[maryhermann]

Is anyone using Quantum Fiber internet? I received an offer in the mail that sounds almost too good to be true. 940 mbps for $35 a month for life, including equipment fees. If you are using it, is it reliable? Are there lots of outages? Overall it gets great reviews on CNET and Reddit and horrid reviews on Trustpilot and Yelp. Who am I to believe? I'd like to learn from a Villager first hand.

[bopat]

If it seems too good to be true.....
It's not for life, it's as long as they offer that plan.

[GoRedSox!]

Originally Posted by maryhermann

Is anyone using Quantum Fiber internet? I received an offer in the mail that sounds almost too good to be true. 940 mbps for $35 a month for life, including equipment fees. If you are using it, is it reliable? Are there lots of outages? Overall it gets great reviews on CNET and Reddit and horrid reviews on Trustpilot and Yelp. Who am I to believe? I'd like to learn from a Villager first hand.

We have Quantum and you are getting a slightly better deal than me. I am paying $45 flat and it has worked perfectly for us. Very reliable and speedy. They have an app for your phone that has a lot of information, like what devices are connected, speed test, and more.

[retiredguy123]

Why should I care about fiber? I have Xfinity COAX internet and get 1200 mbps. Is fiber really better than COAX?

[Mleeja]

Quantum is far less than Xfinity for comparable speeds. My thought is unless you are doing 8k steaming, or heavy into gaming, the very highest speeds are not needed.

[gatorbill1]

Not available north of 44? - I know it is not available near 466
I am correcting myself Century Link did put in fiber optic north of 466 (I had it in Santiago) but do not have fiber optic in Bonnybrook.

[Keefelane66]

We’ve had Centurylink/Quantum since 2010 maybe 2 outages lasting less than hour or two.

[smurphy]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Why should I care about fiber? I have Xfinity COAX internet and get 1200 mbps. Is fiber really better than COAX?

One difference between cable and fiber is that with fiber, your upload speed and download speed are the same.

Another reason some people prefer fiber to coax is because it is not Xfinity.

[biker1]

I have had their service for 10 years; QuantumFiber is a rebranding of the CenturyLink fiber service. I pay $30 per month for more bandwidth than I require using my own router. They are very reliable.

Originally Posted by maryhermann

Is anyone using Quantum Fiber internet? I received an offer in the mail that sounds almost too good to be true. 940 mbps for $35 a month for life, including equipment fees. If you are using it, is it reliable? Are there lots of outages? Overall it gets great reviews on CNET and Reddit and horrid reviews on Trustpilot and Yelp. Who am I to believe? I'd like to learn from a Villager first hand.

[biker1]

Not necessarily true. I have had different upload and download nominal bandwidths with fiber. Their current offerings are for the same bandwidths but it doesn’t have to be.

Originally Posted by smurphy

One difference between cable and fiber is that with fiber, your upload speed and download speed are the same.

Another reason some people prefer fiber to coax is because it is not Xfinity.

[biker1]

Fiber services typically give you a dynamic IP address at an RJ-45 jack in a location that you specify. You can plug any router or computer directly into that jack. Their “modem” is typically tucked away in an ONT box on the outside of the house or in a low voltage panel in the garage. You don’t need to be concerned about using a vendor approved modem/router. Besides that convenience, bits are bits.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Why should I care about fiber? I have Xfinity COAX internet and get 1200 mbps. Is fiber really better than COAX?

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by biker1

Fiber services typically give you a dynamic IP address at an RJ-45 jack in a location that you specify. You can plug any router or computer directly into that jack. Their “modem” is typically tucked away in an ONT box on the outside of the house or in a low voltage panel in the garage. You don’t need to be concerned about using a vendor approved modem/router. Besides that convenience, bits are bits.

I rent the modem/router from Xfinity because, if something goes wrong, I want to be able to blame them.

[biker1]

I own my own router because I don’t want to keep paying for the router over and over again (which is what you do when you lease equipment) and in the extremely unlikely event of a router failure (I have never seen a router failure in 25 years of having broadband access), I can easily diagnose it myself.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I rent the modem/router from Xfinity because, if something goes wrong, I want to be able to blame them.

[midiwiz]

Originally Posted by maryhermann

Is anyone using Quantum Fiber internet? I received an offer in the mail that sounds almost too good to be true. 940 mbps for $35 a month for life, including equipment fees. If you are using it, is it reliable? Are there lots of outages? Overall it gets great reviews on CNET and Reddit and horrid reviews on Trustpilot and Yelp. Who am I to believe? I'd like to learn from a Villager first hand.

it won't be 35 for life, however with that said I've had it for 3 years, it' fantastic! I have never had an outage

[midiwiz]

Originally Posted by maryhermann

Is anyone using Quantum Fiber internet? I received an offer in the mail that sounds almost too good to be true. 940 mbps for $35 a month for life, including equipment fees. If you are using it, is it reliable? Are there lots of outages? Overall it gets great reviews on CNET and Reddit and horrid reviews on Trustpilot and Yelp. Who am I to believe? I'd like to learn from a Villager first hand.

btw, take another look at that price sure it's not $75??