[p911dad]

We signed up for Google Fiber here in our neighborhood when they came through about 5 years ago, worked well, no outages compared to what is now called Spectrum, which had outages often. But about 2 years ago Google stopped providing anything but internet, gave us free remotes and 2 transmitters and we started streaming various providers. We worked through a few providers and ended up with YouTube TV, Netflix, Amazon and now Showtime to watch Ray Donovan. Thinking of dumping Netflix soon. Showtime is gone after Ray is done. It is still cheaper than what Spectrum now charges with more good content and you can leave these providers anytime, no problem.
It was a total panic when we realized WE had to learn how to use streaming instead of just clicking our favorite channels on cable tv. It was like the 5 stages of grief. We made the adjustment in about a day or 2. It is definitely is cheaper than cable was but you can easily start adding providers and it can escalate quickly.
Spectrum was constantly changing things and rates, Google doesn't care if you stay or go, no negotiating over rates. Steady.
As far as internet speed, I am not sure if the claimed speeds are just marketing BS. We had the higher speed for a while, then switched to the cheap plan and noticed no difference in performance. I think the real issue here is cable will eventually go away and we will be left with fiber and that's just not a bad thing. Might as well get it while it's free installation. After Google came through, ATT and Verizon both came through and did the same thing, dug up the edge of the street and put in their own fiber