Really? You should rethink what you are getting from them. Take basic TV even if you don't use it. I have Xfinity "double play" (TV/ISP) I pay $165 inc all taxes with 400Mbps ISP (in reality 500) 125 channel TV, 1 4K DVR in L/R, 1 4K remote box for B/R, their Gateway router rental AND NO DATA CAP then I get a $10/month discount off that for having Xfinity Mobile (Verizon MVNO) for 2 phones at about 1/2 what any of the others charge for a total of $155/month.. This was actually $5/mo CHEAPER than my first 2yr contract here for identical service plus got a $250 Xfinity Mobile cash rebate AND a $100 Xfinity cash rebate (this was in Feb which was my 2nd 2yr contract here). Could have gotten the gig service for another $15 but that I didn't need. Rinse and repeat in 2 yrs.

We just closed on a place that is 11 years old that has both fibre and Comcast cable available. We are going with the fiber service. (Which is no longer centurylink but quantum). I have had lots of reliability issues with Comcast in the past so won't use them for Internet service. The install is tomorrow so I can at least let you know my initial thoughts after some testing.

If you haven't figured it out yet I'm in IT, don't really need an explanation. I think after 43 years on all levels I have a good grasp on what I need.

By the way those numbers are nice but not real. it leaves out much other data that is required to know what line someone needs.

Thanks.

:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

What all that leaves out is the amount of **TIME** it takes to download (as an example) a 32 Gigabyte file or a 1 Gigabyte file for that matter which has absolutely no bearing on what devices you have. If one downloads a lot of files higher speed is most important if time is important. Also the price difference was $10 on my plan from basic 100Mbps to 400Mbps and since I don't smoke, drink, gamble, pay for hookers or buy illegal drugs the $10 was well worth the diff. Why do people buy $50,000 cars instead of $24,000 cars or Million Dollar homes vs. $300K homes or jacked up Golf Carts instead of old fuddy duddy Yamamama ones? Because they can. Do they REALLY need them? In 99% of the cases I think not.

I work in IT as well, and the time factor is noticeable during my work during the day, meaning the amount of time it takes to transfer files and data i can tell if the speed is low or high. . . because fiber is generally NOT assymetrical, meaning cable is high transfer down, and slow transfer up, and sending large files up requires the high bandwidth. . . fiber is much prefered when sending multi gigabyte files to the office servers. . .

that's the reason why IT people sometimes need/want/desire high internet speeds. . . which most retired people generally don't require. . . sorry dewilson. . .

finance guy in IT

Yea, and I soooooo miss Fios!

I have had bad experience w/Xfinity - when I moved south of 44 - so happy to discover they have Spectrum - not one issue - and no contract.

We have two streaming devices (2 TVs and no cable. Just internet). Husband works from home with zoom calls. We each have our own iPads and phones all in the same network. Which is spectrum 200. But sometimes I can get up to 300 on speed test.

We stream 7000 live channels on our sticks. Works pretty good.

I have Century link fiber Gigabit. Get about 400 mbps off wireless. Free equipment, free install, no problems ever. Had for three years. Cost 65 per month. Check their website to see if your address is served with fiber gigabit. Also they guarantee never to raise the price. I live off Buena Vista north of Savannah Center. Also a geek. Best regards.

and this is why I always regret chiming in on a forum, there's always someone that really doesn't get it but has to make the comments like they do.

I guess I get to start my 100 reasons I hate The Villages list. Who knows maybe just maybe someone will change that someday.

I'm out, this is ridiculous.

I'm an ex high tech geek in the IT sector for over 43 years. There is nothing liker fiber. I had 1000M AT&T fiber for over 5 years before moving here 2 weeks ago. I have a new house and I went with xfinity with 400M speed.
Most people don't realize that fiber is a much better transport than copper, it is quieter if streaming music, and with fiber, you get the same speed up or down. My 400M speed gets me 400M+ down (down from that during the day) and 20M up on a good day.
The other thing to watch out for is your house will probably not be wired for ethernet. My house, they used cat 6 cable but is terminated for phone (using 2 pairs of wire). You would have to get each cable re-terminated for ethernet.

No "sorry" needed at all.
Enjoy your opinions.

Wiz did bits & bites for 40 years.
I had IT departments report to me for ~40 years.
You hit it on the head........"wants & desires".
IT "wants & desires" were rarely a need, in my experience.

Very, Very few Villagers need crazy speeds, it's over sold.

Not exactly. TCP/IP packets are sent down the media with error detection and retransmission (all out failure, notwithstanding). You are guaranteed correct data and the data is digital. In The Villages, most people receive internet access via fiber trunks with coax to the house. The exceptions are those in the older sections with DSL over POTS and those with fiber all the way to the house. Whether the last 50 feet from the fiber trunk to your house is fiber or coax won't matter.

You are not guaranteed the same upload and download speed with fiber - it depends on the vendor and the service. For example, I have CenturyLink fiber to the house with 80 mbps download and 40 mbps upload.

Any house constructed within the last decade (or two) most likely has cat 5e or better in the walls. Rewiring the ends to use all 4 pairs for ethernet is trivial to do. Most people don't use ethernet since WiFi is fast enough and reliable enough and easy. The only place I use it is the home run from the ONT to the room where my router is located.

You can get century link for your internet service and they are fiber in most newer parts of TV and offer 1 gb