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No one is forcing you to use their modem or router. Out on the west coast I’ve generally been fine with spectrum modulo the upload speed although they’ve did a

No one is forcing you to use their modem or router. Out on the west coast I’ve generally been fine with spectrum modulo the upload speed although they’ve did a recent upgrade to 100mbit/s+ due to new DOCSIS standards. I finally got Fiber in SF so I switched but Spectrum was finally kind of good enough for the most part.

saghm 4mo ago
At the apartment I lived at until last year, Spectrum only offered up to half a gig down unless you used their modem (which of course meant an extra $15 per month on top of the plan for a full gig already being more expensive). Of course, neither of these were symmetric, with the connection listed as "mixed" between copper and fiber. I stuck with the half gig since it was the best option without paying them for the "privilege" of using their equipment. At my house now we get 2 gigs up and down with fiber from Optimum for cheaper than the plan we had from Spectrum. We've had maybe two hours of downtime total from outages in 16-17 months, compared to probably 4-5x as much in the same period on average from Spectrum. Some providers really do just suck.
- vlovich123 4mo ago
  Maybe spectrum is different in different parts of the country, I don’t know. In SF I’ve been using my own modem for gigabit for 8 years. And now spectrum is giving you the modem for free if you get their 1000/100 service. Not sure if that’s just introductory or because ATT has started deploying fiber. I don’t know why I got down voted so hard for saying I’ve generally not had spectrum going down regularly or that you don’t have to rent their modem. I used to hate Comcast too but in my opinion they’ve improved a lot so I’m not unhappy despite leaving them as a customer.
  - saghm 4mo ago
    Fair enough. All I know is living in New York, Spectrum is probably the worst ISP that I've ever experienced (and it seems to be a pretty common experience). I'm not one of the ones who downvoted you though, just someone who offered an alternate opinion, so I can't speak to why that happened.

saghm 4mo ago

At the apartment I lived at until last year, Spectrum only offered up to half a gig down unless you used their modem (which of course meant an extra $15 per month on top of the plan for a full gig already being more expensive). Of course, neither of these were symmetric, with the connection listed as "mixed" between copper and fiber. I stuck with the half gig since it was the best option without paying them for the "privilege" of using their equipment. At my house now we get 2 gigs up and down with fiber from Optimum for cheaper than the plan we had from Spectrum. We've had maybe two hours of downtime total from outages in 16-17 months, compared to probably 4-5x as much in the same period on average from Spectrum. Some providers really do just suck.

vlovich123 4mo ago
Maybe spectrum is different in different parts of the country, I don’t know. In SF I’ve been using my own modem for gigabit for 8 years. And now spectrum is giving you the modem for free if you get their 1000/100 service. Not sure if that’s just introductory or because ATT has started deploying fiber. I don’t know why I got down voted so hard for saying I’ve generally not had spectrum going down regularly or that you don’t have to rent their modem. I used to hate Comcast too but in my opinion they’ve improved a lot so I’m not unhappy despite leaving them as a customer.
- saghm 4mo ago
  Fair enough. All I know is living in New York, Spectrum is probably the worst ISP that I've ever experienced (and it seems to be a pretty common experience). I'm not one of the ones who downvoted you though, just someone who offered an alternate opinion, so I can't speak to why that happened.