Cable and Internet Providers
 

I'll be moving down to Lake Denham in December and was wondering which provider for cable and internet that you would recommend? My contract lists the following providers: Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum and Centric Fiber.

Xfinity

spectrum

no contracts, vacation mode, 300 min speed

been with them 10 years, very minimum rate increases.

:eclipsee_gold_cup:

I've come up on my end of contract with Xfinity and I am wondering the same thing. I've been happy with them, and I have my cell phones with them as well. Got two Apple iPhone SE free about this time two years ago. Waiting to see what they offer me as far as a phone upgrade/price.

Neighbor has Spectrum and is happy with them. They are offering a deal now for a free unlimited data phone line for a year. However, I need two phones, so after a two year period, the price is about the same as I'm currently paying with Xfinity, maybe a little more.

Don't know anything about Centric Fiber, but willing to consider them.

If you just want internet connectivity and are planning to stream, absolutely check out Centric. They connect you via fiber at fast speeds, good pricing, and high availability.

We are in Newell and use Centric Fiber. Your house probably already has the modem there. They don't even need to come to the house to activate. Check out their website. We have been happy with them.

xFinity. Not the cheapest but fast and reliable. We have them for internet plus two iPhones w/unlimited data each month. About $175 total + Amazon Prime (about $14 per month--I think. Haven't checked in awhile).

I live in DeSoto. When I go to their website and put in my address, it gives no response. Not a yes, not a no, nothing. Maybe it's not available everywhere in the Villages?

Is Spectrum Internet Only, or do they offer cable service too?

Centric fiber, hands down. If you ever have a choice of fiber, that is the best and most reliable internet service you can get and it’s usually cheaper with higher speeds. If you check speeds, fiber is the only network that gives you the same speed for uploads and downloads. For example, if you have any copper cable network like spectrum or xfinity, you can get 1Gb speed (1000Mb) for downloads but only 20-40Mb upload speed, whereas fiber gives you 1Gb down and 1Gb up speeds. Also, spectrum/xfinity will slow down when more neighbors are using the network, fiber not. Also, your network latency is much lower with fiber than with xfinity or spectrum.

Xfinity has been working great for almost 4 years for us.

Centric Fiber
 

Are they in the Villages? I am with Comcast/Xfinity, and have only internet, about $60/mo for 400mb down load. But around dinner when more people are on it goes down to about 250. I stream, and the tests on the TV sometimes show 25/30 when it should be showing 80. I pay roughly the same in NH, and get crappy service there. TV are all underground wires, where would the fiber come in? Seems like the way to go.

Centric fiber
 

Great info. Are they available in The Villages, do you know?

Not sure on that one. Give them a call, they were very easy to contact and speak with.

Newell is a village in the Villages, so yes they are. A lot of the newer houses have fiber built into them. Not sure about yours.

Depending on where you live in the Villages, If you can get Fiber the newer-older areas north of 44 and south of 466a you are served by Quantum Fiber. In the newer area just built, you are served by Centric. Both are excellent.

Always go with a fiber provider. No tax, no fees, price is stable. Also, you will be getting the latest technology without worrying about your price going up without you knowing it from some special deal the cable company gage you. With Quantum, they now give your a very good WiFi mesh network for free with the service. It's WiFi 6E system and works very good. It's a several hundred dollar value.

BTW, If anyone is interested I have an Orbi 960 WiFi 6E mesh system for sale. PM me if interested.

Cable & Internet?
 

We had switched to YouTube TV from xfinity last year and found that it saves us 50 bucks per month. It has as many channels as xfinity has and also includes major TV networks such as ABC, Fox, etc. and major sport networks such as Big Ten, etc. (it had showed 7 out of 8 Univ of IL football games!) I use T Mobile for internet as T Mobile is our cell phone provider with no charge for nexflix...usually costs us $125 per month for both of cable & internet. Don t overlook with the name of the business cable provider, YouTube TV, not just YouTube. Much less ads...if you watch major tv networks, they won t cut numbers of minutes of their same junky ads. Not sure with Spectrum...it seems to apply in the area of south of Rt. 466A and south of The Villages. Good luck hunting. Chas

Same here, I don’t think it’s available in our area. I would think making it a available is a huge undertaking.

Cable TV suggestions please
 

Hello,
We are moving to The Villages in late December and would appreciate any input on cable TV suggestions.

I live in Indiana and we use XFINITY, and paying $276 a month for nothing..

Thank you,
JoJo :)

Wow. $276 per month for nothing? I think I would stop paying.

DeSoto MAY have fiber (Quantum Fiber). Fenney does. Calling them is the right thing to do.

Quantum Fiber (a rebranding of the fiber side of CenturyLink) used to have a great deal of $30/month for 200 megabits per second up and down as their lowest tier of service. The current deal is $50/month for 500 megabits per second up and down for their lowest tier of service. This is too bad since 200 megabits per second is more bandwidth than most people can use, let alone 500 megabits per seconds. Regardless, if you have access, they have dependable service. I have been using them for 9 years.

The $50 includes up to 4 of their 'mesh pods' to cover the entire house with WiFi.