I'm a Moultonborough resident and have been using Fidium for a couple of months, as soon as it was available here.
I canceled Spectrum internet but wanted to keep Spectrum TV. Also switched "home phone" (not the Spectrum mobile option). I'm happy with Fidium and get close to 500 Mbps download and upload, for their 1 Gig fiber plan, costing presently, $67.50/month, but that includes $20+, first year discount. I've got a lot of "stuff" that affects bandwidth and speeds. Some are wireless and some are wired. I check download/upload speeds with Oogla or Google speed tests, using either Chrome or Firefox browsers. I've got wired and wireless stuff.
Fidium is fiber all the way to the modem, not like Spectrum. Our modem and router (separate, as was Spectrum) are in our living room, where the wife does a good job blending them into decor. I've got all of the "cabling" side by side that comes from outside, through the garage, and up through the floor in the basement to the living room, where any can be hooked up to any modem and then to the router, if there is one.
I've usd Roku boxes almost ever since it was made available. and still do, even with Spectrum TV on my TV. I've got Spectrum hooked up to the TV #1 HDMI port and Roku hooked up to the #2 port. # 3 is still empty.
Spectrum TV gives you a receiver box with Cloud DVR, that I'm debating to keep or not. I still get the same programs on Spectrum on my Roku box. The difference for me is the receiver box, Cisco HD Digital Receiver Model 4742HDC. Have also looked at streaming thorugh Hulu, Direct TV (streaming, not satellite) etc. as Fidium may suggect since Fidium doesn't have a TV offering.
Spectrum is peddling XUMO streaming boxes, as well, a joint venture of Charter Communications and Comcast.
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