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They just launched a new Fiber network in town, and I am thinking about kicking cable to the curb.
I am looking at 1 gig speed for 70$ a month or 500 Mbps for 45$ . I could go with 2 gig speed for 100$ but I do not think I need that much speed as it is just me and the wifey.
I currently get 300 Down and 20 up and my TV service through cable and it used to be about 125 but has crept up to nearly 180 so I am kinda over it. To note, I have been waiting for a decent alternative to Cable to show up here because this cable company is notoriously shitty to their customers. The DSL here is garbage, I had it for a few years to avoid said cable company but we couldn't stream TV and play on our phones at the same time because it was so slow.
To the questions:
1. Anyone have fiber and how is the latency in a gaming situation?
2. The Wifey still wants some TV and it looks like I can get blue and orange Sling for 55 a month that would satisfy her (cooking shows) needs and my (Espn/NFL network) needs.
Does anyone have experience with Sling TV?
Can you on demand shows or do have to watch everything live?
For instance we watch a lot of cooking shows the day after they record, so I don't know how Sling service works with on demand streaming versus having to watch everything live. (their live chat bot has proved rather useless in answering this question)
3. Is there any reason to go to 1 gig over 500 mbps when I am already pretty happy with my 300 mbps Cable service?
4. Any other thoughts on cutting the cord and your experience with things that you didn't think about or discovered after doing so?
Also what you did for Television going forward? I already get some streaming options that are part of other services I have, this is mainly just for the live TV/on demand/dvr type of stuff.
I am looking at 1 gig speed for 70$ a month or 500 Mbps for 45$ . I could go with 2 gig speed for 100$ but I do not think I need that much speed as it is just me and the wifey.
I currently get 300 Down and 20 up and my TV service through cable and it used to be about 125 but has crept up to nearly 180 so I am kinda over it. To note, I have been waiting for a decent alternative to Cable to show up here because this cable company is notoriously shitty to their customers. The DSL here is garbage, I had it for a few years to avoid said cable company but we couldn't stream TV and play on our phones at the same time because it was so slow.
To the questions:
1. Anyone have fiber and how is the latency in a gaming situation?
2. The Wifey still wants some TV and it looks like I can get blue and orange Sling for 55 a month that would satisfy her (cooking shows) needs and my (Espn/NFL network) needs.
Does anyone have experience with Sling TV?
Can you on demand shows or do have to watch everything live?
For instance we watch a lot of cooking shows the day after they record, so I don't know how Sling service works with on demand streaming versus having to watch everything live. (their live chat bot has proved rather useless in answering this question)
3. Is there any reason to go to 1 gig over 500 mbps when I am already pretty happy with my 300 mbps Cable service?
4. Any other thoughts on cutting the cord and your experience with things that you didn't think about or discovered after doing so?
Also what you did for Television going forward? I already get some streaming options that are part of other services I have, this is mainly just for the live TV/on demand/dvr type of stuff.