Alternatives to Breezeline/Atlantic Broadband

[DRH]

Originally Posted by RustyBoy

Have them come out and test where you intend on putting the hot spot. I am in Meredith, it is 5G at Hart Parking lot, and LTE at the Town Docks. If you go inside a building, it looses line of sight and speed is a fraction of even LTE

Been there done that.

The FCC has an excellent online mobile service coverage map that graphically shows the coverage provided by various cell service providers.

You can access it here: https://fcc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/web...bc88a0d1bdd25b

Zoom in to the Lakes Region and click individually on the various cell service providers to compare their coverage in our area.

[Leoskeys]

Anyone know if Comcast/Xfinity coming to Alton Bay? I see they have a store in Gilford now.

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by Leoskeys

Anyone know if Comcast/Xfinity coming to Alton Bay? I see they have a store in Gilford now.

I would think not likely. We already have ABB, now Breezeline for cable and TDS is first optic. With over 80 miles of roads in Alton, it would be terribly costly for Combat to sting wires for 5500 year round residents.

Perhaps the folks who live around Cherry Valley Rd area where TDS isn't maybe, but town wide, I highly doubt it.

Stop by the Gilford store and ask. That's a straight from the horse's mouth thing.

Dave

[map]

I’m in the Weirs. Our promotional rate expired and we were up $30 from 2 years ago. I called and yeah- I waited 45 minutes but the retention rep was able to take our rate back to the initial one, saving us the $30. She also increased our spead from 250 mp to 500 mp and we kept everything else the same- same channels and equipment, etc. ( yes- we lease ). She threw in 2 wifi extenders for free that were delivered today by UPS ( not that we need them in our small cottage) and she prorated our current month’s bill so we got a few bucks off that as well.

I don’t have any complaints with them really. When we moved here we came from DSL to this. Much better. We have just one TV and a couple of laptops and smart phones an Amazon Echo and an Amazon DOT.

We also use ROKU for some other stuff. And we have Amazon Prime.

I use Straight Talk for my old iPhone 6S Plus and my husband uses Consumer Cellular for his flip phone. We have an old iPhone SE that my husband uses on our wifi network at home.

[Charlie T]

Originally Posted by map

I’m in the Weirs. Our promotional rate expired and we were up $30 from 2 years ago. I called and yeah- I waited 45 minutes but the retention rep was able to take our rate back to the initial one, saving us the $30. She also increased our spead from 250 mp to 500 mp and we kept everything else the same- same channels and equipment, etc. ( yes- we lease ). She threw in 2 wifi extenders for free that were delivered today by UPS ( not that we need them in our small cottage) and she prorated our current month’s bill so we got a few bucks off that as well.

I had no such luck. I waited on hold for over 2 hours only to be told that the won't reduce my $120+ a month bill for any reason. The current rate for new customers for better service is $39.95 a month. I wish I had got the same Customer Service rep that you got. I ended up canceling my service. I"ll put the satellite back up and deal with it. They can change the name but it's still the same crappy service.

[Leoskeys]

I called and waited for 45 minutes, requested a call back. They did call, but missed me. I called them back, Now I’ve been waiting two weeks to hear from them, nothing…

[Weekend Pundit]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

I would think not likely. We already have ABB, now Breezeline for cable and TDS is first optic. With over 80 miles of roads in Alton, it would be terribly costly for Combat to sting wires for 5500 year round residents.

Perhaps the folks who live around Cherry Valley Rd area where TDS isn't maybe, but town wide, I highly doubt it.

Stop by the Gilford store and ask. That's a straight from the horse's mouth thing.

Dave

Comcast would need to apply for and negotiate a Franchise Agreement with the town of Alton and the Board of Selectmen would need to approve it. They would be the third provider if they applied and the BOS says 'Yes'. However, I have no idea if such a thing has happened. A call to the Town Administrator/Board of Selectmen's office to ask would be appropriate as they could tell you if any such negotiations are in progress. (They have to let you know if that is indeed the case since it is public information, though they don't have to reveal details of the negotiations since they are ongoing.) As best I know, only Laconia, Gilford, and Belmont have franchise agreements with Comcast as a competitive cable company to Breezeline.

I do know Breezeline is is presently negotiating a new Franchise Agreement with Alton as part of the multi-town Lakes Region Cable TV Consortium. I don't know how those negotiations are going, but I do know Gilford is not pleased with ABB/Breezeline's performance, particularly when it comes to technical support. (It's almost non-existent, and what there does not involve speaking with human beings.) I made my displeasure known to the Gilford Town Administrator, laying out a timeline of my problems with ABB/Breezeline's tech support, or lack thereof. I've been trying to get an Internet problem fixed for over a year and am no closer to getting it taken care of than I was a year ago. (Yeah, it's off-topic, but relevant.)