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Our pick is for Spectrum, but it depends on your usage. AT&T's fiber has faster speeds, but lower availability than Spectrum. But, Spectrum has faster speeds and greater availability for DSL than AT&T, plus typically lower prices.

AT&T offers both DSL and fiber-optic internet, but rarely in the same area. ... Usually, Spectrum customers will only have the option for cable internet. Depending on your location, that speed will either be 100 Mbps, 200 Mbps, or 940 Mbps. Spectrum's speed caters to heavy internet users and large households.

AT&T bought Time Warner Entertainment, owner of HBO, CNN, and Turner Broadcasting, among others. No relation to what was Time Warner Cable, which was bought by Charter in 2016 and now called Spectrum.

Overall, we think AT&T Fiber is a better value than DSL. It's way faster, and you can choose from a wider variety of speeds some even at lower prices than the competition. If you want to max out your speed, AT&T Fiber's 1,000 Mbps plan is priced on the cheaper end, right along with CenturyLink and Verizon Fios.

Fiber Internet Access from Spectrum Enterprise offers high-bandwidth, full-time dedicated connectivity, running on our wholly owned and redundant national fiber network. Flexible plans deliver speeds from 25 Mbps to 10 Gbps with the ability to scale quickly as needed.

Fiber optic Internet sends data faster than basic cable. It's delivered on a dedicated line, which facilitates more consistent speed than cable. ... Fiber optic Internet is less likely to go down during a power outage. Because fiber optic Internet is made of glass, there is no electricity involved.

AT&T Fiber, which uses a fiber-optic connection, offers speeds up to 1 Gbps, or 1,000 Mbps. While Xfinity does offer faster speeds, their Gigabit Pro service comes at a much higher price than AT&T's fastest internet plan.

Cable isn't as fast as fiber internet, and the speed will sometimes slow down during peak use times. This means you can expect a 20%+ slowdown when all your neighbors get home from work and turn on Netflix.

Rated connection speeds of cable internet connections typically range between 20 Mbps and 100 Mbps.

DIRECTV offers more programming and a way better DVR. DIRECTV offers satellite TV service, while Spectrum is a cable TV provider. Spectrum doesn't require a contract, but DIRECTV does (two-years). DIRECTV has six different TV packages, and Spectrum has only three.

AT&T vs. Spectrum internet speeds Spectrum's lowest speed, up to 60 Mbps, is faster than AT&T's lowest speed, up to 5 Mbps. However, AT&T offers slightly faster speeds than Spectrum (up to 1,000 Mbps compared to Spectrum's 940 Mbps).

Good question and not one DirecTV apparently likes to answer, because their speeds while faster than dial-up still severely lacks when compared to Cable or DSL providers. Up until last year, DirecTV Internet averaged out around 1.5mbps (megabits per second). ... DirecTV Internet has an average latency of 500ms.

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Best AT&T Internet Plans. Our favorite AT&T internet plans include: AT&T GigaPower Internet Plan ($90/month) AT&T Internet 50 Plan ($50/month)

AT&T vs. Spectrum internet speeds Spectrum's lowest speed, up to 60 Mbps, is faster than AT&T's lowest speed, up to 5 Mbps. However, AT&T offers slightly faster speeds than Spectrum (up to 1,000 Mbps compared to Spectrum's 940 Mbps).