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ATT and now Cox in one neighborhood

Posted on 1/26/18 at 3:09 pm
Posted by robchand58
Denham Springs LA
Member since Nov 2012
629 posts
Posted on 1/26/18 at 3:09 pm
Built a house in a brand new subdivision. ATT laid fiber, got it, love it. Now, Cox is putting something in the ground alongside the ATT glass. Not used to having a choice like this. If you live where have two internet providers available to you now: does this keep prices down? Any pros/cons to having all this service available?
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 1/26/18 at 3:20 pm to
My neighborhood has AT&T U-Verse and Charter. AT&T is running fiber sometime this year, supposedly. I haven't seen lower prices, but both bombard our mailbox with new customer specials all the time. We get at least one flyer per week, even from AT&T. We pay around $60 per month for U-Verse. Charter has a special right now for around the same price for 12 months. Not sure what it goes to after that. The Charter service is really spotty according to my neighbors, so I've never switched. Never had a problem with U-Verse other than it being slower than cable.
Posted by 3deadtrolls
lafayette
Member since Jan 2014
5714 posts
Posted on 1/26/18 at 5:45 pm to
Cox is pricey
Posted by AaronDeTiger
baton rouge
Member since Jun 2014
1558 posts
Posted on 1/27/18 at 8:52 am to
Yeah, Cox wanted more for 300 mbps than att's 1000 mbps. I've got att 100 mbps for $60. You can get a discount down to $50 or $55 if you have their cell service.
Posted by TheJacer
Member since Nov 2012
789 posts
Posted on 1/27/18 at 12:21 pm to
AT&T laid fiber in the formerly Cox only neighborhood I live in about a year ago. They signed up almost the entire hood for 1Gbps at $10 more than Cox was charging for 150Mbps. I got price matched for a year and then going up to the regular price for the second year. Given the higher costs of fiber I've read about, I'd say multiple options has indeed lent itself to lower prices.
Posted by Brettesaurus Rex
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2009
38259 posts
Posted on 1/27/18 at 12:33 pm to
ATT fiber has a data cap. I only have ATT so I don't have a choice, but I liked Cox when u had it much better. I had an awesome modem/router that I can't use because I have to use their crappy equipment.
Posted by LSUsmartass
Scompton
Member since Sep 2004
82365 posts
Posted on 1/27/18 at 12:57 pm to
My ATT fiber has no data cap
Posted by Fus0623
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2015
88789 posts
Posted on 1/27/18 at 3:01 pm to
quote:

Yeah, Cox wanted more for 300 mbps than att's 1000 mbps. I've got att 100 mbps for $60. You can get a discount down to $50 or $55 if you have their cell service.

Does your bill ever go higher than $60?
Posted by TheJacer
Member since Nov 2012
789 posts
Posted on 1/27/18 at 6:32 pm to
So far I don't have a data cap. I also use my own router.
Posted by 3deadtrolls
lafayette
Member since Jan 2014
5714 posts
Posted on 1/27/18 at 7:22 pm to
quote:

ATT fiber has a data cap.


Cox does as well. 1TB before you get charged extra.

quote:

Data Plan: Your Cox Internet plan includes a specified data usage amount of 1 TB (1,024 GB) per month. Visit cox.com/datausage for more information.
This post was edited on 1/27/18 at 7:24 pm
Posted by HubbaBubba
F_uck Joe Biden, TX
Member since Oct 2010
45784 posts
Posted on 1/28/18 at 12:28 am to
DFW area. I have Fios fiber and Spectrum cable in my area. I'm paying $70 a month for 200gb unlmited data.
Posted by AaronDeTiger
baton rouge
Member since Jun 2014
1558 posts
Posted on 1/28/18 at 7:45 am to
No, it's locked in for 2 years. I can upgrade to gigabit for $80 at any time.
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
22118 posts
Posted on 1/28/18 at 10:21 am to
quote:

ATT laid fiber, got it, love it.


I like the service but the wifi on the Pace router is borderline unusable. Frequent disconnects and poor signal strength. I am likely going to kill wifi on the router and roll out a Unifi AP.
Posted by robchand58
Denham Springs LA
Member since Nov 2012
629 posts
Posted on 1/28/18 at 6:43 pm to
If I had never seen the gigabit upload speed, the WiFi would be OK. Luckily, I wired the house with Cat 5E to every location where a computer or TV would be. All hitting a 1 Gig router in a closet. The Wifi is just for visitors, mobiles, etc. Everything else is on the LAN. Once you put your computers on the Gigabite fiber, the Wifi seems intolerably sluggish, despite being miles better than 5 years ago.
This post was edited on 1/29/18 at 11:27 am
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