[BoneLakeBennie]

Greetings everyone. Apologies if this has been discussed before, but a search didn't return any hits.

We are in the process of buying a new home in Newell and I'm looking into the options for internet service. During the electronic signing of the contract, an offer for Centric Fiber internet came up. Other discussion on this forum have discussed Xfinity, Spectrum, etc, but not Centric.

Anybody here have Centric?

Thanks,
Ron

[villagetinker]

Never heard of this company, I did an internet search and came up with some information, sounds like a new player in the southern area. I did not do a lot of research, and i have no idea if you have other options where you are located.

[JMintzer]

Are you sure you don't mean "Quantum"?

[Keefelane66]

They have a store front in Plaza

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Keefelane66

They have a store front in Plaza

What is "Plaza"?

[Keefelane66]

Pinellas Plaza sorry

[BoneLakeBennie]

Price seems pretty good for 1 gig speeds.
Villages newbie question, but can multiple providers service the same area?
Here in MN there is only one in an area plus maybe DSL.

[tuccillo]

Yes. In some areas you have a choice of CenturyLink (rebranded as QuantumFiber in the areas serviced by fiber optic), Spectrum, and Comcast, along with some cell-based internet providers.

A pretty good price right now is QuantumFiber at 200 megabits per second upload and download for $30 per month, including all fees and taxes, if you are in their service area.

Originally Posted by BoneLakeBennie

Price seems pretty good for 1 gig speeds.
Villages newbie question, but can multiple providers service the same area?
Here in MN there is only one in an area plus maybe DSL.

[bobeaston]

Originally Posted by BoneLakeBennie

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Villages newbie question, but can multiple providers service the same area?
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Cable TV, in most parts of the US, are limited to 2 providers per area. Internet providers don't have the same restriction. "Broadbandnow" lists 9 internet providers in The Villages. See this link. However, I don't know how many are actually available in the area you want to move to. The village we live in has pre-buried service for 2 providers. I don't know how service gets to your home if not one of those two.

[Foxtrot]

We have Quantum Fiber norther of 466A, only $30 a month and never had an outage. Love it. No installation fee either.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by BoneLakeBennie

Greetings everyone. Apologies if this has been discussed before, but a search didn't return any hits.

We are in the process of buying a new home in Newell and I'm looking into the options for internet service. During the electronic signing of the contract, an offer for Centric Fiber internet came up. Other discussion on this forum have discussed Xfinity, Spectrum, etc, but not Centric.

Anybody here have Centric?

Thanks,
Ron

As I understand it Fiber optic would be faster, however people CLAIMING they have fiber optic I would check if it is fiber optic all the way. A few feet of fiber optic would be like a six inch hose going into a garden hose. The water cannot, does not flow any faster than a garden hose.

As far as spectrum and xfinity should a QUALITY company enter OUR market they will both be OUT. They are both expensive and repairs STINK.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by bobeaston

Cable TV, in most parts of the US, are limited to 2 providers per area. Internet providers don't have the same restriction. "Broadbandnow" lists 9 internet providers in The Villages. See this link. However, I don't know how many are actually available in the area you want to move to. The village we live in has pre-buried service for 2 providers. I don't know how service gets to your home if not one of those two.

Re: buried service
The adventure. Our home is 9 years old. Neighbor having a swimming pool put in they cut the cable. Repair was like an adventure of the three stooges. I told them what the problem was. Waited several days without, triple play, no internet, no phone, no TV, for them to send somebody. It is a SUBCONTRACTOR. He said what I told them, the cable was cut. He could only repair the home to the line. Several days later they sent the line guys. They ran a cable to the box crossing two neighbors property but didn't bury it. Can't help it. Did they not call the third contractor to bury the wire? A neighbor called me complaining about an unburied cable. I assumed it was trash just left behind and told him to cut it and toss it. We were again without cable service for days. Oh and our cable is black. One of the many repair guys told me it is the wrong cable to bury. The proper cable to bury is brown. Has been working for 3-4 years now.

I've wondered before THE VILLAGES is far more powerful than any one customer. I expect if we bought together we would get both lower rates and better service.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by BoneLakeBennie

Price seems pretty good for 1 gig speeds.
Villages newbie question, but can multiple providers service the same area?
Here in MN there is only one in an area plus maybe DSL.

We had DSL, the one that goes over the phone lines, many, many years ago. I think it is about as current as dial phones. It was so slow, I would regularly be cut off on websites.

THE VILLAGES is well HUGE. When we first moved in 10 years ago. We were told there were two providers in our area. I called one, ours was newly built, we were told they did and then told they did not provide service to our area.

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by Foxtrot

We have Quantum Fiber norther of 466A, only $30 a month and never had an outage. Love it. No installation fee either.

Where "north of 466A" are you that has fiber service and what is your ZIP code?

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Most internet / cable wires go from the common box to your house entrance laid just under the sod when laid. The cable is not protected, so there are times where the cable can be cut by mowers, or other activities.

Our cable was cut when the house next door was constructed. Spectrum came out late that day and repaired the line as well as I bought several pieces of galvanized pipe to protect the cable in case of erosion, etc so that any digging activity in the area will not cut the wire without a lot of effort.

The pipe was also sunk about 6 inches below the sod root level to keep it from easily getting uncovered. .

So anytime you have an issue with cable, you should consider protecting the cable coming into the house by having the contractor protect the cable line in a galvanized pipe and rebury the line at least 3 inches to 6 inches below the sod roots