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biker1 06-28-2024 08:31 AM

I know some other people who got that deal. When I made the switch from CenturyLink fiber service to the rebranded QuantumFiber for $30 per month, they had morphed the plan to charge an additional $15 for the mesh router lease. It was of no consequence to me as I already had a contemporary router. New subscribers are now paying $50 per month. You should keep your plan ;-)

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Originally Posted by Boilerman (Post 2345076)
We’ve had Quantum for about 2 years. $30 a month total, price guaranteed for life for 200 MBPS. No outages so far. Modem and 4 pods included for free. That’s right, free.


Boilerman 06-28-2024 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by maryhermann (Post 2344927)
Is anyone using Quantum Fiber internet? I received an offer in the mail that sounds almost too good to be true. 940 mbps for $35 a month for life, including equipment fees. If you are using it, is it reliable? Are there lots of outages? Overall it gets great reviews on CNET and Reddit and horrid reviews on Trustpilot and Yelp. Who am I to believe? I'd like to learn from a Villager first hand.

They seem to frequently change their pricing and speed offered. Some plans have included all equipment, other plans have charged. This is a good deal, take it.

Also, when we had Comcast, it was a nightmare every year after returning from our 3 month vacation hold. We had to negotiate a new plan every year. With Quantum, we were able to turn our service off and back on without any issues.

diatom 06-28-2024 08:35 AM

Quantum Fiber is great.
 
I pay $30/m. No hidden fees... just $30/m. Speed is fantastic. When I joined they had free install. Their wi-fi modem and 3 nodes on a nested wireless. Great coverage throughout the house. I've had 1 outage in the 2 years since I joined.

I just ran a speed test ... (search speed test on google) and this was response over my wi-fi network:

"Your Internet connection is very fast.

Your Internet connection should be able to handle multiple devices streaming HD videos, video conferencing, and gaming at the same time."

Boilerman 06-28-2024 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by biker1 (Post 2345078)
I know some other people who got that deal. When I made the switch from CenturyLink fiber service to the rebranded QuantumFiber for $30 per month, they had morphed the plan to charge an additional $15 for the mesh router lease. It was of no consequence to me as I already had a contemporary router. New subscribers are now paying $50 per month. You should keep your plan ;-)

We are happy with our plan. They seem to change their plans frequently and the OP’s offer of $35 including equipment is also a great offer.

biker1 06-28-2024 08:39 AM

I was wondering if the OP might have made a typo and meant $75 per month as that is the price for the 1 gigabit per second service on their website.

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Originally Posted by Boilerman (Post 2345083)
We are happy with our plan. They seem to change their plans frequently and the OP’s offer of $35 including equipment is also a great offer.


Boilerman 06-28-2024 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by GATORBILL66 (Post 2345056)
I could not even find a phone number for them. If I can't talk to a live person, I don't deal with them!

From their website: 833-250-6306

Nana2Teddy 06-28-2024 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by maryhermann (Post 2344927)
Is anyone using Quantum Fiber internet? I received an offer in the mail that sounds almost too good to be true. 940 mbps for $35 a month for life, including equipment fees. If you are using it, is it reliable? Are there lots of outages? Overall it gets great reviews on CNET and Reddit and horrid reviews on Trustpilot and Yelp. Who am I to believe? I'd like to learn from a Villager first hand.

I wish we could get this south of 44 because Spectrum speeds suck, but alas it’s not available yet. Will jump on it as soon as it’s offered. We had fiber at our previous home out of state and really miss it. Night and day difference from cable.

merrymini 06-28-2024 08:56 AM

I have xfinity and have had nothing but problems for the last 6 months. A lot of buffering and disconnects. I unplug and plug in, they check from their end but with no resolution. I will be looking around for someone else. I am in the village of Hillsborough.

jrref 06-28-2024 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by biker1 (Post 2345074)
QuantumFiber’s mesh router is not free. It would be correct to state that it is available at “no additional cost” but you are paying for it. They changed their plans so what was a $15 per month mesh router lease option is now “included”. The price of their basic plan increased from $30 per month to $50 per month to essentially cover their mesh router, albeit they also raised the nominal bandwidth but that is of no value to me as I already have 10x more bandwidth than I need. I am under the $30 per month plan. For those who don’t want to roll their own, this is probably a good move by QuantumFiber but it does increase the cost for those of us who prefer to provide our own equipment. I’ll stay with the $30 plan as long as I can.

Whether it's built into the cost or not, you are correct, there is no additional cost. Either way their price is relatively cheep for what they are giving you and thier mesh WiFi works great for the average person who doesn't want to "roll their own".

Risuli 06-28-2024 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by biker1 (Post 2345084)
I was wondering if the OP might have made a typo and meant $75 per month as that is the price for the 1 gigabit per second service on their website.

Not a typo. In the last month I switched to Quantum Fiber as Xfinity double my bill after my two year contract and wanted to start charging rental for their modem/router. Quantum offered their 1 Gbps service for $35/month for life* with free install and no-cost* wifi 360 pods. Within a week of requesting the service on the Quantum website it was installed. Been great so far.

*the "for life" guarantee is only as long as they offer that tier of service and the "no cost" wifi pods are excluded from the "for life" guarantee. So they obviously have built in a out for their monthly cost, but I can always switch service again if it approaches anything Xfinity offers.

Byte1 06-28-2024 09:37 AM

I have Quantum Fiber. I pay $30 a month for life and I get 200Mbps consistently, but most of the time over that. We run two computers and multiple TVs and that seems to be plenty of speed. We had Centurylink before that, but found out that Quantum bought Century's fiber business. When we had them, we were told we would get 900+Mbps and never achieved that speed. Before that, we had Xfinity and they kept raising their monthly charge until we were paying over $240 a month for Internet and TV. Now we stream via Roku sticks and get reliable streaming with great quality. Since we have Quantum at $30 a month, they have asked us several times if we would like to upgrade to 500?Mbps for $50. Don't need it. 200Mbps seems to be more than enough. We have had company and had three TV's streaming, two computers and the kid's tablets with no buffering.
Today, Quantum does not offer $30 a month. But we are locked in and have been for a couple years. Can't beat it.

mpelant 06-28-2024 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2344934)
Why should I care about fiber? I have Xfinity COAX internet and get 1200 mbps. Is fiber really better than COAX?

With Fiber you get those same great download speeds for uploads as well. With cable (coax) you will get maybe 20-30 Mbps on uploads.

Bgrubbie 06-28-2024 12:35 PM

I have had it since February. No complaints. No outages. Very happy.

RIpswich 06-28-2024 01:13 PM

Switched to Quantum 3 months ago. Very happy with Quantum.
 
My deal is $50/month for life for 500 MBS with three Wi/FI 6 mesh router ports which includes the router. Great coverage.

The hook is that if one changes any component of the system, for example upgrading to 1 Gig, you loose the "for life" guarantee.

They used the original Century Link optical cable that came with the house, removed the C/Link ONT in my garage and installed their own ONT. He had to fiddle with the in-house (4 wire) telephone cable to activate a second pair of wires to carry the faster speed signal from the ONT.

I am located South of 466 and north of 44. If you have, or had, Century Link, Quantum will eventually contact you to upgrade you to their equipment and charges.

MrFlorida 06-28-2024 01:16 PM

Try it, you can always cancel.


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