Comcast. No complaints about internet service. I get 50mbps, which I believe is advertised at $80/mo. With the basic cable plus HBO promotional rate, our bill is about $72/mo.
I'll also chime in to say that we have a similar deal. Not as cheap but still less than a lot of people pay. I usually get 100-120mbps down and 10-ish mbps up, cable with a bunch of channels that I never watch (but my gf seems to want), some of the channels are in HD, many are just stretched SD, again, I don't really care since I don't watch much. The "main" channels are in HD at least. Also HBO (main channel in HD, others in scaled SD) but I only really use it for access to HBO Go.
As far as hardware, I only get the tuner/DVR from Comcast. Own my own modem and router. No phone service because it would be redundant.
Total cost is around $99/mo. I'd just as soon knock it down to internet only but that's around $70/mo and I'd spend the extra $30/mo subscribing to the various services that carry programming I currently access with our cable account login.
Not saying it's all sunshine and lollipops. We've had the usual billing and service tech issues that come with these sorts of companies that cut every corner imaginable. But when it works for most of the year, it does the job I guess.
On the subject of OTA antennas, I do have one hooked up to my PC's tuner card (since they did away with any unencrypted QAM over the cable lines....bastards) and when I watch one of the 5-10 channels I can pick up, the local HD broadcasts look so much nicer than the compressed stuff on cable. I actually prefer to throw a football game on my secondary monitor while I'm messing around on the computer rather than watch it over cable upstairs.
We had something similar with Comcast in SF - 2 boxes and 1 dvr in the house, '50Mb' (I'll leave that in quotes) down, 10'ish-maybe up.
When we first moved into our place last year, the internet was stable and worked well enough (I say well enough because the d/l speed would fluctuate pretty consistently at night). Sometimes there was a hiccup, but overall, it worked.
Then this summer hit. No warning, no reasons, nothing - internet no longer stayed stable. It was all over the place. Some nights, 2mb down. So, you have to spend the time to talk to tech people since it's late at night and the kids are asleep and you just don't feel like getting on the phone to battle.
Got the usual excuses that service was being upgraded in the street, the line looked fine to them, it must be something on our end (that one's always predictable). Annnd of course, a tech came out, twiddled and fiddled and discovered our signal was low. Weird that it just happened now and now when the second cable run was installed when we moved in.
Because my wife and I (sadly) work from home after hours, when you have no internet, you're screwed. We weren't watching tv anymore and when we did it was netflix or game of thrones or silicon valley - all watchable via hbo go. So, I switched to Sonic.net (the best isp in the bay area in my mind) and haven't looked back.
Sure, we're running over at&t fiber (sigh) and capped at 50 down/5 up (sigh), but it just works. We're not running 50 one day, 80 another, 10 another and we're paying about the same for internet as we were on Comcast.
It is for me in my location through Comcast at double the speed you are getting, which I want. I went and took a look. Comcast charges $60 for 25mbps and $75 for 50Mbps. Typically no promotions on just internet. Have to get phone or TV included for promotions. So I am paying less for more. Just have to be on top of it every year.
As far as hardware, I only get the tuner/DVR from Comcast. Own my own modem and router. No phone service because it would be redundant.
Total cost is around $99/mo. I'd just as soon knock it down to internet only but that's around $70/mo and I'd spend the extra $30/mo subscribing to the various services that carry programming I currently access with our cable account login.
Not saying it's all sunshine and lollipops. We've had the usual billing and service tech issues that come with these sorts of companies that cut every corner imaginable. But when it works for most of the year, it does the job I guess.
On the subject of OTA antennas, I do have one hooked up to my PC's tuner card (since they did away with any unencrypted QAM over the cable lines....bastards) and when I watch one of the 5-10 channels I can pick up, the local HD broadcasts look so much nicer than the compressed stuff on cable. I actually prefer to throw a football game on my secondary monitor while I'm messing around on the computer rather than watch it over cable upstairs.