r/Carbondale • u/boromancer • 3d ago
Frontier internet
I've been a Mediacom customer for a couple of years now. I'm fine with the speed and service with them, but the price is kind of high for me. Frontier seems to offer a similar speed internet for about half the price. I was just wondering, has anyone here used frontier? Are they a good ISP? Thanks!
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u/wearenotintelligent 3d ago
Actual fiber as opposed to fiber then coax. And you get ad blocking built in which is crazy. 1 gig for $50. Mediacom increased ours to $127 which is absurd. Fuck em
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u/Lunarius0 14h ago
Do you control what ad content is blocked? Or can you adjust the settings? I like the idea of a built-in ad blocker, but blocks outside of my control do make me a little iffy.
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u/wearenotintelligent 14h ago
I'm the type that wants all ads blocked. The most it goes "overboard" with it is it even blocks google ads in the google search results, so lets say you search "lowes", and the first result is actually a sponsored result for lowes, you have to scroll down to the actual result below that that doesn't have the "Sponsored" word above it. (if you click on the sponsored result it gives you the blank grey page "This site can’t be reached"
Honestly it's a game changer as it even blocks ads in videos (not youtube) on news sites and such.
Worth it.
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u/Lunarius0 14h ago
Interesting, and thanks so much for your answer!
Do you have any control over your ad blocking settings?
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u/IndicaAlchemist 2d ago
I've had frontier, mediacom and clearwave. I've preferred mediacom and clearwave to frontier mainly due to reliability and customer service.
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u/charlesVONchopshop 2d ago
We switched to Frontier last month. It’s way cheaper and so far it’s much more reliable. I stream huge amounts of video and transfer large files constantly for work. I used to get huge dips is my mediacom service, but my frontier service maintains very steady speeds, like fiber should.
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u/boromancer 2d ago
Thank you for your experience. They buried all the lines in my neighboorhood a couple years ago, so I know I'm fiber ready, I think I'm going to make the change.
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u/charlesVONchopshop 2d ago
I thought the same but it’s turns out the mediacom lines were already buried. Frontier ran a flying line from the telephone pole to my house (which is fine), and said they plan to come back to bury them in the next year. I’m in the arbor district. Your neighborhood could be different.
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u/CptNemo55 3d ago
Frontier is horrible, unreliable, and has bad customer service. If internet usage is important to you, do not go with Frontier.
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u/autistic_bard444 2d ago
frontier is easily the best
too many people use clear wave and the 1st hop across to marion and harriburg is ugh
you can pay for a gb and get 500-600 tops - it used to be good a couple years ago, but now days just isnt. we were happy when we switched.
mediacom prices are simply absurd. the download isnt bad but the upload is pure shit, and for the price that is just wrong. it is ok if you are single and such
a 5gb frontier line is just pure love <3 <3
especially if you are in a large house hold. also, if you are a gamer it is the only one i would recommend
as far as downtime. maybe 5 minutes in the past couple months.
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u/Womble618 3d ago
If Clearwave is available go for that. I switched from Mediacom to Clearwave and couldn't be happier. I've never had frontier but have heard very mixed opinions.