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Trying to make a decision here, I've had Verizon FIOS for a number of years, both at my current as well as my last apt., and DSL before that. Toyed with Comcast, had some bad experiences with them, both in terms of CSRs and the corporation, as well as the service. FIOS is definitely (in my experience) a step above, more of a true 24/7 service. Comcast seems to have occasional outages (and my lines are new enough, I don't have line issues like a friend of mine does). But FIOS costs more.
Anyways, I am currently paying a little over $100/mo for Gigabit FIOS. (Yeah, you can all be jealous now, if you want. ) And I can also get Comcast, signed up with their special low-income plan, it's under $10/mo for what was recently boosted in speed to 15/2. It's not bad. But not great. But much, much, cheaper.
As my car insurance keeps going up by $250/year (why???), and my storage unit bill going up, I need to economize somewhere, as I'm on a relatively fixed income.
So, should I economize and go with the slower-speed service, or go with something that is fast enough, that I no longer have to worry about whether it's fast enough? I have been keeping both, with the Comcast as my "backup service", but I'm been using my Comcast as my primary, for the last month or so, just to try it out as my primary. It works better with Windows 10's Windows Update feature, if I enable QoS on the router, otherwise, my streaming radio switches to "buffering", when a Windows 10 PC is downloading updates.
The other possibility, is to talk to Retentions at FIOS, and try to get them to give me the new-customer price for FIOS, which recently is $39.99 / mo for 100/100Mbit/sec service. Which would be more than enough for me. (I can hardly tell any real-world difference between Gigabit and 150/150 that I had before.)
One of my concerns is, I don't know if my credit is good enough, should I cancel FIOS entirely, or if they have enough slots in the fiber hub or PON cards, that I would even be able to get FIOS at all in the future. (A neighbor tried to get FIOS in this building, and they couldn't.) And they've hinted that Gigabit Internet might get more pricey, after the beginning of the year.
(And then there's the whole issue with Net Neutrality, since Gigabit is their most expensive plan, I figure that they should throw in accessibility to the "whole internet" as part of their "services plan".)
Edit: Then there's the issue, I don't know if I can do 4K YouTube streaming with this 15Mbit/sec connection, and I tend to mostly max the upload, for some reason, running a mining rig or two and a wallet, on the slow Comcast connection.
I would be much better served with a 100/100Mbit/sec connection, well, my gigabit would be best, I have to think about it.
Anyways, I am currently paying a little over $100/mo for Gigabit FIOS. (Yeah, you can all be jealous now, if you want. ) And I can also get Comcast, signed up with their special low-income plan, it's under $10/mo for what was recently boosted in speed to 15/2. It's not bad. But not great. But much, much, cheaper.
As my car insurance keeps going up by $250/year (why???), and my storage unit bill going up, I need to economize somewhere, as I'm on a relatively fixed income.
So, should I economize and go with the slower-speed service, or go with something that is fast enough, that I no longer have to worry about whether it's fast enough? I have been keeping both, with the Comcast as my "backup service", but I'm been using my Comcast as my primary, for the last month or so, just to try it out as my primary. It works better with Windows 10's Windows Update feature, if I enable QoS on the router, otherwise, my streaming radio switches to "buffering", when a Windows 10 PC is downloading updates.
The other possibility, is to talk to Retentions at FIOS, and try to get them to give me the new-customer price for FIOS, which recently is $39.99 / mo for 100/100Mbit/sec service. Which would be more than enough for me. (I can hardly tell any real-world difference between Gigabit and 150/150 that I had before.)
One of my concerns is, I don't know if my credit is good enough, should I cancel FIOS entirely, or if they have enough slots in the fiber hub or PON cards, that I would even be able to get FIOS at all in the future. (A neighbor tried to get FIOS in this building, and they couldn't.) And they've hinted that Gigabit Internet might get more pricey, after the beginning of the year.
(And then there's the whole issue with Net Neutrality, since Gigabit is their most expensive plan, I figure that they should throw in accessibility to the "whole internet" as part of their "services plan".)
Edit: Then there's the issue, I don't know if I can do 4K YouTube streaming with this 15Mbit/sec connection, and I tend to mostly max the upload, for some reason, running a mining rig or two and a wallet, on the slow Comcast connection.
I would be much better served with a 100/100Mbit/sec connection, well, my gigabit would be best, I have to think about it.
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