[Dusty_Star]

Originally Posted by gatorbill1

Not available north of 44? - I know it is not available near 466
I am correcting myself Century Link did put in fiber optic north of 466 (I had it in Santiago) but do not have fiber optic in Bonnybrook.

I'm north of 44 & south of 466A & I have Quantum fiber.

[dpmers]

Make sure the service is available at your house, it's not available everywhere. I live up north and have had 970 m/b fiber delivered right into my office via fiber. We have had the service for 6 years and have never had an outage.
I believe they usually offer 200-300 m/b for that price and 970m/b now for $70/mo no taxes.

[BostonRich]

Originally Posted by jrref

Here are the facts:

1) Fiber gives you the same speed bi-directionally meaning if they say 1GBS then you get this speed both upload AND download. Cable only gives you the advertised speed on the download. Upload is generally about 30MBS, very slow.
2) With cable systems your internet is Shared meaning you and your neighbors Share the bandwidth on the same cable infrastructure which is why speeds will vary at peak times. With Fiber you have your own dedicated link and the speed never changes.
3) Because cable companies deliver TV content, they have to pay franchise fees to the content providers which always go up. This is why cable prices always increase because they have to pass these increases on to all of their customers. Even if you have a "deal" from cable, you can still get one of these increases. Some say "I'll renegotiate every year to get a deal" but unless you have an alarm set, the cable companies will automatically charge you full price at the end of the "deal" and by the time you realize it, you will have paid the increase.
4) Cable systems use old obsolete copper infrastructure thats vulnerable to lightning and can bring unwanted induced power surges into your home's electric system. Fiber is glass cable without any of these issues.
5) Because Fiber uses light on glass fibers it doesn't require power in most of it's distribution network like cable. In a severe storm if we get local power disruptions, Fiber will usually stay active where the local power disruptions will take out your cable.

Bottom line, if you can get Fiber internet service from any company here in the Villages, get it. Cable is old fashioned, more unreliable and is usually ripping you off.

Just realized the lightning surge possibility through my cable line the other day and put on a cable surge protection device. Good to know.

[mikempp]

Not available in hadley

[dpmers]

Century Link fiber service does NOT jack up the prices whenever they feel like it, also there are no frivolous taxes to pay!@

[dpmers]

We live in Piedmont Village near Nancy Lopez had fiber for 6 years with no trouble

[dpmers]

My service includes Centurylink modem installed in my office. I use a Google mesh 3 node router get strong internet in the garage so I can update the software in my cars.

[midiwiz]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Why should I care about fiber? I have Xfinity COAX internet and get 1200 mbps. Is fiber really better than COAX?

I highly doubt stock equipment that is from the provider is getting that speed, typically their equipment deliver about 1/4 - 1/3 of the 'advertised speed'

[Wondering]

Originally Posted by maryhermann

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 don't believe it. I went on their website and their offers for The Villages is $50 for up to 500 mgs. and $75 for up to 900 mugs. Plus taxes and other fees.

[jrref]

Originally Posted by dpmers

Century Link fiber service does NOT jack up the prices whenever they feel like it, also there are no frivolous taxes to pay!@

Which is because they don't offer TV and other content so there are no franchise fees they need to pay.

[pcntech]

See this article: https://www.**************.com/2024/...-installation/

I was surprised in my brand new house in 2022 by Sawgrass Grove, that Fiber was not already in place. I have Spectrum and only outages have been planned work at like 2:00am.

[flusher]

Originally Posted by Wondering

I don't believe it. I went on their website and their offers for The Villages is $50 for up to 500 mgs. and $75 for up to 900 mugs. Plus taxes and other fees.

I have the 500 plan, $ 50 flat for life, no taxes

[Boilerman]

Originally Posted by Wondering

I don't believe it. I went on their website and their offers for The Villages is $50 for up to 500 mgs. and $75 for up to 900 mugs. Plus taxes and other fees.

They do send out offers in the mail that are cheaper than the website prices. And the prices are including taxes and fees . We pay a flat $30 a month for 200 mps.

[DBaty]

We have Quantum Fiber and it has been outstanding. No issues with streaming and no service interruptions since we got it in April 2023. It has been more reliable that other carriers we used before moving to The Villages.

[Redsmom]

Originally Posted by maryhermann

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.

Last year we responded to a similar ad and after signing up, made our first payment and waited on them to come and install . We had an install date but no one came nor did they contact us. After quite a bit of time on the phone, they finally admitted that it wasn’t available yet for our home here in Santiago. Why they wasted our time and even took our money is beyond my imagination. Of course we got the money back after a while, but how to trust such a company after that experience!