Over the past few months, I’ve seen Frontier Fiber crews marking, burying, and installing utility pedestal boxes in my neighborhood. The promise of sync speeds of up to 7 Gbps is tempting on paper — nearly six times faster than my current 1,200MBPS XFINITY connection.

After spending serious time and money outfitting your home network with Ubiquity gear, though, I’ve learned that raw speed numbers don’t tell the whole story. My current setup throws everything in my household at it without breaking a sweat. While fiber internet is being rolled out on my street, why am I stopping?

My current setup already exceeds my needs

1,200MBPS handles a house full of devices

My home runs on smart technology. Color cameras cover the exterior. Echo devices sit in almost every room. Philips Hue bulbs handle the lighting. I have smart thermostats on my zoned HVAC, MYQ on both garage doors, and then all the usual stuff – laptop, a couple tablets, phone, Xbox and PS5, and lots of smart TVs. Last time I checked our Ubiquity dashboard, we had over 70 devices connected.

None of this is a struggle. Wired speed tests typically return between 700 and 850MBPS. That’s enough. My wife can stream something in the living room while I’m on a video call in my office and downloading a PS5 game to play later – neither of us noticed any slowdown. I learned early on that verifying the rating of your Ethernet cable is just as important as the plan you’re paying for – a bad or outdated cable can damage your devices regardless of the ISP that supplies your modem.

Frontier’s 2 Gbps or 5 Gbps plans are impressive, but they won’t change my day-to-day experience. I’m not waiting for the download. Streams do not buffer. Video calls stay crisp. If nothing is actually slow, why pay more just to see a big number in a speed test?

Xfinity has been surprisingly reliable

Three and a half years with minimal issues

At my last house, we were stuck with AT&T internet. 100 Mbps was the best he could do. The connection dropped all the time, the speed was inconsistent, and I lost count of how many evenings I wasted cycling the modem. When we built our current house 3.5 years ago, I turned to Xfinity, bought a 2.5 Gbps Motorola modem, and expected the same disappointment from a different company.

This has not been my experience here. We’ve had a total of five outages in 3.5 years, and none of them lasted more than an hour. No mess and no surprise faces appearing on the bills during evening hours. The service just works, which is what I really wanted after years of AT&T headaches.

Here’s the ironic part: About a month ago, Frontier crews were burying fiber conduit on my street and accidentally cut a buried Xfinity line. My entire block lost internet for six to eight hours. So the longest I’ve been without internet since was directly due to the company wanting my business. It was a huge impression – I’ll try not to hold it against them.

I’d rather have a connection that’s theoretically faster but faster. After putting real effort into proper cable management and dialing in my network, the last thing I want is to start over with a new provider and hope that everything goes smoothly.

Bundle pricing keeps me locked up

Streaming discounts add up fast

I bundle my Xfinity Internet with streaming services at a discounted rate, and the monthly savings actually add up when you do the math over the course of a year. Frontier throws in YouTube TV for $10, but only for the first year.

Their fiber prices look decent at first glance – 500 Mbps for about $49.99 a month, 1 gig. 69.99, and 2 gigs with its current promotional rate. is 99.99. You get smooth upload and download speed with all of them. But switching would mean recalculating my entire entertainment budget. You have to include installation, any equipment fees, and price increases that kick in after the promo period ends. Once I run those numbers up against what I’m actually paying with my XFinity bundle, it’s assumed the savings aren’t really there.

I have already invested in infrastructure that maximizes my connectivity

Network hardware matters more than ISP speed

My Ubiquity Dream Machine Pro handles routing for the whole house, feeding into a managed switch that connects more than 15 Ethernet runs. Four hard-wired access points are included in each zone — on the east side for the kids’ rooms, on the west side for the bedrooms and great room, one in the basement, and another in the garage for the workshop and outdoor smart home gear.

I routed all of these Ethernet cables myself during a basement finishing project, which saved hundreds of dollars and gave me the length I needed for clean runs through the floor joists. It will also work with Infrastructure Frontier, but nothing about my current setup is begging for faster services.

Here’s what most people overlook: upgrading your ISP’s speed without upgrading your end devices is pointless. Most laptops, smart TVs and phones can’t even use 2+ Gbps. My ring cameras don’t need gigabit speeds—they need consistent, low-latency connections, which my current network provides without issue. The limiting factor for most households is not ISP speed. This is an internal network standard. I have already improved this part.

I will revise the numbers next year

Frontier Fiber is not a bad choice. For someone building a new network from scratch or escaping slow DSL service, their plans, which range from 500MBPS to 7Gbps with parallel uploads, are truly compelling. No data caps and straightforward pricing are good.

My ISP has been solid, my home network is already up and running, and nothing about my internet lets me down. There is no compelling reason to switch today. This can change – prices change, new promotions appear, or maybe I’ll need something that my current setup can’t handle. I’ll take another look in a year. For now, I’ll hold off on getting fiber.