Any experience with Spectrum for internet?

[clinebarger]

Don't jump to conclusions. Fiber Optic cable is just recently hitting a lot of neighborhoods. In fact mine was installed by Wire3 and I expect Spectrum to buy them out pretty soon.
Go for a trial run and see how it performs for you. Don't expect miracles, it won't make old equipment new again.
Look for WiFi6 on your phone or tablet, and you'll be doing OK.

The good thing about Spectrum is that they don't normally require a contract, so you can quit anytime.
The second thing is that most of those bad reviews you refer to are likely about coax internet by Spectrum, now that is outdated tech.

Fiber is the way to go.

I had Spectrum coax internet for years....If rain was in the forecast the internet would go down, If the wind was above 15mph the internet would go down. If we actually got a storm....It would be out for days. AT&T ran fiber through the neighborhood 2 years ago & don't believe I've had an outage!

 

[Just Dropped In]

I'm assuming they trenched it in too, instead of hanging the cable off a pole.

Yes, trenched. The service box is on the opposite side of the hiway from my house, so I guess they have means to go under the road for cabling.

 

[lakestone]

Spectrum is around ~$95Bn. in dept. You can bet your bottom dollar that they will fleece every single customer they can.

 

[2strokeNorthstar]

here's the Rub.... Spectrum does Fiber to the pole, from the pole to your house is still "cable" they offer gig speeds, but asymmetrical U/D and Charge an arm and a leg for it, with prices continually rising for no other reason than they can..

where I live, they're the only real game "in town" ( quotes because we live a couple miles out in the country)
we're currently paying around $100/mo for their base tier internet, which used to be 100 down, 11 up, but about 6 months ago, they upgraded it to 400 down, 11up...

the next town over, ( 8-10 mi away) has real Fiber to the house, from Brightspeed.
Bright Speed offers Symmetrical Fiber, up to 2 Gbps, and for approx the Price we currently pay Spectrum, we could have Symmetrical Gigabit service... if only Brightspeed offered it over here...

I pay $25 mo for 500/500 with Frontier now.

 

[andrew_j]

Reality is all internet companies are really good until an outage. The. You find out how fast of resolve and what their customer service is like. We had the c provider with fiber (cheap) have an outage over weekend. Guess what, no customer service except email over weekend and restoration on Tuesday .

I just stick to Xfinity and overpay . Max outage of a few hours and run around during extended power outages and set portable generators chained to certain poles to power equipment.

 

[IndyFan]

Been waiting for high-speed internet for decades. "Spectrum" has now installed fiber lines in my rural area. The problem is, I've read so many horror stories from Spectrum customers, I'm hesitant to sign up for their service. Do any of you folks have dealings with them with your internet, TV or phone service?

Yep. I´ve had them for 2 years and they´ve been great. Only a couple of outages and they did not last long. They communicated very well, too, with text messages when that has happened. The speed is faster than they advertise. I´ve got their basic deal and I have had 3 TV´s streaming and an Xbox going all at the same time with no lag.

I also have their mobile phone unlimited plan. It uses Verizon network and has been great. Free for one year and $30 a month the second. I am about to try and strike a new deal. That´s unlimited everything. I traveled to Honduras and am going to Greece soon. I upgraded to the international plan, which is $40 a month, and it covers a BUNCh of countries, including those two, again with unlimited everything.

I´m pretty happy with them. I need a new package deal for both, though, since mine expired.