[folkh]

I understand that CenturyLink Prism is now in the Northern sections of The Villages. Has anyone switched from Comcast? Your thoughts please if you have.

[mikeandnancy1112]

We switched from Comcast to Century Link Prism, without a contract, for two months. The picture kept freezing so we went back to Comcast. In our opinion, Comcast can't be beat for the reception and service. Don't know why we ever switched? The only good thing was we got used to the DVR with Century Link because it was included, so paid the extra money to get it when we switched back to Comcast.

[homeball]

Originally Posted by folkh

I understand that CenturyLink Prism is now in the Northern sections of The Villages. Has anyone switched from Comcast? Your thoughts please if you have.

Good move. Centurylink has been north of 466A for some time now. Some dollars cheaper than Comcast and includes a few more features at the lower price such as All Room DVR service . . . . record in one room and watch it in another. Channel lineup is about the same. One thing worth mentioning is that the true power of fiber optic Prism TV is not available north of 466A since the fiber optic cable was only pulled in up to the neighborhood pool locations when the area was first developed. Copper wire was run from the pool area to the houses in the neighborhood which down grades the signal when compared to an uninterrupted fiber optic run. The picture is still an improvement over Comcast. South of 466A Centurylink was able to run their fiber optic cable right up to the entry box outside the house thus providing uninterrupted fiber optic television.

[folkh]

Originally Posted by mikeandnancy1112

We switched from Comcast to Century Link Prism, without a contract, for two months. The picture kept freezing so we went back to Comcast. In our opinion, Comcast can't be beat for the reception and service. Don't know why we ever switched? The only good thing was we got used to the DVR with Century Link because it was included, so paid the extra money to get it when we switched back to Comcast.

MikeandNancy
Thank you for your thoughts, I have read reviews and many people say the same about picture freeze. Are you in the northern section of The Villages?

[folkh]

Originally Posted by homeball

Good move. Centurylink has been north of 466A for some time now. Some dollars cheaper than Comcast and includes a few more features at the lower price such as All Room DVR service . . . . record in one room and watch it in another. Channel lineup is about the same. One thing worth mentioning is that the true power of fiber optic Prism TV is not available north of 466A since the fiber optic cable was only pulled in up to the neighborhood pool locations when the area was first developed. Copper wire was run from the pool area to the houses in the neighborhood which down grades the signal when compared to an uninterrupted fiber optic run. The picture is still an improvement over Comcast. South of 466A Centurylink was able to run their fiber optic cable right up to the entry box outside the house thus providing uninterrupted fiber optic television.

Homeball, when you say Good Move do you mean you switched and are happy?

[LianaB]

How is CenturyLink for internet service?

I just disconnected 3 homes from Comcast because of the horrid service. I'm now with Brighthouse; the service has had a few issues but at least I have intelligent, polite humans to speak to, and they are trying to resolve the problems (mostly speed). I don't use cable TV services at all.

[homeball]

Originally Posted by folkh

Homeball, when you say Good Move do you mean you switched and are happy?

YES. It definitely was a step up. Granted there were a couple of issues in the beginning, picture freeze being one of them. But we stuck with our decision and Centurylink has resolved most of the issues. I still regard them as a better deal when compared to Comcast.


One thing to note is that when that part of the development between 466 and 466A was being built, only Comcast was allowed to develop their infrastructure to supply television service and Embarq was allowed to develop their infrastructure for telephone. It's Comcast coax cable that runs underground to all these homes. When Centurylink bought up Embarq, they inherited Embarqs infrastructure, namely the telephone wire. With Centurylinks introduction of Prism TV and their ability to use the telephone wire to supply the service, they became the sole competitor with Comcast in the area in question. When you request Centurylink service, Centurylink uses the existing telephone wire to your house and then uses the interior coax cable wiring for hookup through their modem. That's why we do not have Brighthouse north of 466A. When the area south of 466A was being developed, Centurylink then had the opportunity to run the fiber optic cable right up to the homes. Thus those folks have true Prism fiber optic television.

[folkh]

Originally Posted by homeball

YES. It definitely was a step up. Granted there were a couple of issues in the beginning, picture freeze being one of them. But we stuck with our decision and Centurylink has resolved most of the issues. I still regard them as a better deal when compared to Comcast.


One thing to note is that when that part of the development between 466 and 466A was being built, only Comcast was allowed to develop their infrastructure to supply television service and Embarq was allowed to develop their infrastructure for telephone. It's Comcast coax cable that runs underground to all these homes. When Centurylink bought up Embarq, they inherited Embarqs infrastructure, namely the telephone wire. With Centurylinks introduction of Prism TV and their ability to use the telephone wire to supply the service, they became the sole competitor with Comcast in the area in question. When you request Centurylink service, Centurylink uses the existing telephone wire to your house and then uses the interior coax cable wiring for hookup through their modem. That's why we do not have Brighthouse north of 466A. When the area south of 466A was being developed, Centurylink then had the opportunity to run the fiber optic cable right up to the homes. Thus those folks have true Prism fiber optic television.

homeball, thank you very much for your insight I do apperciate the explanation. Know a few people close to Lopez that are happy with it.

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by mikeandnancy1112

The only good thing was we got used to the DVR with Century Link because it was included, so paid the extra money to get it when we switched back to Comcast.

Does Century Link sell their DVR as a standalone product? From what I read they allow you to record up to four programs s at one time. A feature that I would like.

But I would like to stay with Comcast.

z

[homeball]

One BIG difference between Centurylink and Comcast is that, because of the difference in the way each delivers TV service to your house, Comcast allows unlimited number of different HD channels to be viewed simultaneously. With Centurylink one is limited to watching only 4 different channels at a time with only 2 different HD channels with the other 2 channels to be viewed in SD(Standard Def). Now, if you're a one TV household, you can watch one HD channel while recording one other HD on the DVR, no problem. But, if you want to record two HD channels at the same time, then you'll have to watch the third TV show in SD. If you're like some of us with 2 or 3 HD TV sets, then things can get real interesting. Of course, if the TV sets are all tuned to the same channel such as Super Bowl, then there is no problem since any number of sets can be tuned to the same channel.

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by homeball

One BIG difference between Centurylink and Comcast is that, because of the difference in the way each delivers TV service to your house, Comcast allows unlimited number of different HD channels to be viewed simultaneously. With Centurylink one is limited to watching only 4 different channels at a time with only 2 different HD channels with the other 2 channels to be viewed in SD(Standard Def). Now, if you're a one TV household, you can watch one HD channel while recording one other HD on the DVR, no problem. But, if you want to record two HD channels at the same time, then you'll have to watch the third TV show in SD. If you're like some of us with 2 or 3 HD TV sets, then things can get real interesting. Of course, if the TV sets are all tuned to the same channel such as Super Bowl, then there is no problem since any number of sets can be tuned to the same channel.

Thanks. I will keep my Comcast DVR.

Z