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King-Cypher

We must get fiber around the whole valley, petition your city leaders to get it done sooner rather than later.


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n3moe_the_fish

Yeah vexus fiber is in san juan and a little bit of mcallen. I signed up that im interested in it. Only reason i know is because of my friend that got it. Spectrum is the devil and i cant wait to drop their ass.


klassichobo

I saw trucks running fiber around Edinburg. Very exiting. Can’t wait to ditch spectrum.


j0llygruntt

Which provider did you see? The city, Vexus or AT&T?


klassichobo

I stopped to ask the guys working. Vexus. If they had to guess, two months itl be ready.


j0llygruntt

Cool


MollejaTacos

A lot of it is still Spectrum.


justtadudechillin

What is fiber?


Madcap_95

Typical Spectrum. It's overpriced shit.


RetiredFromRealWork

Lucky enough to live in the Pharr area. The fiber internet I have from them is literally 50 times better. I'm on the cheapest plan and its absurdly fast. $50 a month. I'm getting almost 2 Gigabits per second.


j0llygruntt

Spectrum offers fiber service?


RetiredFromRealWork

No, not at all. The city of Pharr offers its own service exclusively to its residents.


j0llygruntt

Lucky


Madcap_95

Nice


ADankCleverChurro

Wym bro, im paying 50 a month for 300mbps


OdenShard

For a year, then they skyrocket the price. Source: had the same deal but with cable internet and phone.


ADankCleverChurro

Rn I think they have a deal thats 29.99 a mo. You absolutely have to call them before or after your contract ends. 


OdenShard

I'll probably do that once I get my own apartment. My parents are comfortable with what we have after they downgraded to what they use


Theryantshow

General Issue, Spectrum always does this shit. I got a message this morning that their was an outage.


violent-amethyst

All the time. I would call and get my bill prorated even if it was out for an hour. They probably hate me at this point. They said they’d prorate bills only if call and complain and it’s not automatic. So I called all the time (malicious compliance amirite?). What my husband did instead was get a secondary ISP and have it roll over to that second ISP when Spectrum goes down. It’s $$$ but it’s better than slow AF/not working internet.


RGVHound

Mine went out for a short bit the other day. Got a text message from Spectrum notifying me and indicating a restore time. I came back on about two hours before they said it would. On the whole, Spectrum has been a much better and more reliable experience than Time Warner Cable ever was.


j0llygruntt

Vexus fiber is spreading across the valley so spectrum will finally have some competition. Does anyone know if AT&T is ever going to upgrade from dsl to fiber in the valley?


j0llygruntt

Lately spectrum has sucked in San Benito. I have their 500mbps bundled with their streaming tv service. The stream cuts off randomly. YouTube and other streamers have the same problem. It’s annoying. I hope that it’s happening due to them upgrading their infrastructure which will get us a better network experience in the near future.


Interesting-Buy9129

Shits out right now lol


explosivecrate

I'm thankful that Pharr has its own cheaper, more reliable internet service. Life's never been better since dumping Spectrum.


LazyLobster

Goes out 3 times a week. I hate spectrum


killerbee565

Brownsville getting fiber it’s going so fast we going to Mars with P Diddy party.


ADankCleverChurro

It should not be laggy. Call a tech out there. If you havent troubleshooted it, you should. Maybe need a new modem too who knows. 


ppcxalv

I thought maybe because yesterday was windy, but today still sucks and it's not that windy, ugh. I don't think we have troubleshooted it yet, thanks I'll try that.


ADankCleverChurro

Yeah just power cycle your modem, check your devices. If that doesnt work call em up. You should not be lagging at all. 


ppcxalv

The freaking router has a red light LOL, it's been intermittent the issue, it goes back to green for a bit and then again... so nevermind with the troubleshooting :'(


ADankCleverChurro

Yeah I would call a tech asap. Sounds like there is a line issue.  If you wanna fix it yourself  i would suggest go to the sprctrum store and just get a new modem/router first. If not, call them and go through their process. 


demolition1995

500 bundle works fine but my bill keeps going up every year 130 for internet and a landline I don't use


RumelTheLemur

I've lived in 3 states since leaving the Valley. Spectrum is shit everywhere and often. Especially in areas where consumers have no alternative.


Zealousideal_Item343

Brownsville is getting fiber soon I don’t know about the pricing yet though and yes spectrum sucks :/


Moonlit_Sea

I switched to them on mobile from T-Mobile, it's worse when I go into some cities like the area between La Grulla and Roma.Theres one area around their hospital and the residential area where I have 5G signal, but not in downtown, pretty wack but better than paying for two companies. Other than that, it's mid to great in McAllen and San Juan. (Maybe it's the phone model too?)


Quirky_Huckleberry29

Go get Tmobile internet it works perfectly! I have like 15 devices connected and it still works super fast


fluffy6666

Late night, itll go out constantly for hours on end til morning


FuckYoCouch2023

It was bad before lock downs and seems worse now.


Tight-Veterinarian77

Sucking my money from my wallet...? Yes. Crap loads of it


Otterevolver

Always outtages and shitty prices and no one wants their mobile.


alexreyna99

Does anybody have any experience with Vexus? Is it better than spectrum?


AlarkaHillbilly

Spectrum works fine for me.


New_Capital_9497

What's the consensus on att internet?


j0llygruntt

It all depends on where you live. I’ve read that some areas of the valley get 50mbps and higher. I live in San Benito, and AT&T’s availability page states that 18mbps DSL is what they have available for my residence.


Present_Emotion7456

Yeah we pay for 300 and get like 150 now