Originally Posted by champion6

Which area are you in?

Bonnybrook

[Lottoguy]

They upgraded here to fiber optic two years ago and the speed now is very high.

[champion6]

Originally Posted by Lottoguy

They upgraded here to fiber optic two years ago and the speed now is very high.

Who are "they" and where is "here"? Are you saying all of TV now has fiber optic? I don't think that is true.

[Mleeja]

Originally Posted by fw102807

Price is set for life as long as you keep the plan. Does not say they can't change the plan. We are in an area where it is DSL and it is painfully slow. We are switching to Comcast next week.

Did a Comcast match price?

Originally Posted by Mleeja

Did a Comcast match price?

It I see cheaper...for now

Originally Posted by champion6

Who are "they" and where is "here"? Are you saying all of TV now has fiber optic? I don't think that is true.

It is not true, no fiber here in Bonnybrook

[Lucas]

Does anyone have Spectrum?

[duhbear]

Originally Posted by champion6

Terminology???

Comcast and Centurylink are both commonly referred to as broadband.

Comcast is via coaxial cable and Centurylink is DSL via copper wire.

This all depends on where you're located. Here in Santiago we have fiber optic in to the house. Fast speeds, great service 100 mbps $65 per month for life.

Switched to CenturyLink 1 1/2 years ago after suffering wih Comcast for the first 2 years here. Comcast internet was going down 4 or more times a day when i made the switch, one outage in all the time with CL and that was in the first few weeks before the cable was buried and some critter took a liking to it.

Only have internet TV is OTA and streamed. I'll probably never go back to cable TV after 3 1/2 years without it.

[ladila2]

Wow, gullibility personified! Yes Centurylink has dreamed up another scam. No more discount for autopay, they reduced my internet speed. As much as I do not think highly for Comcast, if you look and compare what you get for the approximate same price....it's easy to decide. Bottom line is...."they both suck!"
Best bet is the other provider however, this provider is not available in my area....so much for no more monopolies......!!!

[daverobertson2000]

Can anyone tell me which services are available in coumtry club hills

[Retiring]

Is there an advantage of broadband over dsl? I’ve only had DSL. I pay $40 (in WA) for 100 Mbps. Now that I think about it the rate may have gone up, it’s been more than 2 yrs at that price. Also, here locally CenturyLink offers 1 Gbps at $85.

Is broadband a higher “quality” signal? I’ve never had a cable modem because I’ve always had sat. TV in this house, Dish for 10 yrs and Directv for the last 10 yrs. My DSL has never been out, as far as I know, so reliability when I’ve needed it has been 100%.

Other than one being from cable and the other over a phone line, can someone tell why one might be preferred over the other? Thanks.

The rate for life deals can be wonderful. I took advantage of an ATT cell phone, 500 minutes at $15/mon. deal. The catch, ANY changes – i.e. new phone, change of minutes, change of address, adding features etc and the deal is off. I paid $15/mon for about 12 years till they no longer supported my phone.

[Steve9930]

I switched here in Stonecrcest from Marion County Cable to CenturyLink $45 for life. I ordered 25 Mbps. The service is actually running at 29 Mbps. Works great. And the price is $45, no other cost. I saw some comments about slow internet. If everything you access is running slow then its time to check your speed. However if somethings are slow and some normal, it could be the server at the other end. Don't just assume its your ISP (Internet Service Provider).

[tuccillo]

You can think of broadband as a capability and DSL as one of the possible technologies being used to implement broadband. Broadband can be loosely defined as "high bandwidth" internet access capability that is connected all the time. In The Villages, broadband is implemented over various different mediums: copper cable (DSL from CenturyLink), fiber optic cable with coax cable from the street to the house (from Comcast and Spectrum), and fiber optic cable all the way to the house (from CenturyLink). Bandwidths with DSL are limited based on your distance from the nearest switching station. Fiber optic based systems can support higher bandwidths. How much bandwidth you require is another discussion. Few, if any, would have a need for 1 gigabit per second.

Originally Posted by Retiring

Is there an advantage of broadband over dsl? I’ve only had DSL. I pay $40 (in WA) for 100 Mbps. Now that I think about it the rate may have gone up, it’s been more than 2 yrs at that price. Also, here locally CenturyLink offers 1 Gbps at $85.

Is broadband a higher “quality” signal? I’ve never had a cable modem because I’ve always had sat. TV in this house, Dish for 10 yrs and Directv for the last 10 yrs. My DSL has never been out, as far as I know, so reliability when I’ve needed it has been 100%.

Other than one being from cable and the other over a phone line, can someone tell why one might be preferred over the other? Thanks.

The rate for life deals can be wonderful. I took advantage of an ATT cell phone, 500 minutes at $15/mon. deal. The catch, ANY changes – i.e. new phone, change of minutes, change of address, adding features etc and the deal is off. I paid $15/mon for about 12 years till they no longer supported my phone.

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by daverobertson2000

Can anyone tell me which services are available in coumtry club hills

daverpnertson2000, I have CenturyLink DSL, in Country Club Hills and the bottom line is $36.07. The service is reliable and faster than I am.

[UpNorth]

My $19 Comcast internet bill allows me to flawlessly stream Netflix, Amazon Prime and anything else in 1080p. My laptop and phone work without any problems. Why would anybody need more speed and pay a higher price? Do we have that many "gamers" here in TV? Or are we all watching tv in 4K?