East Hartford will have best internet in state in a couple years. possibly a dozen fiber providers.

Submitted by Dipsetallover90 t3_zu9slt in Connecticut

OK so use know how Frontier was staring to build their FTTH network in the past few years out. https://www.ctinsider.com/business/article/Frontier-s-fiber-optic-internet-service-may-be-16315438.php

GoNetSpeed a newcomer is starting to aggressively expand its fiber network soon in east hartford.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1sCuA3e8_HXG7wysV0-3pZetPbKzkTuKJ&ll=41.73426637737648%2C-72.6459628973931&z=12

https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2021/09/07/pushing-harder-into-connecticuts-isp-market-gonetspeed-expanding-fiber-internet-to-berlin-and-new-britain/

Here's the big one nobody talking about Sifi networks is building out an OPEN ACCESS fiber to the home network out in East Hartford. THIS IS HUGE! https://sifinetworks.com/cities/east-hartford-ct/

It will give birth to a lot of small isps utopia fiber https://orem.org/utopia/ https://etisoftware.com/resources/blog/utopia-fiber-americas-largest-open-access-network/

is an open access network was built by the local government it currently serves a dozen towns and most towns can get a choice of around 16 isps.

Sifi said that their east harford network design is complete on the website.

the reason i guessed that time frame is that it will take around that time for them to reach most towns.

With that said East Hartford WILL be the most competitive town in the state in a few years.

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Phantastic_Elastic t1_j1hu5vk wrote

I wish these companies would look at the west end of Manchester... Still only can get cox at my business, and it's very expensive for slow cable.

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Jaggar345 t1_j1hxlx8 wrote

I have had gonetspeed since March. Ditched xfinity for them and have had no issues they have been great and the price is so much cheaper.

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[deleted] t1_j1i1jn3 wrote

Anybody here using T-Mobile home internet?

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logs28 t1_j1i1lgv wrote

Can't sing the praises of Gonetspeed enough

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tavomcdouglas t1_j1i8q0l wrote

Replying to Dipsetallover90 (#1,040,092)

Well, first off you really have no choice. Just internet, $65 vs $80 is better but 900 up/ 900 down vs. 20 up/ 120 down is the real winner! Obscenely fast and cheaper. The company, to deal with, is worse than Spectrum ever was if that can be believed. They don't have a real 24hr service so talking to a real person on weekends and late nights is really interesting. I had TONS of issues with a simple install, no call no shows and rescheduling to ongoing problems with simple billing. BUT THE SPEED AND THE INCLUDED WIFI BASES (2 of them) ARE AMAZING!!!

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Adorable-Hedgehog-31 t1_j1igk0n wrote

They're gonna have to do a lot more than that to make East Hartford livable.

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Daviddoesnotexist t1_j1j24ts wrote

Replying to stinkusdinkus (#1,041,299)

That’s the kicker. We have to have a government that will effectively do this. It’s my understanding that the muni power companies have some of the most poorly maintained power grids in the state (i may have received bad info on this though, so correct me if I’m wrong).

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ClearlyBananas t1_j1ky79l wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,039,352)

I have it. It's very mid. Speed test never gets over 200mbps, and I get pretty horrible lag spikes when playing online. Streaming 4k is good sometimes, if you don't have a lot of devices hogging bandwidth. Cox is my only other choice in Meriden (for some reason can't get Frontier fiber at my address) and Gonetspeed is nowhere close.

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