was down a few homes - to my house - to the coax plug in my house where they merely had to plug in the router - no digging, no wire connections required at all from the utility box down the street or inside my home - nothing - it was a great experience! and I used Spectrum (they weren’t even the ones promoted by TV).

[GATORBILL66]

Stay away from xfinity!