OK, I had posted last week that I was considering switching and got a lot of responses.
Well, the installer came today and he said my house already had fiber all the way up to the house (normally a 4-hour install was 45 min but that was only because I wanted a new jack for it to come in through) so I think I got lucky there. I thought that might be the case since the previous guy that lived here had CenturyLink.
Everything is setup and running, the very first thing you do is a speed test.
First up, Cox (50Mbps Preferred internet, $77.99):
CenturyLink (40Mbps Internet only broadband, $29.95):
Not as fast, but definitely getting the 40+ I was promised. I know it helps if you're getting CenturyLink Fiber vs over the copper, the installer confirmed that it's much better that way.
Installer was very friendly, did a good job (port on the wall looks better than Cox's) and made sure everything worked before he left.
It seems as fast. If the connection stays around 40Mbps I'm guessing I won't see much of a difference. We have all our kids this weekend though and we'll have several streams of live TV going on so I'll have a really good test. Next week or two I'll post my final evaluation here.
(Hope I don't ever need to call customer service LOL).
Well, the installer came today and he said my house already had fiber all the way up to the house (normally a 4-hour install was 45 min but that was only because I wanted a new jack for it to come in through) so I think I got lucky there. I thought that might be the case since the previous guy that lived here had CenturyLink.
Everything is setup and running, the very first thing you do is a speed test.
First up, Cox (50Mbps Preferred internet, $77.99):
CenturyLink (40Mbps Internet only broadband, $29.95):
Not as fast, but definitely getting the 40+ I was promised. I know it helps if you're getting CenturyLink Fiber vs over the copper, the installer confirmed that it's much better that way.
Installer was very friendly, did a good job (port on the wall looks better than Cox's) and made sure everything worked before he left.
It seems as fast. If the connection stays around 40Mbps I'm guessing I won't see much of a difference. We have all our kids this weekend though and we'll have several streams of live TV going on so I'll have a really good test. Next week or two I'll post my final evaluation here.
(Hope I don't ever need to call customer service LOL).
