Cutting the Cord from Cable company

[trlcavscout]

I have had DSL for years, at my old house i was getting 12 megs and i could stream on two tv’s while my son played xbox online. Now i get 25 megs and we constantly have 2-3 tv’s streaming and 2 teenage boys playing online games, using a cheap DSL modem, a cisco 5506 and a good Ubiquitu AP. Never have buffering and the boys are yet to complain about lag. DSL is cheaper and way more reliable then comcast in most areas, i worked for them as a tech for 12 years and now i work for a company doing phone and IT work for businesses, we make a lot of money showing up when customers call only to tell them their modems are offline and they need to call comcast.

We have netflix and hulu now, used to use kodi. I just need to find a way to get Packers games this fall for my GF.

[Grant H.]

I have had DSL for years, at my old house i was getting 12 megs and i could stream on two tv’s while my son played xbox online. Now i get 25 megs and we constantly have 2-3 tv’s streaming and 2 teenage boys playing online games, using a cheap DSL modem, a cisco 5506 and a good Ubiquitu AP. Never have buffering and the boys are yet to complain about lag. DSL is cheaper and way more reliable then comcast in most areas, i worked for them as a tech for 12 years and now i work for a company doing phone and IT work for businesses, we make a lot of money showing up when customers call only to tell them their modems are offline and they need to call comcast.

We have netflix and hulu now, used to use kodi. I just need to find a way to get Packers games this fall for my GF.

Cheaper? Yes.

More reliable? As you said, that depends on your area.

Longmont, Firestone, Frederick, Niwot, and Gunbarrel (all places I have current, direct data points on internet access) all have terrible DSL service. We were paying for the 12mbps plan on DSL and they could barely deliver 1mbps in Gunbarrel. Switched to Comcrap, and haven't had an issue since.

(Don't take this as a no-holds-barred endorsement of Comcrap, because they have their own major issues, but they are faster and more stable in those areas).

[hurley842002]

So far liking Sling quite a bit, will let the free trial finish and try Direct next, before making a decision. Now if only the newer Galaxy phones had the IR feature like the S4 and S5, I'd never have to pick up the remote lol.

[Irving]

Are you watching very popular shows on Sling? I loved it for stuff that wasn't popular. I feel like the more popular the show, the worse the viewing experience. Nice thing is that it's just month to month so you can ditch it once your show is over and pick it up when you want.

[Fentonite]

Has anybody heard of or tried “WiFiHood”? $50/month for 50mbps. Microwave radio internet, no actual TV channels. Gotta provide your own router. Since I don’t do any gaming, I think this might be enough for us. Add an over-the-air antenna for local channels, probably all I need. Thoughts?

http://wifihood.com/plan/wifihood-home/

[cstone]

Has anybody heard of or tried “WiFiHood”? $50/month for 50mbps. Microwave radio internet, no actual TV channels. Gotta provide your own router. Since I don’t do any gaming, I think this might be enough for us. Add an over-the-air antenna for local channels, probably all I need. Thoughts?

http://wifihood.com/plan/wifihood-home/

If it delivers 50mbps for $60 per month, I would drop Comcast in a heartbeat. Sadly, it has not expanded far enough for me to consider.

You may want to call them and see if they already have any customers in your neighborhood. Then you can ask them about their experience.

I was really hoping for fiber at some point but that just doesn't seem to be coming either.

[Irving]

If it delivers 50mbps for $60 per month, I would drop Comcast in a heartbeat. Sadly, it has not expanded far enough for me to consider.

You may want to call them and see if they already have any customers in your neighborhood. Then you can ask them about their experience.

I was really hoping for fiber at some point but that just doesn't seem to be coming either.

Century Link spent a few months updating my entire neighborhood with Fiber. They must not have gotten up to the nice part of Thornton yet.

[Madeinhb]

If it delivers 50mbps for $60 per month, I would drop Comcast in a heartbeat. Sadly, it has not expanded far enough for me to consider.

You may want to call them and see if they already have any customers in your neighborhood. Then you can ask them about their experience.

I was really hoping for fiber at some point but that just doesn't seem to be coming either.

Fiber isn't coming to Thornton because, if I'm not mistaken, the city said the companies running Fiber would have to run it to everyone house in Thornton. And of course,Netherlands companies said no to that. At least I believe it was VZ from what I read.


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[izzy]

Centennial is getting fiber and I'm on the pre-order list. Given that they've started construction on the exact opposite side of the city that I live in I'm expecting to get service sometime in 2050.

[Gman]

Centennial is getting fiber and I'm on the pre-order list. Given that they've started construction on the exact opposite side of the city that I live in I'm expecting to get service sometime in 2050.

It'll all be 25G wireless by then. In other news, we'll also all glow in the dark.