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KeithD 03-22-2023 07:28 PM

Tired of Comcast rate increases
 
We have a home in McClure and we are surprised that quantum fiber does not provide internet service at our address. Does anyone know why they are not in this area of The Villages.

OrangeBlossomBaby 03-22-2023 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by KeithD (Post 2200430)
We have a home in McClure and we are surprised that quantum fiber does not provide internet service at our address. Does anyone know why they are not in this area of The Villages.

Why would they be? You'd need to understand how fiber works, to understand why it's not in your neighborhood.

But basically - the answer is PROBABLY something like this:

The architecture has not yet been completed to build a new CO to that location, and therefore there's no way to connect the cable at the nearest CO to the homes in that area.

These cables are built underground. It can take years to extend the cables from their closest location to your house. Or they might just decide not to bother at all. Sort of like adding natural gas to one neighborhood that's 3 miles from the nearest pipe - they'd need to build three more miles of pipe, just to get to that neighborhood. And THEN they'd have to hook up only those homes that want it.

If only 2 people in the neighborhood want it - it's not gonna happen. If there are only 100 houses in the neighborhood - it's probably not gonna happen. If that neighborhood becomes the gateway to three more neighborhoods, and each one has 400 houses in it? It -might- happen.

It's all logistics.

KeithD 03-22-2023 08:17 PM

Thanks

It would seem that the fiber would be part of the development for all the vendors to use.

Papa_lecki 03-22-2023 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by KeithD (Post 2200430)
We have a home in McClure and we are surprised that quantum fiber does not provide internet service at our address. Does anyone know why they are not in this area of The Villages.

If you're tired of the comcast rate increases, why would they run fiber if you'll get tired of fiber’s rate increases and settle for comcast or some other provider?

retiredguy123 03-22-2023 08:34 PM

I don't get it. Why do I need fiber? I have Xfinity Internet with 800gb of speed with a COAX cable. Way more than I need.


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