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Google Fiber Is In Charlotte And You Can Sign Up Now.

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So, I never thought I would say this, but if this was in my area (South Charlotte), I would probably be holding off for right now. I use Google's phone plan, Project Fi, and I love it, but the prices for Fiber aren't as good as what I was hoping they would be for the Internet/TV package.  Right now, this is what they are:

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I pay $138 through Time Warner right now, after taxes.  While, I absolutely loathe their customer service, this price includes two DVRs, download speeds of around 100 Mbps, upload speeds of around 25, hundreds of channels, and a home phone.  If I had the same plan with Google, I would have to add a phone for $10 and any additional DVR is $5.  So, we're at $145 before taxes.  I know it's not much...I'm just disappointed.  Sure, 1 GB is a lot better but it does say up to 1 GB.  With the speeds I currently have, I can download a 3 hour movie in 4 minutes.  With Google, it would be less than a minute, but I'd like to think I'm patient enough to wait 4 minutes.

Another caveat I keep hearing from people is that Google's customer service will be better than TWC and that is worth the price alone.  While I don't doubt this, this is a new thing for Google, so I'd like to let other people be the guinea pig first.

For the record, they are only holding sign-ups in the Highland Creek area, which is north Charlotte.

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14 hours ago, Arroz con Panther said:

So, I never thought I would say this, but if this was in my area (South Charlotte), I would probably be holding off for right now. I use Google's phone plan, Project Fi, and I love it, but the prices for Fiber aren't as good as what I was hoping they would be for the Internet/TV package.  Right now, this is what they are:

fiberprice.PNG

I pay $138 through Time Warner right now, after taxes.  While, I absolutely loathe their customer service, this price includes two DVRs, download speeds of around 100 Mbps, upload speeds of around 25, hundreds of channels, and a home phone.  If I had the same plan with Google, I would have to add a phone for $10 and any additional DVR is $5.  So, we're at $145 before taxes.  I know it's not much...I'm just disappointed.  Sure, 1 GB is a lot better but it does say up to 1 GB.  With the speeds I currently have, I can download a 3 hour movie in 4 minutes.  With Google, it would be less than a minute, but I'd like to think I'm patient enough to wait 4 minutes.

Another caveat I keep hearing from people is that Google's customer service will be better than TWC and that is worth the price alone.  While I don't doubt this, this is a new thing for Google, so I'd like to let other people be the guinea pig first.

For the record, they are only holding sign-ups in the Highland Creek area, which is north Charlotte.

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On July 12, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Hammerin'Cameron34 said:

How long before fiber optic internet is mainstream

10-20 years I would guess. 

Its really really expensive. Google could help push that but they need to actually start getting some real deployments. Google fiber just doesn't have a strong penetration yet.  But where they have deployed they make cable and telco respond  

 

 

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