Comments on: County To Consider Fiber Home Internet Proposals For North Escambia

By: Barbara Kilcrease

Barbara Kilcrease — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 08:02:41 +0000

I just hope that whoever we get , maybe a good company that really wants to
Provide to the people a great internet service and Everyone in the Byrneville Rd/ Byrneville area Hwy. 4 and 4a, all the way through Bratt will be given a chance to join in. I have AT&T fiber optics running across our property but still cannot hook to AT&T internet, can’t figure that out, it’s on 29 and parts of Hwy 4 but not on Byrneville Rd!
South land was a great cable company who offered great service couldn’t recover from two major hurricanes, Ivan, Dennis and no money was offered to help the extreme north end of Escambia co.
I’d say it’s time you politicians stop taking things away from us and start sharing the love from the south end! We pay the same high taxes as all of the county residents!

By: Melissa Pino

Melissa Pino — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 18:38:12 +0000

This is such an important initiative and will be a fantastic legacy for Commissioner Barry and the BCC. I’d really love to see them put it on the legislative ask to lobby for more money to come this way to expand more quickly for the entire County, once the needs are met in District 5 which definitely has the worst issues. It’s a fantastic thing all around, crucial for job growth and education, and really needed in so many places. Our internet is horrible in Navy Point and much of the West side for so many people, regardless of the company. It would be amazing to have the fiber optic running all the way to the houses!

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 15:45:19 +0000

I think a win-win for the north end would be EREC and their partnership with Conexon Connect. From their website, I could get 1GB service for what I’m paying for Frontier’s sometimes 24Mbps. EREC already has the poles and the equipment, they just need the experience Conexon brings to run the fiber and get us all connected up. https://conexonconnect.com/home/internet/

By: NorthEnder

NorthEnder — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 13:15:20 +0000

Don’t screw this up Escambia County! No FPL “sister company”. I’ve heard good things about C-spire internet but not the wireless phone part. Anything would be better than the in and out, so slow that I cant run my security cameras half the time, Frontier internet we have out here.

By: Guywithoutinternet

Guywithoutinternet — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 03:54:36 +0000

Would vote against NextCity

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 22:39:43 +0000

Escambia County needs to seriously consider C Spire Fiber, they have built all over Mississippi and South Alabama. Customers love them. Experience counts and they have resources and experience. Don’t give this contract to some fly by night that has limited experience.

By: Resident

Resident — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 19:51:22 +0000

This would be amazing for the residents of Byrneville… We are stuck with one option satellite internet which is no good at all…

By: Erec customer

Erec customer — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 17:18:24 +0000

That would be so nice for McDavid area our internet service is terrible out this way and if you have frontier it’s so expensive. Hopefully the prices from EREC would be reasonable.

By: katherine lindley

katherine lindley — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 15:49:33 +0000

if FPL has anything to do with it , then NO. I am paying so much in electric from FPL that it would be scary to have them also control my Internet. NO WAY . this is crazy with the cost of FPL. I’d rather stay with cox. because no matter what FPL says, the cost would be too much and I DON’T trust anything they say. our electric cost was supposed to go down some each year for the next four years and they keep getting rate hikes every month. LIARS and THIEVES. you have to wonder how much the county is getting in kick backs from FPL to approve this NONSENSE.

By: fisherman

fisherman — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 15:03:33 +0000

@ Susie
I’ve always talked to Cox customer service that were located in Arizona, Texas and a few from Nevada never any one from outside the United States and never anyone local. When you have to call them again for service make sure you ask for a Cox employee be sent not a contract worker let them know if a contract worker is sent you will send them away. I’m not against contract workers but they have very limited time to fix your problem and are always in a rush.