Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Netherlands, California, Quebec, California, Texas, Turkey, Minnesota, Panama Canal, California, Illinois, Turkey, Maryland, Germany, Florida, New Mexico, The Village of Amelia and now The Village of Hacienda East. |
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Oh boy. I'm spoiled then. I currently live in Northern Va and purchased a home in Pennecamp in March - to which my wife and I will make a triumphant migration in Jan 2013!
In VA I have Verizon FIOS, which is awesome! I had DTV for years because it had better HD and Sunday NFL ticket, but, I switched to FIOS when it became available because the picture is better and I have had 0 service disruptions in 3 years. Internet is hyperfast compared to what ya'll are talking about (I have the new 35mb FIOS Internet). I read the 1.5mb speed and almost stroked out -you have to be kidding. I'm an IT Security professional, so I know a good bit about networks and achievable speeds and these speeds of 6 & 1.5 sound almost archaic to my ears. Anyway , I guess I'll have a big adjustment to make when I come down. *sigh*
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Like I said, I have the economy stand-alone service. 1.5 mb means waiting about a second to load a page. Since I'm retired, I've got the time.
Comcast has a performance service which is 6 mb for about $60 and performance plus at 16 mb for about $70 per month stand-alone.
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Netherlands, California, Quebec, California, Texas, Turkey, Minnesota, Panama Canal, California, Illinois, Turkey, Maryland, Germany, Florida, New Mexico, The Village of Amelia and now The Village of Hacienda East. |
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Is anyone using the mobile hotspot or a USB modem from Verizon? We were thinking of trying that since we are only in TV for 6 mos, we could prepay month to month and not have a 2yr contract.
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I used a 4G LTE Verizon USB during my last visit. Worked great.
You might even be able to use it as a wireless hub but I do not have the equipment to try that. Would be nice though. I think that's the direction of the future. |
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internet
We have Century Link and it is smoking fast.
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Chicago, Lincoln Nebraska, Rochester NY, SE Ohio, Oklahoma, California, New Mexico and BUTTONWOOD |
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Century Link DSL has about three speeds for different prices. Do you know what level you are on? When I am in TV, I have the basic 1.5 MB service, and it's just adequate compared to my 12 MB Comcast service at home.
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We pay $5 a month more for 10MB and it is faster than our satellite service was that we had in New Mexico.
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Chicago, Lincoln Nebraska, Rochester NY, SE Ohio, Oklahoma, California, New Mexico and BUTTONWOOD |
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Sounds good. I'll look into an upgrade.
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Steve <aka doccrocker> You can't laugh at the same things again and again, but why do you keep crying over the same things again and again "If life hands you lemons, make lemonade" Personally, I'll go for a Tom Collins. |
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Currently a comcast and would love to drop them. However, there is no other game in town. Went to Century Link yesterday and the best they good do was a maximum 1.5 mb. Way to slow for me. Our area does not have any higher speed and no guess when or if they will increase.
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doccrocker: how does one "tether" our smartphone (droid) to a laptop? Don't suppose Verizon would tell me how....????
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http://www.google.com/search?sclient...=Google+Search i'll plow thru the reading whenever i can't sleep at nite!
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I can't believe that TV does not have Verizon DSL available. We were hoping to hook up with them in FLA, have it here in PA and happy with it. Having a hard time deciding which way to go, don't want a yearly contract since we will be there only 6mos.
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