[DrHitch]

I tried to park this thread in computer questions, but no go..

I received an e-mail from Kinetic and it shows our address in Spanish Springs as being available for fiber optic internet service. Thoughts?

Were currently in Comcast Xfinity with no need for high bandwidth.

[npwalters]

dont know about them but T Mobile is currently installing fiber. Their cost is reasonable.

I'm dumping Xfinity (Comcast) and going with them.

[jrref]

It depends where you live. You can get either Quantum Fiber or T-Mobile Fiber (they are installing this now up north)

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by jrref

It depends where you live. You can get either Quantum Fiber or T-Mobile Fiber (they are installing this now up north)

Are there any published maps available of where T-mobile is installing fiber in the northern sections? We would love to have an option besides Xfinity, which currently has a monopoly in our area.

[msilagy]

I just got fiber optic up north and dumped Xfinity for my internet. Better service and cheaper.

[ckcapaul]

Originally Posted by DrHitch

I tried to park this thread in computer questions, but no go..

I received an e-mail from Kinetic and it shows our address in Spanish Springs as being available for fiber optic internet service. Thoughts?

Were currently in Comcast Xfinity with no need for high bandwidth.

We have it in Minnesota and works great.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Are there any published maps available of where T-mobile is installing fiber in the northern sections? We would love to have an option besides Xfinity, which currently has a monopoly in our area.

Most, if not all, of the Historic Section is now ready for T-Mobile fiber home internet installation. They laid out the cable last month. It's POSSIBLE that the "unincorporated Lake County" homes on this side of the Villages didn't get the same treatments. But if you drive down a road and see little circles on the pavement next to sprinkler heads, that's T-Mobile's mark, so they know where to avoid. Most of those are pretty faded already, but still visible.

[npwalters]

I don't know if there is a map or a published schedule. T Mobile is almost done installing in De La Vista North and I see them working in other villages nearby.

I spoke with an installation supervisor a couple of days ago and he says I will have service by the end of October.

T Mobile is also fiber all the way to the house vs cable on the road and coax to the house. At least, so he said.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by npwalters

I don't know if there is a map or a published schedule. T Mobile is almost done installing in De La Vista North and I see them working in other villages nearby.

I spoke with an installation supervisor a couple of days ago and he says I will have service by the end of October.

T Mobile is also fiber all the way to the house vs cable on the road and coax to the house. At least, so he said.

When they installed mine they ran a cable from the connection at the road, up the side of my house, around the back of the house, and through a hole they made in the master bedroom. The hole was covered outside and inside; the outside I believe is just a cover, the inside had some electronics under the cover. From that spot, they ran a cable - called a fiber optic patch cable (not a coax, or a cat5 or 6) to the router on my nightstand. And then there's a mesh box on a table in the living room, plugged into the wall. This allows us internet access anywhere inside the house, or in the back or front yard, on the lanai, in the man-cave, in the carport, even in the driveway near the road.

Then, they buried the cable that ran from the road to the house, maybe 4-6 inches deep at the most.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by npwalters

I don't know if there is a map or a published schedule. T Mobile is almost done installing in De La Vista North and I see them working in other villages nearby.

I spoke with an installation supervisor a couple of days ago and he says I will have service by the end of October.

T Mobile is also fiber all the way to the house vs cable on the road and coax to the house. At least, so he said.

Thanks for the update, good news, not very far from our homestead.

[BobAugustine]

Here's what I don't understand.

Sumter County just paid millions of dollars to repave our streets. Then they give these people permission to install fibre optic.

No problem so far. But just about every place they cross the street (underneath) they heave the pavement. You would think the county would monitor this so that they did the right thing and didn't heave the pavement over and over again.

[npwalters]

Originally Posted by BobAugustine

Here's what I don't understand.

Sumter County just paid millions of dollars to repave our streets. Then they give these people permission to install fibre optic.

No problem so far. But just about every place they cross the street (underneath) they heave the pavement. You would think the county would monitor this so that they did the right thing and didn't heave the pavement over and over again.

There is no evidence of "heaving" at any point where they went under the road or driveways near us. Drilling under solid surfaces has become commonplace.