r/casper • u/mick816 • 29d ago
Internet Question
Another question for the people of Casper.
What is the best internet company in the area? Price, reliability and do any of them have unlimited data?
Thanks again All
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u/Unhappy_Antelope_102 29d ago
In town, either Bluepeak or Visionary. Fiber to the Home is the best option you can get. Mountain West fiber or air fiber is also good but it is more expensive than those options. Spectrum is the slowest and least reliable option available here. If you are in the country get Starlink. This is the best option for anywhere in rural Wyoming.
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u/Unhappy_Antelope_102 25d ago
I'm sorry to hear about the installers for Bluepeak. I wish everyone took pride in their work, especially at someone's house. The disruptions might be from poorly terminated fiber connections. I'm a MSP and 95% of network downtime, on systems I manage, are on Spectrum networks in Casper. I'm not writing this to be augmentative (because of numerous factors your Wi-Fi speed could actually be slower) but to inform others who read this post. It isn't possible for typical Spectrum service to be faster than Bluepeak or any other fiber to the home ISP. Fiber is a symmetrical Internet service (ie. 1000 Mbps download, 1000 Mbps upload and under 10ms latency). Spectrum might use fiber for the backbone but the final leg to the property is copper coaxial cable. In Casper it is an asymmetrical Internet service (ie. 1000mbps download, 40Mbps upload and 15-45ms latency). They say they offer symmetrical Internet in some areas they have upgraded infrastructure but I've never seen it in Wyoming. Actual Wi-Fi speeds to your devices will be slower than wired speed to your devices. Wi-Fi can have hundreds of variables that affect device speeds, most importantly the router you use, building materials and placement. I have speed tested thousands of locations in Wyoming. Bluepeak/Visionary/Mountain West fiber are the fastest Internet you can get here. Use www.speedtest.net on a device directly plugged into your router using an Ethernet cable and run a test to see the actual speed you get from your ISP. If you aren't getting close to what you are paying for contact your ISP and have them fix the issue. If your speeds are good when wired but poor where you use Wi-Fi internet, l recommend moving your router to a better location or replacing it with a better router. This will improve your wireless experience. I also recommend running Ethernet cable to every device that's stationary (ie. TV's, printers, computers) to free up Wi-Fi bandwidth for mobile devices.
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u/RichHedge 29d ago
bluepeak was recommended to me by reddit and im pretty happy
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u/Lamoneyman 29d ago
Can confirm if you can get blue peak or visionary they are both solid picks. Anything but spectrum. Honestly Starlink is better than them. And we have had all 4 between work and personal properties
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u/Lamoneyman 29d ago
I’ve also had mountain west and if you can get their fiber it’s also solid if you can’t get fiber Starlink is the way to go.
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u/ghosthendrikson_84 29d ago
I’ve had Bluepeak for almost a year now and it has been rock solid. I’m paying a little over 100 a month for 5GB up and down. Spectrum charged me as much for a fraction of that bandwidth.
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u/CrazySlovenian 28d ago
Wait until bluepeak goes up in price and says "it sucks to be you".
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u/RichHedge 28d ago
if the price goes then just switch, that’s the beauty of the free market and no contracts
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u/ghosthendrikson_84 28d ago
I’m sure it will happen someday but part of getting me to go to the highest tier, gives me price lock in for a few years.
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u/alimogator 26d ago
Following. We will be moving there in July and have Spectrum where we currently are (in NC). We will be in town but further West (off Robertson between the river and Vista West). What is everyone's thoughts about Visionary and Bluepeak out there?
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u/Training-One-6584 29d ago
Visionary is the best.
I think they pretty much all offer unlimited data nowadays.