Exactly, and if you need 2GB speeds in your household, then $150 a month or an Apple TV is not going to break the bank.
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Frontier Offering Free Apple TV 4K to Customers Who Choose New 2 Gig Plan
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Something doesn't compute here. This statement would imply that getting an Apple TV is the primary reason to get the 2Gig service. What if the real reason for getting the 2Gig service is because it's needed/wanted regardless of an Apple TV? I guess there may be some people who buy a service for the perks instead of the service.
Good. Excellent devices the appleTV is.
Internet provider Frontier today announced the launch of a new promotion that will see the company providing a free Apple TV 4K to new customers who sign up for a new 2 Gigabit Fiber plan.
According to Frontier, customers who opt for the 2 Gig plan will be provided with an Apple TV 4K to enjoy 4K television content. Priced at $150 per month, this is Frontier's highest-priced internet tier, but it also comes with a WiFi 6E-compatible router and extender.
Along with offering customers who sign up for the 2 Gig plan a free Apple TV+, Frontier is also providing three months of Apple TV+, a promotion that is available to all new and existing Frontier customers regardless of their internet plan.
Frontier's website says that the promotion is available for both new and returning Apple TV+ subscribers, so even those who have already tried the service should be able to get three additional months of Apple TV+ access.
Article Link: Frontier Offering Free Apple TV 4K to Customers Who Choose New 2 Gig Plan
That was not my intention at all. I simply wanted to say this promotion is garbage.
Holy hell, you are literally doing EVERYTHING wrong.
Except for collecting a helluva paycheck apparently.
I would love to hear anyone's use case for needing 2GB speeds.
Dont get me wrong.. speed is nice. I'm on a 500MB plan from a nice local fiber ISP, and its awesome. I can't even imagine what I'd need even more speed for though.
Of course, I also remember 300 baud modems, so there's that.
Dont get me wrong.. speed is nice. I'm on a 500MB plan from a nice local fiber ISP, and its awesome. I can't even imagine what I'd need even more speed for though.
Of course, I also remember 300 baud modems, so there's that.
As someone who also started out with a 300 baud modem (IIRC correctly, the original Mac model was 1,200 baud - a revolution) I would absolutely love something faster than the top speed Spectrum offers NYC -- especially for UP -- it is embarrassingly slow, but definitely for down as well, not to mention RELIABILITY.
That said, I seriously doubt Spectrum will stop being a monopoly where we live, so...
FWIW, parallel 1 GB service from Frontier is $75...which is probably all that most people need.
For people complaining about Frontier have yet to taste the bitterness that is ATT Fiber.
I love my new house, but I really miss Frontier now that I'm shackled with ATT with their horrible wireless routers that crash with more than 40 devices (which is easy to exceed with a large smarthome) that they force onto you with a broken DMZ function so you can't use a 3rd party router to avoid double NAT.
I was able to bypass temporarily with MAC spoofing and hot swapping, but that trick no longer works as they reauthenticate every several days in my area now.
I love my new house, but I really miss Frontier now that I'm shackled with ATT with their horrible wireless routers that crash with more than 40 devices (which is easy to exceed with a large smarthome) that they force onto you with a broken DMZ function so you can't use a 3rd party router to avoid double NAT.
I was able to bypass temporarily with MAC spoofing and hot swapping, but that trick no longer works as they reauthenticate every several days in my area now.
Comcasts' service, which was horrible, now is somewhat decent. On two recent calls:
1. Reduced the monthly cost of my 4 play by $70 a month
2. Are sending me the new 6e modem. No charge, waived shipping fees
If you haven't contacted them recently about your plan recently you might be able to get a significant reduction if you make a 2 year commitment.
My in-laws pay almost that (it’s like $280/month) for the same service with Comcast. It’s robbery.
It actually comes with 2 eero pro 6e units free of charge.
Apple AirPort Extreme works in bridge mode but not much more.
I agree with you about the AT&T router. I tried setting up a DRT router for better privacy and security and couldn't get it to work given the AT&T router pretty much prevents you from being able to use anything else (for the most part).
I pay $70 a month for their 1GB internet. I don't have the tv package. I just use my Apple TV and my Infuse Server. I am not going to pay cable tv prices to watch commercials.
Alternatively, they overcharge you so much for the 2 gig plan that the cost of an Apple TV is insignificant to them. “Free” hardware is almost always a sign that you’re getting screwed.
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A better deal that what I get from Charter/Spectrum. They charge me $75/mo for 200 meg service and never deliver more than 110 meg. I've complained and complained and the response is that the speed is never guaranteed. When I offer to pay half the advertised price for half the advertised speed they are flabbergasted and never have a good comeback.
We’re doing OK over here but yeah, I need to get off my ass and do something about that bill.
When we moved into our house in 2015, Frontier DSL was all we could get. Service went out like 3-4 times a day. Called to get it fixed and was promptly informed that any less than 7 outages per day was normal.
Thankfully, after months of arguing with them, we got Mediacom. Customer service has been fine and connection has been solid.
Thankfully, after months of arguing with them, we got Mediacom. Customer service has been fine and connection has been solid.
I personally think that 1Gbps is overkill for the majority of families.
But, many people with cable ISPs have only a fraction of the download speed for their upload.
For example, at my old home that I moved out of a year ago, I had access to multiple ISPs, and pretty much stuck with Verizon FiOS, which I was paying for 200Mbps down and up for $35 a month. They over provision the bandwidth and it was actually 300Mbps down and 350Mbps upload. That said, my streaming heavy family was perfectly fine with only 100Mbps service.
At my new house, I now only have access to Comcast. If I would get the 100Mbps service for $30 a month, my upload speed would only be 5Mbps. Same for the 200Mbps service @$40 a month, only 5Mbps upload.
The 400Mbps service offers 10Mbps, and the 800Mbps service offers 15Mbps.
To get the 35Mbps, which is still a little too low for me, I am forced to get the Gigabit service. It is $70 a month. Twice what I was paying FiOS, but a tiny fraction of the upload speed.
Basically, many people get the higher tier plans for the upload speed, not necessarily the down.
That, and many people think they need the higher download speeds. ISPs like to ask pointless questions like "how many devices do you have in your home that connect to the internet?", or "does anyone in your home play video games online?, the answer to those questions often lead the ISP to say that the Gigabit+ tier is the one they need, but in reality, most of the questions have little to do with what speeds one needs.