Came across this video because I literally just today dumped Comcast's Gig plan for CenturyLink's fiber internet. The tech told me I'm the first guy in my area to get connected. Glad they're rolling it out around the suburbs of Minneapolis.

@conanmn2381

Ай бұрын

Brooklyn Center here, now they are raising the price. Centurylink is lying telling me I do not have $65 for life when they sold it to me with that claim. Dishonest terrible company.

My mom lives deep in the mountains in Puerto Rico and she has fiber to home installation. 300 MBPS TV and Phone for 55 dollars and she just do Facebook on her tablet.. I live in Houston and we have no fiber. Life is just ironic

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

😏👍🏽

@alihassanshah2486

6 ай бұрын

I work as an authorized retailer for internet and cable services. Drop your zipcode let me see I could help you out in that.

Thanks for the install video! The part where you ran the last speedtest on Xfinity, the upload part is not acruate at all. The finally result is, but when it jumped to over 100mbps up that is not possible currently over DOCSIS 3.1 upstream. I guess its the windows 10 app cause theres no way you can get over a gig on the upload if your only using a gig ethernet adapter, its not techincally possible. But anyway Enjoy the speeds! Thats awesome!

@simondb99

3 жыл бұрын

Hello, DOCSIS 3.1 supports upload speeds up to 1Gbps.

@HPad2

3 жыл бұрын

@@simondb99 Yeah, but at the time of this video no provider had 3.1 turned on for the upstream in the USA anyway.

Had fiber a few years ago and it was great. Then went back to Comcast as they had become the sole provider of my favorite sports team in my area. If you didn't have Comcast you could buy a 40 dollar package with a few select games. Then a few months ago discovered KZread aka Google has a TV service for far less then what Comcast was charging me for both internet and TV. Even with cutting the TV part out of our service still paying about a dollar per MBp/s. Found out Frontier had ran the bulk fiber well before we had moved into this apt complex and we finally switched over. Just about 500 up and down. Now I have to upgrade my router and patch cables to handle the upgraded speeds lol Comcast is just a money grab now.

Great video of the full install process. How are things going since? I just got a flyer for this 65 monthly service offer. Going to look into it. Any chance we can get a video on how your using the CenturyLink modem with your router? If that's still your set-up. Thanks

Getting fiber Tuesday! They put the line in two days ago and they just have to put the router in and I’m set 😃 can’t wait

@TheRafcave

Жыл бұрын

Nice! Enjoy the fiber speeds!

I have Century Link fiber at my new build. It worked out nicely having all the conduit ran from DMARC to street locations all new. $65 a month, free install, free modem (ditched and used my Ubiquiti ER4 and removed their router, and not my UDMPRO, just connect to VLAN 201 with PPPoE creds). I love my fiber, it is freaking FAST and very VERY low latency

@ZachCurry13

2 жыл бұрын

they gave me a modem and it keeps trying to assign an IP to my router. when i turn of DHCP, the internet stops working and i have to factory reset the modem. were you able to successfully put the modem in "bridge mode"?

Great upgrade man. I would never go back to cable ever again. I love fiber because of the download and upload speeds. I am shocked how cheap a great service is over outdated cable.

@passionatebeast24

Жыл бұрын

Fiber is in every way better.

@donwan4201

Жыл бұрын

@@passionatebeast24 Not with those numbers. 😂 Upload speed should match download speeds. This guy has fiber lines from the box into his house but before the box is all coax lines...

Just had my install this week. They installed main hardware in electrical box outside (where my cable came into house) and flat box in livingroom (my choice of location but I think I'd change that now) and they plugged in a 4 unit mesh system that used wi-fi 6 (it might be 6E) and each unit has two Ethernet receptacles on the bottom. They are large enough to require you to use bottom plug on A/C plate or lose one recepticle. Super easy setup using the Q 360 app on iPhone. Bring phone near unit and it sets itself up. The mesh system seems to always be fine tuning itself since speeds have increased a little. Over wi-fi I originally was getting 300-350 mbps on Wed. By Sunday it's now 450 mbps. I don't need my cable modem or wi-fi router so I have more space around my main computer/media server. Very clean setup. I've been experimenting hooking up my HDHomeRun 4K but local ATSC 3.0 channels are flaky at best. Sound on only one network, nothing to do with the wi-fi mesh or fiber. I've moved individual mesh units with no problem and having those two Ethernet sockets are nice. I'm thinking of switching several of my devices like TV, printer etc to connecting through Ethernet to mesh network. Wondering if there is a speed/reliability improvement going that way.

I've had Fiber internet since 2009 via Verizon and now Frontier FiOS. The best part about it is the reliability! In the 10 years I've had it, the internet has only went down like 3 times from what I can remember. When I had Time Warner Cable before that, internet went down randomly 1-2 times a month for short periods. I had to have my original ONT replaced last year because it started causing TV service issues, not bad considering it was 9 years old. I cut the cord early this year and just stick with Netflix and Prime video now.

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

I hope I have the same success as you! 😀👍🏽

TO THE RAF CAVE ROBIN!!! Great video!!

Awesome video brother. Thanks for showing the install and interviewing the installer. Really helps fill in the blanks. Would like to know the issues getting it installed... I so wish I had the option. Thanks,

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. The only Issues was fighting them to not charge me $750 to bury the fiber line three houses down to the hub. 😉

Interesting how it's made in USA. I'm an Optical technician in France and we use fiberwelding in the box in front of your neighbor's house :)

That was not bad for cable at all! Probably about the max upload they could give you considered there are a bunch of TV channels and downstream channels on that cable. I lived in LA for a bit and TW/Spectrum cable was the only provider. It absolutely sucked and was incredibly expensive. ‘Up to’ speeds of 200, but 20-75 was more realistic - and they even offered gigabit! The cable technician told me there are about 1500 people on a node. That’s pretty insane considering I moved to Europe before the pandemic and a cable technician there told me 400 people on one node is the absolute max. I pretty much always got 800-900 Mbps on cable for half of what I paid Spectrum. I can only imagine how congested their network must’ve been when everybody started working from home. Then I switched to DSL because I realized it’s way cheaper and still fast enough for me. I live far away from major cities (no fiber) but still get 100 down and 40 up... on DSL. With 5 to 6 ms ping, better than cable and hasn’t gone down once. AT&T DSL wasn’t even usable for me in the U.S., but it works fine here. I really hope they start rolling out fiber in more places in the US, it’s the best way to improve the internet situation. It’s like rural parts of France or Eastern Europe, where they just skipped upgrading DSL or investing much in cable and went straight to fiber.

awesome 😊 I got jio fibre yesterday in India superb fibre! love USA ❤️

Wow! Awesome video! I'm thinking about switching from 1-GB Xfinity to 1-GB fiber (with Sonic) at their 12-month intro-price of $40 per month ($49.50 with the $9.50 Residential Gateway), then regular price $50 per month ($59.50 with the $9.50 RG), excluding any CA taxes and fees. I'm currently paying Xfinity $132.98 for the 1-GB internet and cable-TV channels (Double Play) for a 12-month intro-plan. But from Jun 2019 to Jan 2020, it was only $127.63. Then went up $5.35 (a $4.00 increase for Broadband TV from $9.50 to $13.50 plus taxes). Also, in Jun 2020 my intro discounts stop. So the same service will go up $65.00 plus taxes (totaling over $200.00 -- Yikes!). Comcast raises their prices every year, their base price and added on fees, sometimes twice a year. It's an annoying annual price hike for the same service even if one can afford it! So I'm thinking about ditching Comcast, just getting the 1-GB fiber internet as I 99% watch my $12.99 per month Netflix, rarely my Comcast TV channels. My only concern is whether Sonic (the new competition) will jack-up their base price and fees and taxes just for 1-GB Internet after 1-year to near Comcast prices for 1-GB plus TV -- forcing me to go back to Comcast for a better deal at a lower cost ... especially as Comcast has a near-monopoly in Northern CA. I guess free-market competition is a myth when you become a mega-ISP-corporation as evidence by most high-end modems and routers all marketing themselves as Xfinity etc certified. Yikes! And to think I just bought a high-end Netgear CM1000 modem and ASUS RT-AC88U router to handle my 1-GB internet. I guess I'll donate them to a local church since they don't handle fiber optics service and Sonic requires one use their RG.

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Took them 2 days install my century link fiber internet but it was worth it plus I’m getting a discount for taking so long

My bill after taxes and fees $71.50. Damn Comcast was charging me almost $20 bucks just in "fees + taxes". So glad I switch. Fiber gig is so glorious!!!

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

Congrats! 👌🏾

Currently have spectrum 400mbps, it goes out 20 times per day, repair man coming tomorrow, if he doesn’t fix it we will go to centeylink fiber, which the reviews say it’s not bad

I ordered 1.5gbps fiber for just a tad cheaper than that and it gets installed tomorrow 😆 Can't wait !

I'm a broadband tech for Lumen/CenturyLink/Quantum Fiber and fiber optic internet is ingenious. Quantum offers up to 10 gig internet and cat7 Ethernet cable. Things are done differently here in Seattle with a shit ton of aerial fiber. It is mostly buried in metro Seattle tho with the FSAIs mostly down inside manhole accessed underground service tunnels. The installation is pretty damn similar at the house tho.

@TheRafcave

Жыл бұрын

Hello Seattle! 👋🏽😃

Wow! That's awesome brother. :-)

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😃

Awesome dude !!!

Where at in Minnesota? Everybody in Fish Lake Township and my Township in Nessel, Minnesota recently got Fiber Optic Internet. I think Century Link payed for 60% of the costs and 25% of the cost was payed for through our property taxes. Worth it so far. Testing this past week been getting 3-5ms Ping with around 930 Down and Up. The installation and digging costs should all be free too.

What did the total install costs end up being?

I live in New Zealand and I've got a 100/20 plan with 10 ms ping right now but there is 10 gig trials running around the country

@elvirrrr

4 жыл бұрын

Harry Hansen I have dsl 60/5 7 ping

@magesnz

3 жыл бұрын

we got the 900/400 connection with spark and its lighting fast , and what surprising is that we live in provincial new zealand and we could get the fastest fiber available until they upgrade the town to the 10 gbps connections

ATT buried fiber in front of everyone’s houses a few months ago and just this week I was able to order it. 1gig up and down no caps for $70/month. My comcast gig was only 40 up and $150 month with uncapped service.

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

Yep same. 👍🏽🙂

@smghero585

4 жыл бұрын

My only choice is satellite internet in which I pay 150$ a month for 1 mbps and below, 600 ping, and data caps.

@overnightdelivery

3 жыл бұрын

@@smghero585 Yeah those Satellite companies are crooks. I'm guessing you don't get 4G where you're at. Otherwise it would be a no brainer to tether from that. There is a program called PDANet that allows you to use your truly unlimited data plan without getting capped for using 'hot spot' data.

Awesome. I am still on Century Link DSL waiting for them to get Fiber in my area. I am in Federal Way - WA 98003. Just curious as to where you are? I was told by my previous phone company before Century Link bough them out we would be getting fiber at that time it was US West then they were Qwest then Century Link took over Qwest. Some parts of Federal Way have CL fiber - but as for when my part will is still TBD.

@TheRafcave

3 жыл бұрын

Minnesota

@johnpaulbacon8320

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRafcave Since switching from Comcast to Century Link - has your Fiber service been everything you expected from it?

@TheRafcave

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnpaulbacon8320 Yes, better price and the upload difference has been amazing.

I have fiber optic at speed of 500MBps from my internet provider. I could get 1 GBps but 500 is good enough. The cable is via the utility pole and not underground. Far easier to fix above ground than underground.

Wow Amazing Raf

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

🙂👍🏽

I want to get fiber but it is 5 block away in all directions at this time.. No plans for it here yet

Good afternoon, just curious for an update? I’m literally a click away to change to quantum fiber just want to see if it’s still worth it?

@TheRafcave

4 ай бұрын

All the lines are good! It's Quantum Fiber now. It used to be CenturyLink. 👍🏾

Hey man! They offer this in my sub! What are your opinions on it now. Please be honest, I am thinking about switching from the spectrum 400 down 20 up to this. Was the installation process a big headache

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

Ohh man I will never look back! Fiber Is sweet! It was only a pain because they told me I had to pay installation but I fought It and they did it for free. If your address works then go for It! 😃👍🏽

@BradRicePlays

4 жыл бұрын

THE RAFCAVE awesome! I am having it installed on Tuesday! I’m super stoked just like you were hahah thanks brotha

I got fiber But from Digicel in the Caribbean They are connected through centurylink and I love it

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

Congrats! Enjoy the speeds!

@sunnyjd3354

4 жыл бұрын

Which island are you from

This was funny to watch, I’m a fiber technician with Verizon.

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

😁 He didn't want to be In the video.

@supernovamoore6175

5 жыл бұрын

THE RAFCAVE I’m sure he didn’t,🤣🤣🤣

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

@@supernovamoore6175 😜

@GotWire

4 жыл бұрын

I work for att why dose verizon use coax rg6 from the ont insted of cat5e or cat 6 to the modem?

@cr1m203

4 жыл бұрын

@@GotWire Anything 500 or higher they use ethernet and or customers can request to open the ethernet port on the ONT. I have Fios and I use the ethernet cable for my network and the coax cable for my MOCA network for tv output. I have all 3 services.

Best man cave bro amazing channel

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you bro.

Holy smokes!! Awesome !

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😃👍🏽

Just came across your video super awesome and I see its from 5 years ago are you still using the quantum fiber ? And has it been reliable? Cause I'm using cox gigablast rn but have seen quantum has become available in my area so was wondering

@TheRafcave

27 күн бұрын

@@6lacktophemi661 Hi, yes Quantum Fiber has been really good! 👍🏾💯

@6lacktophemi661

27 күн бұрын

@@TheRafcave that's great to hear would it also depend on what area you're in ? Cause I'm located in AZ and would have multiple devices connected at once and probably being used at once

what kind of fasteners did they use to secure the fiber cable to your walls?

@TheRafcave

Жыл бұрын

Small u shape tacks

I love how you are so excited. i would be the same.

I'm making the switch from Cox this weekend... they advertise 1gb speed through fiber they installed but haven't gotten higher than 300mps down and 70 up, and I've been paying $130-$170 each month it varies idk how since I dont add nor remove services... so hopefully this will be my savior to my problems that I've had with Cox.

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck man.👍🏽

@wubanater2538

4 жыл бұрын

Any updates

@chocolatemilk9102

4 жыл бұрын

The same thing is going on with me man. They say we are supposed to get gigablast speeds but cannot get higher than 300 down and 15-20 up. My problem is, my neighborhood can only get cox. My area has AT&T fiber internet I just can’t get it Installed in my neighborhood. So frustrating

i recently upgraded to fiber in my area with Metrolink. They had a 1 year 59.95 1Gbps up/down promo then it goes up to $69.95 with no caps. i also switched from Comcast Xfinity. I LOVE FIBER!

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! Welcome to Fiber! 😃👍🏽

@michaelh2716

4 жыл бұрын

I’m going to try CentuyLink fiber optic cable come Oct 7, 2019I hope it lives up the hype & promises.

Great Video Thanx, century is to come install next week and im not sure if they will have to like you go to hub bc i know the wires that go to building across street are right in front of my parkway , and i have nothing wired inside house , so they need to do wire from ONT to were it will terminate i guess by my TV wall ,I needed to see this vid bc im hoping its All the fiber line up to new wall jack. I will soon find out nx wk. my issue is moving so much out of way for clear access to get done ….Cheers

I have Google Fiber. Pay $70 a month. Just got the 1 gig as I dont need anymore than that. So, when I built my PC I saved a little money on the mobo by not getting a wifi one since I wanted to use LAN anyway to get full speed (sucks that it also means no bluetooth, but its not that big a deal to me). But, yea, its great. It usually is around 900-950 mb up/down with only 1ms ping/jitter (sometimes tests read 0ms ping but I am not sure that is possible theoretically, so I assume it really means some decimal ping under 1 ms). I also have a regular Comcast cable 50mb down/10 mb up just for my work computer. Only pay $9.95/month (because I get the ACP discount). So, yea, I have two ISPs for under $100 a month. I live in Nashville, TN. Nice setup man.

Realistically, the most accurate test is Speedtest By Ookla CLI, this is a test in command line so the precision is even better

@jaycahow4667

2 жыл бұрын

Speedtest is notoriously volatile in measuring Internet speeds. Depending on what server you select, time of day, connection type and what else my computer is running I can get vastly different speeds. The server Speedtest selects is never the fastest but the app can give you an idea of what your speeds actually are.

Do you have to have a special network card inside of your PC? or just your regular 10/100/1000??

@TheRafcave

3 жыл бұрын

Reg

Great video question for you did you have to use they’re modem? And was it difficult setting up your Netgear router?

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

I had to factory reset my router then It worked perfectly with the fiber modem.

@tkross0904

5 жыл бұрын

THE RAFCAVE my installation date is this Tuesday and I plan on using the same router upgraded from the nighthawk X6 AC3200. If you plan on upgrading your modem I’ll be looking out for that video as well. Thanks

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

@@tkross0904 Congrats. Not sure what fiber modem would be better than what comes with the Install. Enjoy the SPEEDS! 😄👍🏽

@PreferredPT_AZ

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRafcave You didn't have to do the PPPoE manual set up and 201 identifiers on your router?

Fiber finally coame to my area. so it's a little cable. I'm so done with black out and hacking issues with my current COX Internet.

Is that wired or wireless also if wired what kind of Ethernet cables are you on?

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

It's wired. I use cat 5.e and 6.

I have had c/l for five years! Never going back to cable. Love my fiber with c/l!!! Technically only one outage in 5 yrs and that is amazing!

@TheRafcave

9 ай бұрын

😀👍🏽

I can usually get close to a full Gbps upload from CenturyLink. Their download seems packet shaped to death, though. I do give them credit for my install. We didn't have fiber to our box. They could have said screw you. They ran a temporary fiber drop from the neighbors box until they can do the permanent run in "2 to 10 weeks". No extra charge for any of it.

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

Nice, I fought big time for them to bury a fiber line to my home two houses away from the hub. Love the speeds and price for life. 👌🏾

@sumdood2035

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRafcave I have heard stories where only part of a neighborhood has fiber. It's left like that for months and customers have to petition their county to get things moving. Good on you for getting it done. Even if I were to only get 300Mbps down, that would still be 3x faster than what I had for less money, and with sub-10ms pings to much of the country.

Just to be clear after watching your video. They did not "trench' your cable along the street they 'bored' a tunnel using a Witchditch device and ran the cable through. Trenching involves surface digging and make more of a mess. Unless you were having Cable reliability issues it looks like you basically traded Cable for Fiber and got: 1) Slightly lower Ping times (3ms) from an already (10ms) low Ping to begin with (which would not be noticeable) 2) Same Download speeds (940Mb) 3) Vastly higher Upload speeds (50Mb to 1Gb) which would not be noticeable for most people. Now this higher upload speed would be noticeable for content creators who upload large file like KZread videos. 4) Unknown long term reliability (I realize some people have more outages than others but in 25 years of Comcast cable internet service I hardly ever have issues). 5) Lower monthly price (read the fine pint and you see that Centurylink can change your lifetime price or any running promotions at any time in the future at their discretion). If for some reason their prices go up yours will too (Starlink just raised their prices as well) 6) You must take paperless billing and prepay to get the lowest price (not unusual) Not saying it is a bad product or a bad price but it seems like you really only got a much faster upload (which may be very important) for a slightly lower price (I pay $20 more for 1Gb Cable, was able to negotiate a lower Cable price and you lose some fees when you drop Cable TV). I do not have any Fiber providers covering my area (Minneapolis suburb) so Cable is the best I can do. If Fiber becomes available here then I would probably switch but might run both for awhile until I was sure I liked it.

@TheRafcave

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 🙂👍🏽

@greatpix

2 жыл бұрын

Those things are NICE! Fast, hardly any sign afterwards.

awesome

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

At least someone in the Minneapolis area can get fiber from Centurylink. They pulled fiber all the way down my street (on the other side) and they continue to tell me fiber isn't available in my area (Blaine). Waiting on Comcast to do a survey to tell me how much install will cost for Gig Pro (2 Gbps up/down). Centurylink's loss as far as I am concerned.

May I ask what are your speed test with your nighthawk and fiber over wifi? I also have a CenturyLink fiber 1gb speed and on the market for AX router. Thank you for your help! Your videos are awesome man!

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, my Samsung S9 plus gets 200d - 200u. I don't have the Netgear anymore I have the Asus AX11000. It's a beast. Thanks for watching!

@Noldy34

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRafcave Thank you for your reply sir! I appreciate it!

Curious if Centurylink has jacked up the cost now that it's been a year. It doesn't look like this is part of their "price for life" so how much worse does the pricing get?

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

Price for life means price for life. $65 every month for as I don't change addresses.

@lindseyjensen6774

4 жыл бұрын

THE RAFCAVE ah, so the $65 IS price for life? I wasn’t seeing that language on the signup page for fiber internet

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

@@lindseyjensen6774 Yeah for me It was the big reason I signed up. $65 a moth for life was In bold highlight. I'm not sure what the promotions are now a days. 🤷🏽‍♂️🙂👍🏽

Very Cool 💎💎💎💎

Hope CenturyLink buys out Frontier here in SoCal, I would jump on gigabit for $65 in a heartbeat.

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck! It's amazing!

@mlzz805

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheRafcave Ya, everything is pointing to Frontier going bankrupt soon, hoping for a better provider as it really can't get worse lol. Also, what wifi speeds do you get with that Netgear router? How big is your home, do you get good wifi coverage?

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

@@mlzz805 I'm using Arris AX11000 WiFi6 Mesh. Incredible range and speeds.

@cr1m203

4 жыл бұрын

Frontier works great in Florida and they just bought out Verizon. Not sure about SoCal. I have fiber with Frontier.

For the super nerds in here that know what they are doing. Always check with your ISP about the kind of handoff you want. In my case, I wanted to use SC > LC OS2 Armored Fiber > SFP+ Module > connected directly to my router. This removes the need for the ONT device and the need to convert the signal into a copper signal for termination on your router.

@tears2040

3 жыл бұрын

Thats incorrect, the module is exactly what makes the fiber transition to copper (if not you wouldn't need a module and would plug the fiber directly in with none), also the ONT is inside of the modem. Regardless there is no difference in speed, 1 Gb is 1Gb, in theory its supposed to be better but no real proof currently.

@ryanhyde7437

3 жыл бұрын

​@@tears2040 That maybe the case with an ISP provided modem/router however as a consumer you are not locked into using ISP equipment. It is usually completely optional. Your Fiber provider can terminate the fiber cable to the panel on the side of your house using SC or LC connectors. From there you can purchase an SC > LC fiber cable that plugs directly into an Fiber SFP/+ module on your own router WAN SFP/+ port. From there everything downstream (LAN) can be copper. Also please spend some more time reading about SFP modules there are both Fiber and Copper modules. Maybe not a lot of difference in perceived speed but latency for copper is going to be higher the longer the distance to your ISPs nodes. With copper you have to amplify the signal every x amount of feet. With Fiber it is amplified every x amount of lets say yards or even miles which reduces the amount of processing time resulting in lower latency.

@timramich

2 жыл бұрын

Most fiber service is done over a single fiber. One wavelength for Tx, a different wavelength for Rx. Other wavelengths for TV or voice. Who is getting raw ethernet over fiber into their home?

@jaycahow4667

2 жыл бұрын

@@timramich Not sure if I understand you question but there are multiple videos online where people that have faster than 1Gb fiber service have it connected directly into high end Unifi routers (capable up to 10Gb) using SFP+ connections. There are no intermediate devices.

@timramich

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaycahow4667 That's pretty rare. Usually the fiber carries other stuff like TV and phone, and there ARE other devices and THEN some GPON type of thing. To get a dedicated fiber line for just internet isn't very common, unless you're a business.

Do you have a 10gig NIC for this test, or just a 100/1000? You're also using Cat 6, right?

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

1 gig only. Cat 6 yes.

@evanlindemer1177

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRafcave That is crazy good!! I'm psyched and getting it installed tomorrow. Time to live the good life and say goodbye to Spectrum!

I have cable in EU - 264 down / 26,4 up - incl tax my bill sums up to 76,25€ - include cable modem, base fee, fixed IPv4 (+ reverse name thx to very handsome customer service) - without any dropouts it's crazy to see other countries get full sym 1G fiber for less - well, as chanselor Merkel said: internet is a new for germany ... it will take ages until we get to the point others live already today

I've had CL price for life since 2007 and the price has been absolutely the same since then. So don't listen to people who claim they will raise it anytime they like. They have honored their guarantee to me.

Id have made sure to connect to a 2.5gbit Ethernet adaptor to get that full gig, especially if there was any over over-provisioning. The 1gbit Ethernet adaptor would be the limiting factor and probably why it stopped at almost 950mbit. I’m sure you probably have 2.5gbE looking at your computer setup / router but just sayin!

@TheRafcave

2 жыл бұрын

I'm using the Asus AX11000 router. 🤷🏽‍♂️

@TheRafcave

2 жыл бұрын

Just checked, I'm using the 2.5gbit port out of the Asus to the 2.5gbit port of my PC. 👍🏽

What city was this located in MN? I work all over the metro and this looks like a much different install.

@TheRafcave

3 жыл бұрын

Minneapolis

Can’t wait to move so I can get this

You should see if you can get a faster handoff. If your still using 1gb copper Ethernet handoff I’m sure your leaving bandwidth on the table. Do they have any ont with 2.5gb Ethernet out?

@TheRafcave

Жыл бұрын

Not with the included modem router.

1 Gbps up and down here in India, $40 bucks a month. Sweet.

Just got fiber available and I live in Minneapolis. How did you get it 2 years ago?!

@TheRafcave

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky location 😀👍🏽

That’s a great deal. I pay 95 for ATT fiber.

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

New customer price for life! Amazing deal! 😀👍🏽

I have a question. So I got spectrum gigabit Internet. I see on your vid the guy installed wires around the house and all that...the spectrum guy here only setup a modem and a new wire for the modem...so does that mean I don’t have fiber? Is fiber different from gigabit or something?

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

Fiber Is a different kind of cable to regular coaxial cable.

@doedoebird6614

4 жыл бұрын

THE RAFCAVE I can’t tell if I have fiber or not lol. The process your guy in the vid went through to get you going is not the same as what mine did. He just gave me a modem....and they charged me 200 for “install” but again I’m paying for gigabit internet. Is that the same as fiber?

went from cable net to fiber 1000 AT&T VERY HAPPY with speed and 1/2 the cost with no monthly data cap to keep an eye on ... the only downside is when my cable net provider COX went so went my email addresses with them after 60 days Gone... and that creates a huge mess after having 3 emails with Cox.com for 20 yrs and everyone having these emails to contact me for work and placing net orders ...

@THE RAFCAVE Hey wanted to ask if its free to install, and how long it took to install and implement into working internet.

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, It's a free Install. First they had to bury the fiber line down the street, that was 4 hrs, then the technician took about 2 hrs setting It up Inside.

@alex_mejia_78

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRafcave Thank you wanted to also ask which provider you use and if they raised their payment

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

@@alex_mejia_78 Century Link. I have one price for life. 🙂

I'm thankful our neighborhood is old and has utility poles

@chocolatemilk9102

3 жыл бұрын

Why?

I would have just paid the $1000 or whatever to get the line, as lucky as I would have felt to even have that service available; all I get is "check back next year" from the reps.

1Gb FTTH in Ireland, but it can go to 10Gb once they enable it at the exchange. In reality 'just' getting 940Mbps down, but it is fast enough at that.

@TheRafcave

3 жыл бұрын

👍🏽

I might get fiber internet but if I already have normal century link do I still have to do the same process that you had to do??

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, you need to make sure your address qualifys for fiber, then they have to upgrade your lines outside.

@MakesYouEwo

4 жыл бұрын

THE RAFCAVE I just check if it was available in my area and no do you know any other better internet that is good for gaming and multiple people on the internet?

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

@@MakesYouEwo Just Xfinity or Comcast are the best, but It helps to have a good router too.

I only get 80mbps at my house. I'm switching to Xfinity until CL gets gigabit at my house, and the second they do I'm going back. I haven't had problems with CenturyLink but the speeds are just too slow for me. They installed something at my house, but I'm not sure if it's a fiber line or not. All I know is a buried cable and dsl in the modem.

@AlexDutyBMXMTB

4 жыл бұрын

I get 25 mbps up and 2 down at most

@smghero585

4 жыл бұрын

Only 80. I get 1 mbps on good days because my only choice is satellite internet.

@overnightdelivery

3 жыл бұрын

You can stream multiple 4K videos without buffering with 80Mbits/sec. Gigabit is only real useful for downloading huge files.

@gamergye

3 жыл бұрын

@@overnightdelivery which is primarily what I do

check this out, this month online only 50 bucks in the Tacoma /Seattle area.. I got mines But I'm not getting your speed and I had to took the 6ft cat5 cable off the Fiber conversion box and put a 1ft Cat6 to the modem/ wifi box C-Link provided:;???? Can I take there Modem / wifi Route off I did not see yours I have EdgerouterX and TP-Link ac1900 also a R710 sever,, thanks for the great Info.

I can only run CenturyLink, Xfinity, and hughesnet. They don't have fiber, and my CenturyLink speeds are 2 down and 0.8 up. What do I do?

@steveblixt9437

2 жыл бұрын

Bite the bullet and go with Comcast and hope Fiber comes eventually, or move!

Getting Brightspeed fiber tomorrow

@TheRafcave

4 ай бұрын

💪🏾

I'm stuck with sorry ass cox internet ,I tried century link but they don't offer fibre where I live I'm so pissed .

@TheRafcave

2 жыл бұрын

😕

@greatpix

2 жыл бұрын

They didn't where I live either but I kept checking online, and nothing, but then I got a postcard from Quantum saying it was coming and 3 months later it's installed and working 100%. If you see their trucks in your neighborhood it's a good sign it's coming.

are you getting all that speed after your devices are connected ?

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

Throttled sometimes.

What is the best AT&T, century link, or Comcast, or some other thing

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

CenturyLink has fiber at the best price.

@aidan6627

4 жыл бұрын

THE RAFCAVE turns out it isn’t available where I live and AT&T is the top for my area. So I think I’m gonna go with that, cuz I’ve watched videos on the internet 1000 fiber and it looks good

Cool, name also Awesome Man Cave....

Is there a data cap? Coz gigabit speeds chew through data like kids chew candy. If there isn't, then it's a really good deal for 60$.

@TheRafcave

Жыл бұрын

No cap

Did they hookup your oc3 optical line through the md5 hash?

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

Huh?

@dyingbreathe3611

4 жыл бұрын

THE RAFCAVE Terrible joke reference to Ownage Pranks and his prank calls. I’ll show myself out.

How is gaming? I'm getting CenturyLink fiber soon and I'm curious how it is when it comes to latency in games

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

It's wonderful for gaming, always low ping.

@thekolobsociety

5 ай бұрын

did you get fiber? how is it going now?

@TheRafcave

5 ай бұрын

I have fiber. It's fantastic.

Is all that included in the self-install kit?

@TheRafcave

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think you want to self install a fiber line.

I heard they're converting people to Quantum fiber if they had CL previously @ 65 Price for life. and forcing them to pay current rate. Is this true?

@TheRafcave

4 ай бұрын

Mines $70

@skylitday

4 ай бұрын

ah so I assume you converted to Quantum fiber when the rate was $70@@TheRafcave

How good is the nighthawk AX-12 or AX-8 for you?

@TheRafcave

2 жыл бұрын

The Ax 12 was good. Just not in a mesh system. I use the Asus AX11000

@NovaTrains

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRafcave ah ok thank you for letting me know.

Still getting great speeds? Any regrets in switching? Looking maybe to switch..

@TheRafcave

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely! I would never leave fiber. I love It.

@thekolobsociety

5 ай бұрын

@@TheRafcave do you have any issues with Quantum as a company? Billing, customer support etc?

@TheRafcave

5 ай бұрын

@@thekolobsociety None. It's basically still CenturyLink. 🤷🏾‍♂️😄

i have a question, is dsl better than cable since fiber is not available in my area.

@TheRafcave

3 жыл бұрын

On average cable Is better.

@imperialdoggo5826

Жыл бұрын

DSL is nothing compared to cable internet, unless you want your own dedicated connection with low speed.

I have 4 TV's and 4 laptops and 4 cellphones in my house, is 1gbs enough?

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

More than enough.

@chamhadcoler5079

4 жыл бұрын

More than enough

Mainline fiber splicer here. A residential customer very rarely actually uses 1 Gbps from the ISP. For example, one of our main hubs with hundreds of fiber customers barely peaks around 1.5 Gbps. 1 Gbps is a sales/marketing scheme. It is cool to know that speed is an option. You can get 10 Gbps with us but it will cost you big money. Most PCs' NIC can barely process 1 Gbps.

@18:46 Holy shit!!!

What modem are you using

@TheRafcave

3 жыл бұрын

Centurylink Modem

After seeing them bringing the directional drilling machine go under the driveways. I can see why they wanted to charge 700 bucks. It's not cheap to run them lol.

@TheRafcave

Жыл бұрын

Ohh I know. But when they say free Installation, I'd should be free. 😏

Hey raf I live in anoka Minnesota and I average a 60 ping on fortnite... I don’t think the ping on that fiber is accurate... do u know how much ping u get now? On fortnite

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

40-50 ping for gears 5

@chocolatemilk9102

4 жыл бұрын

It doesn’t matter anyway about your internet. It all depends on where you live and the location of the server

We have the ability to get Centurylink DSL which you get 10 mbps upload and 1 mbps download. They won’t run fiber for me. We have the some Xfinity plan that you have.

@TheRafcave

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I dropped xfinity to CenturyLink. Fiber Is sooooooo nice! Good luck, keep trying!

What are your WiFi speed looking like? My download speed are terrible 150-200 but my uploads are great at 800-900.

@TheRafcave

4 жыл бұрын

My wifi speeds on my phone are only like 280down 350up. Samsung S9 plus.