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If you live in Palo Alto you can get a decent deal on gigabit internet service from Comcast, but it's really hard to actually get (or at least it was when I got

If you live in Palo Alto you can get a decent deal on gigabit internet service from Comcast, but it's really hard to actually get (or at least it was when I got it). It took multiple attempts since the phone sales people didn't know what it was. I wrote up detailed instructions here since there was very little information available online at the time: https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/6xc5e4/bay_area_gets_gigabit_comcast_internet_service/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/6xc5e4/bay_area_ge...

bradlys 9y ago
If you can get it, go with AT&T. It's at least 500mbit up and down for only $80. It rarely ever hits over 800mbit but it's not like you can really know if it's AT&T or the other side (even when doing speedtests).
- fossuser 9y ago
  I've lived in three different places around Palo Alto and I've never lived in an area that has non-DSL AT&T - I'm not sure where this actual is available.
  - bradlys 9y ago
    I'm in San Carlos. Came available last six months.
proverbialbunny 9y ago
Comcast fiber isn't so obscure today. My neighbor has 1 gig symmetric, but it's something like $300 a month.
- fossuser 9y ago
  They have 2gigabit pro fiber to the house available for around that price plus some installation fee. I ended up just sticking with the regular gigabit (over coax with modem) since I already had a fancy modem and it was only $99 (though I only get 35mbps up). The gigabit pro speed requires special fiber hardware plus an installation.