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mishman · 09-26-2024, 08:27 AM

I switched from Spectrum to Fidium in July. Signed up for the 2g speed at $105/month for the first year. With this package you get up to three wifi extenders for free (not sure of charge after that one year period but I think it would be $5/month per extender). My experience with Fidium was good. The initial installer said the wifi would be strong throughout the house. We were distracted by a houseful of company and never tested this while he was here. Come to find out later that the signal was not strong at all given our house construction and Fidium sent someone back here a few days later to set up extenders which work great. We would have gone with NHEC right off the bat but I could not get a clear answer as to when they would be hooking up customers and going live. Come to find out now that it will be sometime in early 2025 in our section of Mboro. There is no contract with Fidium so I may changeover if there is savings as I would like to support NHEC BB venture. The info contained in this thread has been very helpful especially as relates to the interface between fiber and cat 5 and 6 cable in the house and whether there is a degradation of speed using cable to locate wifi in a central location in the house. Currently my fiber comes into the basement via an underground conduit but having the router and wifi box there does not provide good coverage throughout the house.
We use Youtube TV and have had good results (although price keeps creeping up).

09-26-2024, 08:27 AM	#50
mishman Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 178 Thanks: 59 Thanked 96 Times in 43 Posts	Fidium experience I switched from Spectrum to Fidium in July. Signed up for the 2g speed at $105/month for the first year. With this package you get up to three wifi extenders for free (not sure of charge after that one year period but I think it would be $5/month per extender). My experience with Fidium was good. The initial installer said the wifi would be strong throughout the house. We were distracted by a houseful of company and never tested this while he was here. Come to find out later that the signal was not strong at all given our house construction and Fidium sent someone back here a few days later to set up extenders which work great. We would have gone with NHEC right off the bat but I could not get a clear answer as to when they would be hooking up customers and going live. Come to find out now that it will be sometime in early 2025 in our section of Mboro. There is no contract with Fidium so I may changeover if there is savings as I would like to support NHEC BB venture. The info contained in this thread has been very helpful especially as relates to the interface between fiber and cat 5 and 6 cable in the house and whether there is a degradation of speed using cable to locate wifi in a central location in the house. Currently my fiber comes into the basement via an underground conduit but having the router and wifi box there does not provide good coverage throughout the house. We use Youtube TV and have had good results (although price keeps creeping up).