I am currently with Starlink and Youtubetv, and I have no complaints. That's probably a total of $210 a month. What else is out there that you like?

AT&T fiber is pretty solid for internet access. I would never pay an old linear TV cable company for channels though, they are legacy and quickly becoming obsolete.

I've got 1G with Astound (formerly Grande) for < $70/month plus YouTube TV now around $90 / month.

ATT hasn't converted my neighborhood yet.

AT&T is actually running a promo rn for $55 for 1G fiber plus bonus cards. Ends 6/30.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ATTFiber/comments/1le3hqs/new_1_gig_promo_starting_tomorrow/

I've got AT&T's flags in my back yard right now waiting for their install guys to trench and bury the line from the pole. It's a giant back yard, the pole is all the way to the back fence line, and my 2 Great Danes would really enjoy munching the very delicate cable. I'm waiting on install to get the line buried.

If you have access to fiber (there's a really limited area), do it. Fiber is, by nature, symmetrical - meaning you get the same speeds download as you do upload. Most people won't use the upload much (you're not transmitting data), but my wife does Zoom meetings and court appearances constantly. Fiber is also "individual" (you're not sharing that particular bit of network availability with your neighbors) until you reach the aggregator - wherever that is.

I've used Astound (previously Grande) for a long time, and don't have a problem with it. A low latency Gig Down/Up Fiber to the House (FTTH) is too good to pass up. Free install (that alone would have run me over $500) and $30 cheaper than my previous cable set up.

Has anyone had experience with AT&T Internet Air? I'm not sure how that works or the internet speed and reliability.

Coke Bear said:

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Has anyone had experience with AT&T Internet Air? I'm not sure how that works or the internet speed and reliability.

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I have. I have been on AT&T fiber the last few years and moved about 3 months ago. New neighborhood doesn't have AT&T Fiber, but the AT&T rep convinced me to try the AT&T Internet Air. It went back and forth between horrible and totally unusable. Even at its best download speeds were not acceptable. The best the rep could do was tell me to move my router to a different room. Moved it to where he said, but there was no distinguishable difference. There was no AT&T plan commitment on it so I cancelled after two weeks. Loved the AT&T fiber but AT&T internet air was a complete thumbs down, at least in my neighborhood. (West of Speegleville Rd.)

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Mr Tulip said:

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I've got AT&T's flags in my back yard right now waiting for their install guys to trench and bury the line from the pole. It's a giant back yard, the pole is all the way to the back fence line, and my 2 Great Danes would really enjoy munching the very delicate cable. I'm waiting on install to get the line buried.

If you have access to fiber (there's a really limited area), do it. Fiber is, by nature, symmetrical - meaning you get the same speeds download as you do upload. Most people won't use the upload much (you're not transmitting data), but my wife does Zoom meetings and court appearances constantly. Fiber is also "individual" (you're not sharing that particular bit of network availability with your neighbors) until you reach the aggregator - wherever that is.

I've used Astound (previously Grande) for a long time, and don't have a problem with it. A low latency Gig Down/Up Fiber to the House (FTTH) is too good to pass up. Free install (that alone would have run me over $500) and $30 cheaper than my previous cable set up.

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Don't hold your breath on the cable burial. I'd probably call every day until they bury it.

There's still a few cables in my back yard that have not been buried after years. I'm the connection point for all of my neighbors, and more than a few times either myself or one of my kids has cut the cable and turned off the internet for my block. Thankfully, never my AT&T service haha. It's always Spectrum or Astound. I pretend to be ignorant when my neighbors post on the neighborhood facebook group about their internet being down for a few days.

We're about to get Spectrum (in Austin, not Waco). Anyone happy with their service?

On a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being the best, my experience with Spectrum (in multiple locations) would rate them a 6.

BearVerdad said:

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We're about to get Spectrum (in Austin, not Waco). Anyone happy with their service?

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I have just internet with spectrum in Temple. It's been solid. Streaming works fine. Don't have problems with connection speeds. Use Hulu+ for tv.

Thanks for all the comments, and would welcome more input.

Griz said:

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Thanks for all the comments, and would welcome more input.

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we use astound(Grande) and it has been really good for us. youtubetv for steaming. Really happy with youtube except the price keeps going up. At this point, I could probably bundle back to cable and almost be at the same cost.

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BearVerdad said:

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We're about to get Spectrum (in Austin, not Waco). Anyone happy with their service?

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I have just internet with spectrum in Temple. It's been solid. Streaming works fine. Don't have problems with connection speeds. Use Hulu+ for tv.

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Username checks out. Thanks!

hodedofome said:

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Mr Tulip said:

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I've got AT&T's flags in my back yard right now waiting for their install guys to trench and bury the line from the pole. It's a giant back yard, the pole is all the way to the back fence line, and my 2 Great Danes would really enjoy munching the very delicate cable. I'm waiting on install to get the line buried.

If you have access to fiber (there's a really limited area), do it. Fiber is, by nature, symmetrical - meaning you get the same speeds download as you do upload. Most people won't use the upload much (you're not transmitting data), but my wife does Zoom meetings and court appearances constantly. Fiber is also "individual" (you're not sharing that particular bit of network availability with your neighbors) until you reach the aggregator - wherever that is.

I've used Astound (previously Grande) for a long time, and don't have a problem with it. A low latency Gig Down/Up Fiber to the House (FTTH) is too good to pass up. Free install (that alone would have run me over $500) and $30 cheaper than my previous cable set up.

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Don't hold your breath on the cable burial. I'd probably call every day until they bury it.

There's still a few cables in my back yard that have not been buried after years. I'm the connection point for all of my neighbors, and more than a few times either myself or one of my kids has cut the cable and turned off the internet for my block. Thankfully, never my AT&T service haha. It's always Spectrum or Astound. I pretend to be ignorant when my neighbors post on the neighborhood facebook group about their internet being down for a few days.

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They managed to get the line in the ground last Friday. To be fair, the guy was just there to bury the line. My access point is the telephone pole at the back of the yard, so it should be out of the way and protected. The other end will be on the wall next to my bedroom. Will use the end of my closet as an air conditioned space to hold the AP and run a high speed cable back to my switching closet (so I don't hafta rebuild the whole thing).

Should have it functional by tomorrow evening.

ATT fiber and YouTube TV. Disney package so I get ESPN+ for BU Games. HBO comes free with ATT.

Have the 50Mbps poverty plan with Spectrum plus YTTV. It's fine, and the two together cost me about $100/month.

If you are using YTTV, you can probably get a $10/month discount for the next six months. This is different than when I talked them down a similar $10/month earlier in the year when they raised their rates.

https://9to5google.com/2025/06/17/youtube-tv-monthly-discount-how-to-find-it/

I've also heard of Pavlov Media in Waco. Anyone have experience?

BylrFan said:

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AT&T is actually running a promo rn for $55 for 1G fiber plus bonus cards. Ends 6/30.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ATTFiber/comments/1le3hqs/new_1_gig_promo_starting_tomorrow/

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Just came by and left this on my door. I have it already so I went outside and found the guy a few houses down. Said we can just create a new account under wife's name and end our current payment of 90 to this

Said the number is his personal if you are interested in taking advantage of it