[Electronics-Talk] internet service providers and data caps

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Sherry,
I live in Southern California in an apartment and have been using Frontier
for the last couple years with no problems at all. My parents who also live
in So Cal use Frontier and have had a few issues due to them having a much
larger house, but overall it has been very reliable. I don't have any direct
experience with Comcast, but have a couple of friends who use it due to it
being their only option and say that it works okay but is a lot more
expensive. Hope this helps

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Hello all,

Take two. I wrote up a nice detailed message, and while I was spell checking
it, outlook crashed and the message was gone. So, here I go again.

I am moving from Colorado to California, where I grew up. In Colorado, my
town had its own ISP and it was super-fast, reliable and had no data caps.
The town where I am moving has only two options for an ISP, comcast/Xfinity
or frontier. I had a terrible experience with comcast when I transferred to
that local Colorado ISP. They continued to bill me for months, even though
the service was disconnected and equipment was returned.  I vowed never to
use them for anything again. On the other hand, my best friend who lives in
Washington had bad experiences with Frontier, with it losing connection all
the time when he was trying to work from home. Frontier did not offer FIO in
his area.

So, in my new town, Comcast says they have speeds up to 2000 MPS with a 1.2
TB data cap. I hope I'm using the correct term there when I say MPS. And I
believe comcast is still cable.

Frontier says it is fiber-hoping that means                FIO-with speeds
up to 3000 MPS and no data caps.

But I have questions about exactly what uses up the data and how easily one
can reach a data cap. Here are things I regularly do online.

1. run my computer 24/7, not shutting down except every couple weeks or so.
Internet is always connected during that time.

2. Stream, buy, and download music from amazon.

3. Download audio books from BARD and audible, as well as kindle and
bookshare books.

4. Shop online, including groceries, meal delivery services and just general
shopping say on amazon.

5. Read stories online.

6. I have about six to eight amazon echoes, as well as an amazon smart oven,
a thermostat controlled by Alexa, and I've bought the LG washer/dryer which
I can also use with Alexa.

7. With those echoes, scattered around my house, I sometimes will ask to
stream certain music channels from something like Sirius XM on the
everywhere group, which means the music is playing all over the house.

Those are the things I can think of off the top of my head. Maybe all that
doesn't use much data, maybe it uses a lot. I am hoping people here might
have a better idea or have experiences good or bad with either company. I
move into my new home on the 30th of this month, so it's time to make some
decisions. Thanks for any thoughts.


Sherry
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