12-26-2017, 10:05 PM
"Anyway I heard rumors that Spectrum cable will be coming down lower HPP with competitive products next year sometime. I hope they are true."
Cable wires pretty much max out at 300 megs. They also, aren't a guaranteed speed as like the old "party" phone lines, your connection is shared. So, if you got a bunch of people on your line D/L all at once your speed will very.
That being said.
My connection in beaches is pretty snappy at 75 down and 6 up. Just tested a few times today... and I think we are paying around 30 bucks a month. I don't see any reason to pay more for that, unless I was heavy into VR or D/L a lot of data all the time. But for surfing the web, and watching netflix or streaming some music, it's fine.
I'd be a bit worried about how reliable this is going to be. I dunno, I think they installed this service from back in the Obama days, and now that trump has taken over, those days are over. Mean, the money is all dried up. So, not sure how they might find the cash to keep the equipment going .. or going out and fixing issues when storms happen and trees start taking out fiber lines.
Will be interesting if Hitel keeps spending the $ on this. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great! Everyone should have gig speed. I'd sign up for it, if it was in my area... maybe.. To be honest I'm pretty happy with the speeds I'm getting. I could upgrade my modem, and get 300Megs but, I don't see the need yet. I am however building a new computer. Thread Ripper build already got the 16 core CPU... Just waiting on a few more parts. Maybe then I might think about it.
Cable wires pretty much max out at 300 megs. They also, aren't a guaranteed speed as like the old "party" phone lines, your connection is shared. So, if you got a bunch of people on your line D/L all at once your speed will very.
That being said.
My connection in beaches is pretty snappy at 75 down and 6 up. Just tested a few times today... and I think we are paying around 30 bucks a month. I don't see any reason to pay more for that, unless I was heavy into VR or D/L a lot of data all the time. But for surfing the web, and watching netflix or streaming some music, it's fine.
I'd be a bit worried about how reliable this is going to be. I dunno, I think they installed this service from back in the Obama days, and now that trump has taken over, those days are over. Mean, the money is all dried up. So, not sure how they might find the cash to keep the equipment going .. or going out and fixing issues when storms happen and trees start taking out fiber lines.
Will be interesting if Hitel keeps spending the $ on this. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great! Everyone should have gig speed. I'd sign up for it, if it was in my area... maybe.. To be honest I'm pretty happy with the speeds I'm getting. I could upgrade my modem, and get 300Megs but, I don't see the need yet. I am however building a new computer. Thread Ripper build already got the 16 core CPU... Just waiting on a few more parts. Maybe then I might think about it.