New apartment internet

[Tohrment]

I'm getting a new apartment and am looking for internet. The two plans that I'm looking at are either the 120 down and 20 up cable plan that is offered in my area. Or the 50 down 10 up FTTN (fiber) network in my area. I was told that with fiber I get some sort of dedicated line so that during peak hours is not interrupted. Can someone give me some advice?

[desertcomputer]

FTTN is not fiber. I would get 120 down and 20 up and it seem like FTTP or FTTB.

[dizmo]

120 down. Even if it throttles I doubt it'd go lower than 50.

[Renton577]

Both should be pretty similar besides the speeds. I work as an apartment manager and I live in the apartments I manage, we have both fiber and cable wired into the building, both can throttle during peak hours and they both have disclaimers about that fact. I would honestly just look at the price of the two and think about what you will be doing online and choose the most cost effective one for you.

[Zmax]

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[orbitalbuzzsaw]

120/20 is the better deal, the peak hours thing is marketing BS in my experience

[Alex Atkin UK]

The ONLY way to not get contention is to buy dedicate fiber and believe me that is NOT cheap for that reason.

 

All consumer and general business broadband is contended, its just business tends to be less so (which still doesn't guarantee no slowdown, just makes it less severe).

 

I wouldn't necessarily go for the cheapest, I'd check out feedback from existing users online to see if one is more reliable than the other.