East Hartford will have best internet in state in a couple years. possibly a dozen fiber providers.

Submitted by Dipsetallover90 t3_zu9slt in Connecticut

OK so use know how Frontier was staring to build their FTTH network in the past few years out. https://www.ctinsider.com/business/article/Frontier-s-fiber-optic-internet-service-may-be-16315438.php

GoNetSpeed a newcomer is starting to aggressively expand its fiber network soon in east hartford.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1sCuA3e8_HXG7wysV0-3pZetPbKzkTuKJ&ll=41.73426637737648%2C-72.6459628973931&z=12

https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2021/09/07/pushing-harder-into-connecticuts-isp-market-gonetspeed-expanding-fiber-internet-to-berlin-and-new-britain/

Here's the big one nobody talking about Sifi networks is building out an OPEN ACCESS fiber to the home network out in East Hartford. THIS IS HUGE! https://sifinetworks.com/cities/east-hartford-ct/

It will give birth to a lot of small isps utopia fiber https://orem.org/utopia/ https://etisoftware.com/resources/blog/utopia-fiber-americas-largest-open-access-network/

is an open access network was built by the local government it currently serves a dozen towns and most towns can get a choice of around 16 isps.

Sifi said that their east harford network design is complete on the website.

the reason i guessed that time frame is that it will take around that time for them to reach most towns.

With that said East Hartford WILL be the most competitive town in the state in a few years.

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Jaggar345 t1_j1hxlx8 wrote

I have had gonetspeed since March. Ditched xfinity for them and have had no issues they have been great and the price is so much cheaper.

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0cclumency t1_j1hzdto wrote

Same, I’m very glad they came to our neighborhood. Zero problems vs. Xfinity having outages every month or two.

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blueturtle00 t1_j1k138g wrote

We had an 18 wheeler go down our road and it ripped the fiber line right off the house, gonetspeed was there an hour or so later putting another one up. Awesome company.

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babwawawa t1_j1k9x9z wrote

So happy to see their trucks on my road in Glastonbury.

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Phantastic_Elastic t1_j1hu5vk wrote

I wish these companies would look at the west end of Manchester... Still only can get cox at my business, and it's very expensive for slow cable.

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Dipsetallover90 OP t1_j1i7fiw wrote

isnt frontier building fiber in Manchester?

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tavomcdouglas t1_j1i7ozj wrote

Its in Coventry. Hard to think it's not in Manchester.

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Dipsetallover90 OP t1_j1i7vrp wrote

how do u like frontier?

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tavomcdouglas t1_j1i8q0l wrote

Well, first off you really have no choice. Just internet, $65 vs $80 is better but 900 up/ 900 down vs. 20 up/ 120 down is the real winner! Obscenely fast and cheaper. The company, to deal with, is worse than Spectrum ever was if that can be believed. They don't have a real 24hr service so talking to a real person on weekends and late nights is really interesting. I had TONS of issues with a simple install, no call no shows and rescheduling to ongoing problems with simple billing. BUT THE SPEED AND THE INCLUDED WIFI BASES (2 of them) ARE AMAZING!!!

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Dipsetallover90 OP t1_j1il93l wrote

I got it as soon as it was available in April in Bloomfield this year. I got the 1gig tier. Just dropped Xfinity . Downloads are fast

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Kodiak01 t1_j1kbkmu wrote

Install in Vernon 2.5 weeks ago. 4 days from contact to install, tech was excellent and on time, 500/500 for $40/mo working flawlessly. Bye bye comcast!

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Phantastic_Elastic t1_j1iok5t wrote

It's piecemeal, some neighborhoods get it, some don't. Even in Coventry not all neighborhoods have it (although mine does.) But in my industrial zone in Manchester we've got 30+ businesses in one location hostage to Cox.

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AelstromM t1_j1j8jjc wrote

I'm in central Manchester and switched to Frontier fiber last year. I have to imagine it's only a matter of time until it gets to your area.

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Kodiak01 t1_j1kbd7o wrote

They use the address searches on their site to gauge demand.

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logs28 t1_j1i1lgv wrote

Can't sing the praises of Gonetspeed enough

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silasmoeckel t1_j1hxj78 wrote

Muni fiber is the way forward.

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stinkusdinkus t1_j1ii21g wrote

100%. Government should build and maintain important & widely used infrastructure for the benefit of taxpayers and attracting business.

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Daviddoesnotexist t1_j1j24ts wrote

That’s the kicker. We have to have a government that will effectively do this. It’s my understanding that the muni power companies have some of the most poorly maintained power grids in the state (i may have received bad info on this though, so correct me if I’m wrong).

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Twenty_One_Pylons t1_j1keg46 wrote

Live in a muni power grid after living in eversource.

Grid goes down less, and is back up faster when it does go diwn

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[deleted] t1_j1i1jn3 wrote

Anybody here using T-Mobile home internet?

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ClearlyBananas t1_j1ky79l wrote

I have it. It's very mid. Speed test never gets over 200mbps, and I get pretty horrible lag spikes when playing online. Streaming 4k is good sometimes, if you don't have a lot of devices hogging bandwidth. Cox is my only other choice in Meriden (for some reason can't get Frontier fiber at my address) and Gonetspeed is nowhere close.

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Adorable-Hedgehog-31 t1_j1igk0n wrote

They're gonna have to do a lot more than that to make East Hartford livable.

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