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  • Eat Dirt
    Calguns Addict
    • Nov 2007
    • 9484

    Need new Internet service Provider / want to ditch Spectrum

    Wanting to ditch the Spectrum / fees total $81 month !

    Had a land line number [ for Faxes ] and internet
    No help from Spectrum
    Looking for better options for internet Only ..........

    No bundles ,
    --------------------------------------------------------------

    I miss the Good 'ol days of Cal -Guns
  • #2
    robledor
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2015
    • 789

    I'm also interested in alternatives

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    • #3
      hermosabeach
      I need a LIFE!!
      • Feb 2009
      • 19143

      Is there fiber at your home?
      Rule 1- ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED

      Rule 2 -NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO DESTROY (including your hands and legs)

      Rule 3 -KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET

      Rule 4 -BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET AND WHAT IS BEYOND IT
      (thanks to Jeff Cooper)

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      • #4
        Eat Dirt
        Calguns Addict
        • Nov 2007
        • 9484

        Originally posted by hermosabeach
        Is there fiber at your home?
        We have Vios out front at the street
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        I miss the Good 'ol days of Cal -Guns

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        • #5
          sfhondapilot
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2011
          • 665

          We are on Fiber. Up and down bandwidth consistently in excess of 750mbs. We are on Sonic for $65/month. It's a great deal but I know Sonic's fiber has limited geographical reach.
          David

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          • #6
            MJB
            CGSSA Associate
            • Sep 2010
            • 5925

            Take your fax number to the an internet fax provider.
            One life so don't blow it......Always die with your boots on!

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            • #7
              gwanghoops
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2012
              • 1452

              just switched to Tmobile 5G Home Internet (5G cell modem w/WAP) -- $51.40/mo out the door.

              as above, check if you have fiber locally first.

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              • #8
                Big Chudungus
                Veteran Member
                • Jun 2021
                • 2841

                Comcast/Xfinity is $19/month for 2 tyrabytes but if you rent a router from them for $15/month total 35 its unlimited highspeed.

                $89 "pro install" one time fee and house visit required, but after I think you can turn on and off no or minimal fee but don't quote me.

                my Note9 phone shows over 500mbs download as does my newer laptop.

                main thing with Comcast is you can then get your wifi off anyone else's Comcast Wifi with your account and password. I get "free wifi" but LL wont give up account # (can't really blame them) so I'm thinking of getting my own at $19/month just for the roaming feature.

                Pretty sure there are all sorts of services that will get you "real phone numbers" and fax etc over a WiFi including # with your area code to fake "land line" but you can also use world wide.

                Comcast seems to be THE service in SF Bay Area where I'm at. Heard up in Copperopolis they wouldn't let big firms in so everyone is on 1990s tier speeds and you gotta wait to late night to download stuff.

                How come the Govt can spy on everyone's WWW service but USA can't get its act together with decent nationwide WWW access like all sorts of 2nd and 3rd tier nations?

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                • #9
                  -hanko
                  CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                  CGN Contributor
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 14174

                  Originally posted by Big Chudungus
                  How come the Govt can spy on everyone's WWW service but USA can't get its act together with decent nationwide WWW access like all sorts of 2nd and 3rd tier nations?
                  FJB promised high speed service to the boonies and nothing has happened.

                  FBHO promised the same with the same result.
                  True wealth is time. Time to enjoy life.

                  Life's journey is not to arrive safely in a well preserved body, but rather to slide in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "holy schit...what a ride"!!

                  Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. Mark Twain

                  A man's soul can be judged by the way he treats his dog. Charles Doran

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                  • #10
                    sigstroker
                    I need a LIFE!!
                    • Jan 2009
                    • 19407

                    Cocks charges me about $140 a month for substandard service. There's only one competitor, which uses DSL. So I've have to get a ma bell landline first.

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                    • #11
                      -hanko
                      CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                      CGN Contributor
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 14174

                      Originally posted by sigstroker
                      Cocks charges me about $140 a month for substandard service. There's only one competitor, which uses DSL. So I've have to get a ma bell landline first.
                      DSL is abysmal...speed varies a bunch by number of users online. Price was more than point-to-point so we dumped DSL.

                      We're definitely in the boonies, though a flat 6x8" antenna on the roof connects to a tower about 1/4 mile or so away. No issues other than heavy snow on the antenna, normally melted in 10-15 minutes.
                      True wealth is time. Time to enjoy life.

                      Life's journey is not to arrive safely in a well preserved body, but rather to slide in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "holy schit...what a ride"!!

                      Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. Mark Twain

                      A man's soul can be judged by the way he treats his dog. Charles Doran

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                      • #12
                        Calicowboy8
                        Junior Member
                        • Jan 2020
                        • 78

                        Bump

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                        • #13
                          Rakso
                          Senior Member
                          • Apr 2019
                          • 1323

                          Originally posted by Eat Dirt
                          Wanting to ditch the Spectrum / fees total $81 month !

                          Had a land line number [ for Faxes ] and internet
                          No help from Spectrum
                          Looking for better options for internet Only ..........

                          No bundles ,
                          For you it's either Frontier (fios) or spectrum. Nothing else.

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                          • #14
                            Ivan275
                            Member
                            • May 2013
                            • 241

                            Call tell them you are thinking of cancelling due to the price, ask if they have any good deals to keep your service.

                            Repeat yearly.

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                            • #15
                              Number Six
                              Member
                              • Sep 2010
                              • 205

                              Can anyone comment on this option? I looks attractive. Is it as easy to set up as they make out? Reliable? Do they ship you the equipment or do they have to install it? Is there a cost for the equipment? Appears plug and play?


                              Originally posted by gwanghoops
                              just switched to Tmobile 5G Home Internet (5G cell modem w/WAP) -- $51.40/mo out the door.

                              as above, check if you have fiber locally first.
                              "I am not a number, I am a free man!" -The Prisoner

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