Fiber Optic internet option in Phoenix area (Scottsdale, Tempe: apartment, home)

[Jackgoma]

We are thinking about moving to Phoenix area and started researching about internet option in the area.
My husband is in IT working remotely and needs high speed fiber optic internet, minimum of 100Mbps download and upload speed.
Centurylink seems to have faster download speed compared to others but their upload speed is very slow(max was 35 Mbps from research I did).
I was wondering if anybody here is in IT working remotely and has fast fiber optic internet for work. Not sure if there’s any business internet option we can use. Thank you.

[JGMotorsport64]

The internet situation is:

You have two ISPs:

CenturyLink and Cox Cable. Both are available almost anywhere.

CenturyLink is DSL and in a lot of areas has speeds in the 10-50mbps range up and down. Some areas CenturyLink put in fiber with higher speeds. My office is CenturyLink fiber. Its expensive but no issues.

Cox is cable and some fiber. It’s everywhere and you can get pretty close to fiber speeds in areas without fiber already installed. I have cox cable at home. No real issues with it either.

[teeej]

Originally Posted by JGMotorsport64

The internet situation is:

You have two ISPs:

CenturyLink and Cox Cable. Both are available almost anywhere.

CenturyLink is DSL and in a lot of areas has speeds in the 10-50mbps range up and down. Some areas CenturyLink put in fiber with higher speeds. My office is CenturyLink fiber. Its expensive but no issues.

Cox is cable and some fiber. It’s everywhere and you can get pretty close to fiber speeds in areas without fiber already installed. I have cox cable at home. No real issues with it either.

CTL would be up to 100mbps down for DSL as it's pair bonded.

My CTL is 80 mb down and 10 up. Sadly no CTL fiber here yet.

[JGMotorsport64]

Originally Posted by teeej

CTL would be up to 100mbps down for DSL as it's pair bonded.

My CTL is 80 mb down and 10 up. Sadly no CTL fiber here yet.

Not everywhere. I’m in Tempe and the max I can get with CTL is 10/1

[teeej]

Originally Posted by JGMotorsport64

Not everywhere. I’m in Tempe and the max I can get with CTL is 10/1

Yeah, hence the "Up to 100".

When I was in Scottsdale, it was 40/4. Here in Phoenix, it's 80/10

[DAXhound]

CTL was a joke compared to the cable company in Wyoming.

[KurtAZ]

Really depends on where you are living. Cox can get their Gigablast product even over Cat3 cable lines using G.Fast. CTL has to have FTTH available at your address if you try and use them. We tried their bonded product and it never got close to advertised speeds so we stuck with Cox...which is stupid expensive, has data caps (unless you pay for their Unlimited package at almost $200/mo) and periodically slows down to T1 speeds. Business products are not available at residential addresses so their Fiber+ product is out of the question although you may be able to get Quantum Fiber from the small biz group if you are in a SFH. If you are in an apartment, the best bet would be Cox.

Recently installed WeLink and so far we are getting over 500/500 as a Super Anchor...it bogged down yesterday but that is because they are still fine tuning our neighborhood.

[bobsell]

Too bad Google Fiber ceased operations here.
https://kjzz.org/content/390786/goog...ations-phoenix

[locolife]

Originally Posted by JGMotorsport64

The internet situation is:

You have two ISPs:

CenturyLink and Cox Cable. Both are available almost anywhere.

CenturyLink is DSL and in a lot of areas has speeds in the 10-50mbps range up and down. Some areas CenturyLink put in fiber with higher speeds. My office is CenturyLink fiber. Its expensive but no issues.

Cox is cable and some fiber. It’s everywhere and you can get pretty close to fiber speeds in areas without fiber already installed. I have cox cable at home. No real issues with it either.

Verizon and T-Mobile 5G home internet is now available in many parts of metro Phoenix as well. Verizon claims up to 1GB down and 50 up. I haven't researched T-Mobile as much but I'd venture to guess it's comparable speeds.

[locolife]

Originally Posted by bobsell

Too bad Google Fiber ceased operations here.
https://kjzz.org/content/390786/goog...ations-phoenix

With 5GUW rolling out everywhere and offering speeds rivaling fiber but no requirement for cable I'm thinking Google sees the writing on the wall. Fiber/Cable connections are probably going to be a thing of the past in the not too distant future.