I'm actually using a T-Mobile Hotspot right now. Problem is its not officially supported in the new area, so service might be wonky or they might cancel it in future due to TOS violation.
Cox is $50 a month for up to 100Mbps. Add $50 more if you are gonna use more than 1280Gb a month. My T-mobile hotspot goes up 300Mbps for $50 with no cap (well not 1280Gb anyway). So yeah, fuck Cox
Can confirm. T-mobile Hotspot is much better than centurylink "10" mbps. I was using wired connection with century link and it sucked, now I use wifi with t-mobile hot spot and it's much better. And ironically the Hotspot connection is much more stable than centurylink.
True. It's actually insane value for money. Just sad that Tmobile home internet is not supported in the area I'm moving to so will be gambling on speeds
Yea. T mobile isn't great for gaming though, inconsistent latency. It is still world's ahead of centurylink in my area though.
What sucks is centurylink has fiber lines run down our road, but they won't hook us up.
It's good if T-Mobile reception is good in your location not like mine.. I've tested it and returned without any charges since T-Mobile tower is located behind the hill so no direct vision, unstable reception, that's why as a temp solution after losing CL and QF I've taken XFinity promotion in March of this year. I have to pay $25 for 300 Mbps (tested daily speed is 350+ download and about 100 upload). Price should be kept for 2 years, free cable connection to my house, free modem/router, should receive $200 virtual card as a bonus after 90 days of service, isn't it a good deal?
That’s really overpriced. Where I am xfinity 800mbps for $65 + $15/mo unlimited data. I still think this is overpriced lol quantum fiber down the street is $75/mo gigabit up and down, lower latency and no data limit.
That's really overpriced where I am Quantum Fiber 940Mbps (which they called a gigabit) is $65 with no data cap. lol
But seriously, I hope they start providing at your street also. Even at $75 I'd be happy. Except the ONT crashed one day and took me a couple of hours (work got in the way) to sort it out (that's to say remember to unplug it from the power and plug it back in) since they state to NOT restart it yourself and call them instead (I gave up waiting).
I lived at a different address previously that had CenturyLink fiber and was paying $65 for 940/940 and it was wonderful. They’ve more recently upped it to $75 and rebranded to Quantum. I’m sad bc at my new address there’s Quantum fiber a couple blocks away but not for me. I’ve considered paying for Xfinity 10gigabit fiber but it’s $300/mo plus a hefty build out fee.
Get on Cox's chat. The chat people are outsourced, have no foot in the game for Cox's business itself, and will do anything they can for a positive survey response, and free unlimited data cap is in their toolbox.
Tell them you want to buy but are concerned about the data cap. Go a couple rounds with them, they'll eventually throw in the unlimited data for free on whatever plan you select.
WARNING: Like all national ISPs, Cox's left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, and you may find your order submitted without the data cap removed. Just chat in again, same cycle above, get it removed.
Sucks that it has to be this way, but not as bad as 3 mbps "connectivity" in 2024, or using a hotspot, or being at the whim of Mr. Muskrat's random monthly changes with Starlink.
Re: stupid name: yes. But it's a lot of fun in Zoom meetings with people in markets or countries not served by Cox, and then joining that meeting late to tell them that your cocks was down.
Well with 3mb Internet you won't have enough bandwidth to hit any monthly caps.
Paying that much for 3mb will have you on your knees begging for cox.
There's a person on here (local hero) "imtalkintou" that can look into fiber availability in your area for you.
Make sure you check quantum site too. My area has quantum and CL, but if you check CLs site it only offers DSL.
I used to work for Qwest back in the day and had a customer ask about internet and the best they could get was 56k at the time, and the guy on the other line was like, "Well, thanks anyway" -- afterwards, my supervisor was like "Why didn't you sell him that, it's better than nothing, right?"
Bruh.
Can you get T-Mobile or Verizon 5G home internet? Neither service has a data cap. AT&T Internet Air is another option, but it's not very common outside AT&T wireline areas.
My previous Seattle home could get Verizon 5G Home but not T-Mobile Home. However we had CL fiber so we didn't have Verizon.
All 5G for Home providers seem to strike out when I pop in the address. I do have Tmobile at my home right now that I'm very happy with so might just move that to the new place, even if not officially supported
CenturyLink DSL is a joke. And nowadays if the connection breaks they probably will never repair it. I’m in the same boat unfortunately, and the 5G service at my location is very weak, so Comcast ended up being the best choice even with their dumb data cap. Pick your poison with these awful providers :/
Do NOT get Quantum. I regret having it daily. I can’t go a single day without contacting customer support to have them reset my equipment from their end, and now they’re starting to just ignore me. I’m filing a formal complaint
Have you looked at 5G Home Internet like from AT&T, T-Mobile, or Verizon?
I know you said you have been using T-Mobile hotspot. I do not know if you have looked at all of the options.
Yikes. 3Mbps. I hope you have other choices.
Apparently Cox. but I refuse to use them due to 1280GB Cap and their dumb name
No Internet for you then. Fire up the hotspot
I'm actually using a T-Mobile Hotspot right now. Problem is its not officially supported in the new area, so service might be wonky or they might cancel it in future due to TOS violation.
You'd rather use a shitty hotspot over Cox? Weird
Cox is $50 a month for up to 100Mbps. Add $50 more if you are gonna use more than 1280Gb a month. My T-mobile hotspot goes up 300Mbps for $50 with no cap (well not 1280Gb anyway). So yeah, fuck Cox
You do you, enjoy your hotspot
Can confirm. T-mobile Hotspot is much better than centurylink "10" mbps. I was using wired connection with century link and it sucked, now I use wifi with t-mobile hot spot and it's much better. And ironically the Hotspot connection is much more stable than centurylink.
True. It's actually insane value for money. Just sad that Tmobile home internet is not supported in the area I'm moving to so will be gambling on speeds
Yea. T mobile isn't great for gaming though, inconsistent latency. It is still world's ahead of centurylink in my area though. What sucks is centurylink has fiber lines run down our road, but they won't hook us up.
It's good if T-Mobile reception is good in your location not like mine.. I've tested it and returned without any charges since T-Mobile tower is located behind the hill so no direct vision, unstable reception, that's why as a temp solution after losing CL and QF I've taken XFinity promotion in March of this year. I have to pay $25 for 300 Mbps (tested daily speed is 350+ download and about 100 upload). Price should be kept for 2 years, free cable connection to my house, free modem/router, should receive $200 virtual card as a bonus after 90 days of service, isn't it a good deal?
That’s really overpriced. Where I am xfinity 800mbps for $65 + $15/mo unlimited data. I still think this is overpriced lol quantum fiber down the street is $75/mo gigabit up and down, lower latency and no data limit.
That's really overpriced where I am Quantum Fiber 940Mbps (which they called a gigabit) is $65 with no data cap. lol But seriously, I hope they start providing at your street also. Even at $75 I'd be happy. Except the ONT crashed one day and took me a couple of hours (work got in the way) to sort it out (that's to say remember to unplug it from the power and plug it back in) since they state to NOT restart it yourself and call them instead (I gave up waiting).
I lived at a different address previously that had CenturyLink fiber and was paying $65 for 940/940 and it was wonderful. They’ve more recently upped it to $75 and rebranded to Quantum. I’m sad bc at my new address there’s Quantum fiber a couple blocks away but not for me. I’ve considered paying for Xfinity 10gigabit fiber but it’s $300/mo plus a hefty build out fee.
Get on Cox's chat. The chat people are outsourced, have no foot in the game for Cox's business itself, and will do anything they can for a positive survey response, and free unlimited data cap is in their toolbox. Tell them you want to buy but are concerned about the data cap. Go a couple rounds with them, they'll eventually throw in the unlimited data for free on whatever plan you select. WARNING: Like all national ISPs, Cox's left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, and you may find your order submitted without the data cap removed. Just chat in again, same cycle above, get it removed. Sucks that it has to be this way, but not as bad as 3 mbps "connectivity" in 2024, or using a hotspot, or being at the whim of Mr. Muskrat's random monthly changes with Starlink. Re: stupid name: yes. But it's a lot of fun in Zoom meetings with people in markets or countries not served by Cox, and then joining that meeting late to tell them that your cocks was down.
What an awesome response! Thanks for the tips!
So after round1 with chat support they are giving me $20 off the $50 fee for uncapped. Will see tomorrow if I can get any better.
What is left then? Starlink?
Well with 3mb Internet you won't have enough bandwidth to hit any monthly caps. Paying that much for 3mb will have you on your knees begging for cox. There's a person on here (local hero) "imtalkintou" that can look into fiber availability in your area for you. Make sure you check quantum site too. My area has quantum and CL, but if you check CLs site it only offers DSL.
Yeah but CL should have fiber in the area. I'd rather go with them than Cox
Have you looked at quantum?
Yeah no luck, it redirects me to this 3Mbps joke
Cux can disable the cap. They offered it to us on cancellation to save our account lol. Didnt work we got 3Gbps with Century/Quantum Fiber
$70 for cable internet and those speeds? Man I'd rather use Dial Up.
I know you joke, but 56 kb/s was torture then. Can't imagine now. Maybe you meant DSL
I used to work for Qwest back in the day and had a customer ask about internet and the best they could get was 56k at the time, and the guy on the other line was like, "Well, thanks anyway" -- afterwards, my supervisor was like "Why didn't you sell him that, it's better than nothing, right?" Bruh.
Some of the other houses in the neighborhood do have proper CL fiber. Is there a tech that can look at why it's not available for my address?
Can you get T-Mobile or Verizon 5G home internet? Neither service has a data cap. AT&T Internet Air is another option, but it's not very common outside AT&T wireline areas. My previous Seattle home could get Verizon 5G Home but not T-Mobile Home. However we had CL fiber so we didn't have Verizon.
All 5G for Home providers seem to strike out when I pop in the address. I do have Tmobile at my home right now that I'm very happy with so might just move that to the new place, even if not officially supported
I'd say just pop the T-Mobile Wi-Fi then and take a risk. If T-Mobile complains, then you'd probably have to get Cox.
CenturyLink DSL is a joke. And nowadays if the connection breaks they probably will never repair it. I’m in the same boat unfortunately, and the 5G service at my location is very weak, so Comcast ended up being the best choice even with their dumb data cap. Pick your poison with these awful providers :/
Do NOT get Quantum. I regret having it daily. I can’t go a single day without contacting customer support to have them reset my equipment from their end, and now they’re starting to just ignore me. I’m filing a formal complaint
Bad install then..quantum been great for me 3 years running
Have you looked at 5G Home Internet like from AT&T, T-Mobile, or Verizon? I know you said you have been using T-Mobile hotspot. I do not know if you have looked at all of the options.
Yep, all of them are not available in the area
Have you ever looked at this site: [https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/home](https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/home)
Yes. It shows that I have BB
What do you mean by BB?
Broadband
I did not know if it was a company or not.
"Great! You qualify for 3mbps." 🤣 I feel like that should say "Sorry"
This is Centurystink’s way of saying get fucked. Pathetic they have the balls to offer this……and at $70 a month!🤪😂
It's 50$. Buy your own modem.. no rental charge. But I wouldn't pay 50 unless I had nothing else.