ATT Uverse FIOS or Comcast Xfinity

[kyomagi]

So whats better, ATT Uverse FIOS fiber or Comcast xfinity? I have comcast right now at 50mb but i have had a lot of outages and i heard that fios is better than coax cable anyway

 

[dudeman509]

FIOS is the best ISP I've ever had. Period. I've had it 4 years in Northern VA and had an outage or slow service all of twice.

Comcast is hands-down the WORST ISP I've ever had. Constantly slow connection speeds in evenings and constant outages.

 

[PCBuilderProbs]

FIOS is the best at the moment, wait til google fiber builds its infrastructure then go for that. Don't ever support Comcast by the way, they're complete scumbags for the whole net neutrality fiasco that happened a while back.

 

[kyomagi]

so just to be clear, the att uverse is basically fiber right?

 

[USAFRet]

Better? That depends. I have Verizon FiOS, and have maybe 2 hours total outage, spanning several years.
My previous provider, Cox cable...well, the less said about them the better.

Other people have had different experiences.


What, if any monthly usage caps are there for each service? Verizon (theoretically) has none.
What is the monthly price? Is that an introductory that goes up in 2 years?

I don't know about the ATT fiber install, but the Verizon install is non-trivial. Be prepared to block out several hours.

And do NOT let the guy leave until you have the system verified and working on YOUR equipment. A previous FiOS install was the absolute height of cluelessness.

 

[James Mason]

Gaming Expert
Well it really depends entirely on the speed they give you.

I'm getting like 120Megabits down and 12Megabits up for $189 3-way bundle (tv, internet, phone that I only have because it's like $10 cheaper to get phone service and never use it then to not get phone service)

 

[USAFRet]

Gaming Expert
Well it really depends entirely on the speed they give you.

I'm getting like 120Megabits down and 12Megabits up for $189 3-way bundle (tv, internet, phone that I only have because it's like $10 cheaper to get phone service and never use it then to not get phone service)

My Verizon 50/50 + TV is $101.00
House phone I get via Ooma for $3.70/month

 

[kyomagi]

the max att gives is 45mb but thats pretty much what i was getting with comcast