Verizon offloaded their Floriduh operation to Frontier but fortunately the fios is already built and I too see the 100mbs symmetric. Unfortunately like Comcast (spit), Frontier believes in abusing its loyal customers so I'm going to revert to Comcast (spit) and play the bounce between the two every year because $230/mo is way too much to pay for cable & internet & unused landline.
Does BT include a huge TV package with set top boxes (fees), premium movie channels (HBO etc.), a modem\router (fee), internet, voip, and likely a handset fee?
That’s the only way it would get to $230. I’ve paid between $70-$115 for symmetrical gigabit and that’s the most expensive you can buy. A £45 plan might be 100mpbs down and maybe 10 up.
From BT’s website:
>ULTRAFAST FIBRE PLUS £54.99
Average speed 145Mb
Speed guarantee of at least 100Mb
£54.99 is actually a worse plan that what AT&T offers. I can get 1gbps up/down for $70.
> Does BT include a huge TV package with set top boxes (fees), premium movie channels (HBO etc.), a modem\router (fee), internet, voip, and likely a handset fee?
Yes, no, yes, yes, not sure, yes.
And I agree that the speeds are quite sad. It's entirely unclear to me why they feel incapable of offering higher speeds, other than they can upcharge businesses for the privelege. It's consistent across providers though, which makes me think there must be a technological hindrance somewhere along the line.
If you go “off contract” with Frontier it goes up quickly. My bill reverted to $200 / month and I didn’t have premium tv channels and only 1 cablecard and 150Mbps.
Made some changes to get to Internet only at 500Mbps for $50/month. That includes the modem I don’t need and can’t not pay for.
I am on a friggin contract. It includes the three useless movie channels at no extra charge, and the landline is now over fibre but they still give me forged CNID. Why can't they give me ANI (why?) . If I delete the movie channels I pay the same. There is a means tested tier for basic offerings that's much more affordable but it's only available to those who can prove Medicaid eligibility.
