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[deleted] t1_j6x0e43 wrote

Our household hasn't had cable TV in years, better part of a decade at this point, but Spectrum has been, sadly, the *best* ISP we've had. And we've had Google Fiber and T-Mobile 5G in the past 3 years. So maybe they've found their niche as both Google and T-Mobile failed miserably.

And I'm so sick of "Up to 1Gb"...either it gets 1Gb or it doesn't. It's fucking binary. If you're advertising 1Gb, you need to deliver. Especially when they trot out bullshit like, "That's not intended for Wifi...only direct Ethernet connections." Who still connects home computers physically anymore aside from networking nerds like me? And even then I'm still maxing out at like 600Mbps.

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andrewreaganm t1_j6xc3vv wrote

What went wrong with Google fiber?

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Vzdubz t1_j6xf2dt wrote

It’s expensive and hard to run fiber all over

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andrewreaganm t1_j6xfbfx wrote

Not sure if you read what I replied to haha.

They said that the Google fiber they had installed in their house didn’t work for them, and I wanted to know why.

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KingStronghand t1_j6xv2x3 wrote

I work for Windstream and we guarantee up to 1gb to your modem. Wifi 1gb isn't guaranteed. That would be a nightmare to maintain a 1gb speed wirelessly. You would be surprised at how many homes are already set up for direct ethernet. all I have to do is put an end on a cat5 cable and plug into an ont.

If you're hardlined in and still not getting full rates u need to call the isp.

If you have Windstream Kinetic in your area call them. Windstream was a shitty company but I think they are actually trying to fix their reputation. We are currently building our fiber infrastructure out over the next decade to bring 1gb fiber to rural areas.

I've had 1gb fiber service for the last year and have never had any issues yet.

I'm a technician.

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Ev3nt t1_j6ybhcc wrote

Dude only wifi6 can handle 1gps or more in ideal conditions with devices that support it and that goes down the drain mighty quick when you add devices or have any walls in between. Wifi6 hardware isnt cheap currently. Wired is the only realistic reliable way to go if you want your full speed. Plenty of youtube tutorials on how to crimp your own ethernet and there is benefit with taking as many devices off wifi as possible making it faster for the rest. Even when wifi reliably hits 6gb/s, the 10/100gb/s wired hardware will be better. Wireless just sucks that way, only real compromise to get full speed wirelessly is if you can send an ethernet run to each room and wire wifi6 accesspoints in each of those rooms.

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Kurotan t1_j6ylakd wrote

I don't understand advertising 1gb when most people are just going to get the cheap 250 or whatever plan.

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