thunderdome180 t1_jdjnq75 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 9:38 PM

I just switched to frontier. I get 1000 up and 1000 down speeds for $65 a month. I actually get 850 up and 850 down on average. They ran the fiber from my condo to the pole in about a half an hour. No installation fees. The frontier guy said that ct will be 100% fiber by the end of the year. Check to see if you can make the switch. I have no complaints. Appointments for new service are about a month and a half out though..

frissonFry t1_jdk6br6 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 11:54 PM

>The frontier guy said that ct will be 100% fiber by the end of the year.

That's not possible. There are many places with underground power and comm lines. They're not getting fiber anytime soon. I speak from personal experience.

thunderdome180 t1_jdk6x4a wrote on March 24, 2023 at 11:59 PM

I worked in the field as well. Idk how they are doing it but thats what the installation guy said. 100% residential maybe idk. The guy came to my condo ran about 200 ft of fiber to the pole. Drove down the rode to a different pole to terminate everything and it was done. Idk why im being downvoted. Fuck it, if you want to pay for optimum or comcast go for it.

thunderdome180 t1_jdk84rm wrote on March 25, 2023 at 12:08 AM

https://www.ctinsider.com/business/article/Frontier-Communications-fiber-optic-expansion-17507452.php

Maybe the guy was exaggerating with 100% by the end of the year or I heard him wrong but they are working towards that number and it should be complete in a few years. The progress is definitely showing and it is the best residential internet service I have ever had at a very reasonable price. Its overkill for my internet usage but i ll take it.

nsfdrag t1_jdmf636 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:09 PM

A lot of companies claim fiber when the fiber is just running to the drop and it's copper to the house.

frissonFry t1_jdoh133 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 11:08 PM

The GoNetSpeed coverage ends at both ends of my street, but doesn't cover anything in the middle because of underground lines. In that short distance they could still offer 1Gbs to everyone on my street if they were allowed to tap into the underground copper but if I had to guess, they can't do that because of line ownership. It's all a bunch of bullshit.

HumanCompany t1_jdmacr0 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:29 PM

Just did the same thing and could not be happier

mrw1986 t1_jdmxhgj wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:23 PM

Frontier is much better than Optimum. I currently have both (two different houses) and my Frontier service is infinitely better. For the record, I have gigabit fiber at both locations.