I got a flyer in the snail mail the other day that said "surf fiber internet will soon be available to you". My Mom has fiber internet in another state, and I know it's fast for her (albeit she has verizon fios). I live in the USA Midwest Chicago area- and I have had comcast xfinity for 20+ years here. They are a ripoff. I am charged 88.95 a month USD. I have no TV or any other services other than basic internet (I think it's the second lowest speed- they may call it "performance internet")

What I did notice (and this may be a coincidence) was that they must be doing some construction on my street because they made survey marks on my property and painted where the gas line and water lines are. Could this be because they are putting in the fiber cables?

Thinking of switching but want to get opinions of others. Besides cost reasons, comcast can suck off because they are basically part of other hollywood support corporations that are part of ACE. (this is the other reason I want to do it)

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 month ago

No idea, but fuck comcast.

Nepo baby operated company that wasted 100 billion dollars on brain dead business ventures while taking money from US taxpayer and failing to invest it as instructed, ie infrastructure. I guess they might be upgrading it now

They suck all around, I would never use them unless they are THE ONLY CHOICE.

[–] AltF4@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You probably don't need 2GB. Maybe even not 1GB. I have 1GB Internet and love the speeds, but unless I'm downloading a game from steam, I never really max it out.

That said, for someone who grew up before the Internet and experienced 28K modems (and slower), it's hella rude to sometimes just run ookla speed test for kicks.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is actually being offered here? It says '2 gig' in several places, I assume that means 2 Gb/s? No way that's actually 2 GB/s, right?

I hate imprecise language in advertisements, smh

[–] AltF4@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Quite likely it is 2Gb/sec (250MB/sec)

I am on a "1 Gig plan" (fiber,but with another provider) and I am able to upload AND download at nearly 1Gb (more close to 970M).

Main advantage over garbage like Comcast is the upload speed, which most US companies slash, trying to turn Internet into "consumption focused" medium, rather than exchange medium.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

meanwhile in Australia, the conservatives fucked our plan for everyone to have 1Gbps minimum. Thanks Turnballs.

[–] spinne@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When you cancel your Comcast, telling them you're moving internationally ends things much faster than saying you're switching providers.

[–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com -1 points 1 month ago

Lol when I did this they had the balls to ask me if I knew who was moving into the house I was currently selling so I could move to Germany. Fuck Comcast.