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Thanks in advance for opinions! Really appreciate this site. Moving to Cary beginning of September. Trying to choose TV cable, high speed internet and cell service. We need high speed dependable internet for our jobs. Don't want a lot of streaming limits. Can you share your experience? Should we bundle or is there a 'best in class' for each service?
My choices would be
Google internet
Ooma for phone (or use your cellphones.)
Direct Tv , though mAny are happy with dish. Google tv was VERY problematic for us. Eleven months and we returned to Direct tv.
We have had AT&T uVerse since it was available.
It has been very reliable.
I work from home about 40% of the time and my wife about 20% of the time without issue.
No streaming limit.
It is a bit expensive, bit I would pick it over Spectrum at about any price.
If network TV, college and pro football, are important, note that ATT and the major CBS affiliate are locked in a longterm battle and we don't have any idea when we will get CBS again.
Probably going to get an antenna.
We need high speed dependable internet for our jobs.
Make sure which version of AT&T Internet is available at your location. I am only able to get the DSL version (phone lines), which is advertised at 25 Mbps. Now that my 2-year contract is almost up and the new rate is 50% higher, I am looking to go back to Alert Cable/Time-Warner/Spectrum/Charter.
I have spectrum internet, 300mbps for around 50 per month although you should be able to get it cheaper as a new sign up. I work from home 60 hours a week, and completely depend on internet to do it. In the past 24 months we have maybe had 1-2 hours of outage total. It has been 100% completely rock solid. I hated TWC/Spectrum but wouldn't trade my current service in for anyone.
My neighborhood facebook group is very active and it seems like Google is awesome when its working but has some pretty frequent glitches. I would stay away from anything with a data cap.
In the last few years, I’ve had Spectrum (just before the name change, so still TWC), Google Fiber, and AT&T Fiber. Google, by far, was the best. We moved and it was not available in current location (they just dug up the street, though, so maybe soon).
With Google, I’d get the full gigabit up and down with any speedtest. With AT&T, I don’t. I only get close with their speedtest. My guess is that I get that speed from house to some close by piece of access equipment, but that their network can’t give me gigabit speeds outside that. With Spectrum, I could not even get gigabit at all.
We haven’t used cable or satellite TV in years. Tablo DVR and then occasional subscriptions to OTT services. Currently using YouTube TV. Got it at the start of the Tour de France, and it seems great. In the past, we’ve used Sling and PlayStation Vue. Usually just use for a few months and catch up with a handful of shows, then drop for a bit. Easy to sign up and drop, and no hidden fees.
Even with all the Spectrum hate around here (deserved in some instances) they are reliable and provide their stated speeds, it' just their business practices leave a lot to be desired. In case you find a house that doesn't have fiber, spectrum is a decent provider service wise. I had their triple play package for 8 years and everything worked fine and reliably.
agree with don6170:
"Make sure which version of AT&T Internet is available at your location. I am only able to get the DSL version (phone lines), which is advertised at 25 Mbps. Now that my 2-year contract is almost up and the new rate is 50% higher"
we have DSL, and our bill went from $66 to $143 this year.
since we "cut the cord" three years ago, we get everything
through DSL. however, no issues that were AT&T's fault.
(construction crew cuts a cable...which is common, here)
agree with don6170:
"Make sure which version of AT&T Internet is available at your location. I am only able to get the DSL version (phone lines), which is advertised at 25 Mbps. Now that my 2-year contract is almost up and the new rate is 50% higher"
we have DSL, and our bill went from $66 to $143 this year.
since we "cut the cord" three years ago, we get everything
through DSL. however, no issues that were AT&T's fault.
(construction crew cuts a cable...which is common, here)
Please don't take this question as snarky...
You pay $143 a month for DSL?!
Is that your only option?
Thats a ton for DSL speed (even if you don't "need" 200-300+ Mbps)
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