Internet Service Providers : Fios, ATT, TWC ?

[richard88]

Originally Posted by dallas_cowboy

oh yeah...... then be prepared to experience sudden internet outages if you switch to TWC. I have seen numerous complains about TWC outages in my neighborhood.

that means only ATT is the only backup plan

[metroxian]

Originally Posted by LeagleEagleDFW

Typically, if you get Verizon, you don't get AT&T.

Verizon has 25/25 for $45 a month on their website.

Originally Posted by richard88

that means only ATT is the only backup plan

You say that you've been on FiOS for a while. Do you know if ATT even provides phone/broadband to your neighborhood? That is, as LeagleEagleDFW has pointed out above, it isn't typical that Verizon (former GTE) and ATT (former Southwestern Bell) would provide telephone service (and/or dsl/broadband) to the same addresses. Cell coverage is not the same thing.

[richard88]

Originally Posted by metroxian

You say that you've been on FiOS for a while. Do you know if ATT even provides phone/broadband to your neighborhood? That is, as LeagleEagleDFW has pointed out above, it isn't typical that Verizon (former GTE) and ATT (former Southwestern Bell) would provide telephone service (and/or dsl/broadband) to the same addresses. Cell coverage is not the same thing.

Yes, I keyed in my address to check availability for ATT & TWC, both are available. But Chartered Spectrum is not available.

[LeagleEagleDFW]

Service is generally mutually exclusive - if AT&T serves, Verizon does not. If TWC serves, Charter or Comcast does not. A few areas have overlapping service. Plano and Lewisville both have a small section where both AT&T and Verizon serve. However, between those two, Verizon is the absolute clear winner. AT&T is better than TWC, though.