PaunchyPirate
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After many years of only having internet service from my local cable TV company, I recently found out that Windstream has wired my small town with fiber for internet. They are heavily advertising this now and have a decent new-customer promotion. So I decided to sign up and cut the wire on my cable internet. I haven't used cable for TV service in a few years, and I don't maintain a land-line phone anymore, so this will just be for internet service.
By the time I factor in the promo pricing and the $100 pre-paid Visa card I (hopefully) will eventually get in 45 days, this will drop my internet bill by about $35/month. The price goes up $15/month after 12 months, which will still be less than I'm currently paying for service. I figure, if prices rise more, I'll start playing the game of switching back and forth every year chasing new-customer bonuses.
The download speed they offer at this price point is 5000mbps compared to the 300mbps my cable currently provides. As the only user in my home, both of these speeds are more than adequate for my needs. But it never hurts to have faster! And the fiber upload speeds should be noticeably better if/when I need to upload much of anything.
Hopefully Windstream's Kinetic Fiber service works well for me. Fingers crossed. I have friends and relatives in the area that are happy customers. My brother lives on a farm about 8 miles from the nearest town and he previously had only bad DSL (also from Windstream) available to him. But Windstream has even run fiber out to his location as of the last year, so he's thrilled to be able to stream movies on more than one TV at a time.
By the time I factor in the promo pricing and the $100 pre-paid Visa card I (hopefully) will eventually get in 45 days, this will drop my internet bill by about $35/month. The price goes up $15/month after 12 months, which will still be less than I'm currently paying for service. I figure, if prices rise more, I'll start playing the game of switching back and forth every year chasing new-customer bonuses.
The download speed they offer at this price point is 5000mbps compared to the 300mbps my cable currently provides. As the only user in my home, both of these speeds are more than adequate for my needs. But it never hurts to have faster! And the fiber upload speeds should be noticeably better if/when I need to upload much of anything.
Hopefully Windstream's Kinetic Fiber service works well for me. Fingers crossed. I have friends and relatives in the area that are happy customers. My brother lives on a farm about 8 miles from the nearest town and he previously had only bad DSL (also from Windstream) available to him. But Windstream has even run fiber out to his location as of the last year, so he's thrilled to be able to stream movies on more than one TV at a time.
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