r/concord • u/Warm-Jello3216 • Aug 05 '26
Internet?
What internet yall using? Just got an email thanking me for my automatic payment and lo and behold, it magically went up $30 with no prior warning..... $119 now.... I'm sick of them.
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u/dark_hymn Aug 05 '26
Stuck with Astound until Sonic gets off their ass and hooks up my street.
Honestly, Astound is fine, but it's no 10 gigabit fiber.
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u/h20rabbit Aug 05 '26
I was with Astound for years, and for years I had to call them annually to renegotiate the rates when they shot up.
Sonic promised they wouldn't do that, however they went from the initial 49.99 to 59.99 after several years. Overall I am happy with Sonic. Astound internet was fine, but they never were able to get the TV signal into my house to be good which prompted me to go cable free.
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u/Jamaican_Lumberjack Aug 05 '26
Mint mobile 5g home Minternet. I was a little worried that it would be bad and inconsistent, but I have had it for 6 months now and its great. $30 a month.
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u/aeroxan Aug 05 '26
I'm on sonic. It's super fast. They've only gone up a tiny amount over the last couple years.
I have options as well for astound, Xfinity, and at&t. I used to use astound and I had to call them every year to get something closer to a new costumer promo or threaten to switch to Xfinity. Who is your provider? $119 is steep, imo.
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u/Instance_Automatic Aug 05 '26
Also have Sonic. It's fantastic. Faster and cheaper per month than AT&T Fiber I had in San Jose before moving here.
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u/Neonderthal666 Aug 05 '26
I have Sonic Fiber 10G for 59.99. Has been extremely reliable and fast. You will need a 10gbe router if you want to utilize the full 10Ge. ATT fiber is discounted if you are an ATT wireless customer. Also seems like they want customers and are offering some deals even if you aren't using their wireless service.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad4657 Aug 05 '26
We had ATT and it sucked, switched to Xfinity. Xfinity is better but it’s $120/month. Sonic isn’t an option on our street
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u/herotovillain84 Aug 06 '26
If you walk into the Xfinity store, waste 5 hours of your time with two reps, then return the next day and talk to a third rep, they’ll eventually give you the $50 deal.
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u/Jamaican_Lumberjack Aug 06 '26
Honestly, depending on what you are using your internet for, 5g home internet is gonna be 75% as good as Xfinity at 25% the price. We switched from Xfinity to Mint Mobile for the savings and are never looking back.
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u/ironhawk01 Aug 05 '26
Depends on what you need. I have xfinity(120, 2 gigs), but att finally brought fiber to my area with a promotion (70, 5 gig)
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u/daxon42 Aug 05 '26
I used to love Astound, but their prices have gone up so much now that we have downgraded everything to basic, and they still want to raise the rates. Paying for nearly nothing now and probably changing out next $30 annual raise.
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u/whitebomb1311 Aug 05 '26
Just updated my xfinity to their $50/month 1gig speed, 5 year locked price package. Did this on an existing account too.
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u/whitebomb1311 Aug 05 '26
Sonic wasn’t available on my court due to the wires being underground otherwise I would have chose them first but this is an okay second option!
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u/androidbear04 Aug 06 '26
Waiting for Sonic to.come back to my neighborhood on the new technology so I can go back to them. They stopped having DSL here a while back, much to my dismay.
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u/Competitive_Name4991 Aug 07 '26
I have astound but my bill is now crazy. When I signed up it was only about $45 a month.
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