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Review by sullivan See Profile

  • Location: Mount Dora, Lake, FL, USA
  • Cost: $128 per month
  • Install: about 30 days
  • No Cap
install was great
i would like the price to be lower
i am happy i am with them
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I was glad that our new home is in an area that has bright house did not want century link

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wconline
join:2015-09-21

wconline

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Excellent

No other service compares. All support is based in America speaking to Americans unlike ATT






Review by kirby929 See Profile

  • Location: Deltona, Volusia, FL, USA
  • Cost: $150 per month
  • Install: about 3 days
Bright HouseWorks when I need it to, used to have century link and it was the worst
It's not free
Bright House has been a major improvement from my old service provider
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I have had bright house networks on and off for 10 years (went to century link for a little while). I am glad I am back, speeds are right where they should be, I am able to play on 2PCs at once with no lag, and my girlfriend watching streaming tv with no buffering

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Review by zello7838 See Profile

  • Location: Orlando, Orange, FL, USA
  • Cost: $158 per month
  • Install: about 4 days
  • No Cap
Great service for the past 4 years. The few times I've had an issue customer service was great and the problem was solved.
Wish my bill was a little lower and really want fiber to my home
Hands down best provider in my area
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I have been with Bright House for about 4 years, previously we had AT&T and didn't really have to many issues just wanted a faster internet connection so we switched to Bright House. 4 years later and we have not looked back, only had a few issues and tech support both over the phone and in house have been great, they for sure make my house a Bright House.

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Review by bigpoppa75 See Profile

  • Location: Brooksville, Hernando, FL, USA
  • Cost: $63 per month (12 month contract)
  • Install: about 14 days
  • No Cap
Beats ATT DSL packages available in my area in terms of speed and price
Modem reboots with high bandwidth useage if downloading a 2 GB file it cause modem to reboot ramdomly
Ok service they need to support more cable modems
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Ok service they need to support more cable modems and increase upload speeds on there packages. If address not in there database it can take time for them to add it.

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Review by DeadSurvivor See Profile

  • Location: Tampa, Hillsborough, FL, USA
  • Cost: $124 per month (12 month contract)
  • Install: about 300 days
Decent Video Singles And BHN's Customer Representative Staff.
Pricing On Very Few Bundle Choices And Expensive Old Equipment.
Following This Model, Customers (Like Myself) Wil Come And Stay With BHN..
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·Charter
UPDATE: (07/19/2015)
So Far, The Triple Pay Bundle's Are Decent Deals That Will Save Money (deal-wise).

Don't Get Me Wrong, I've Enjoyed Being A BHN Subscriber (Since But The "Rising Costs" Have SkyRocketed, Becoming Expensive (And This Heavily FelUPDATE: (07/19/2015)
So Far, The Triple Pay Bundle's Are Decent Deals That Will Save Money (deal-wise).

Don't Get Me Wrong, I've Enjoyed Being A BHN Subscriber (Since But The "Rising Costs" Have SkyRocketed, Becoming Expensive (And This Heavily Fell Onto The Middle Class.

The Only Answers I See Are Major Companies Lowering Their Prices (This Definitely Won't Happen). If Prices Don't Become Cheaper, Consumers Will Keep Their Money In Their Pockets, Living To Spend It Another Day On Something Else.

In Other Words, Please Keep Prices Low If You Value Your Customer Base)

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UPDATE: (01/05/2015)
I have switched my Triple Play Bundle to Verizon. Upon reaching out to BrightHouse Networks multiple times, they would do nothing to lower my bill, which was going to increase in my next billing cycle ... Getting less or getting nothing extra exept a higher Pay Television Bill did not sit well for me.

If BHN would have left my pricing the same as it had been or even lowered my bill, I would still be a happy BHN customer. The high rental fee's on old equipment (two units dating to the very early 2000's and the other unit dated 1998) ... At $8.00 per Standard Definition Set-Top Box (with no DVR services), I felt ripped off.

With these issues, this is why I left BightHouse Networks for Verizon, which provided me new equipment (it still had that new car smell to it). So far, I have a two year deal with Verizon to lock in the programming price and I'm keeping my fingers crossed they don't raise prices every few months on their equipment.

When the two years is up, the TV/Entertainment pricing and options will be what makes my decision on which company I choose to give my business to. One Main Thing: BrightHouse does have one of the best customer service teams/representatives working for them and they do solve issues as quickly as possible.

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I'm currently on the Triple Play Bundle (Television/Internet/Phone) for $100.00.

The Installer installed two set-top boxes in my home with ease ... no issues occurred.

My only issue is sometimes one of the boxes will not register but shutting the power off for 5 minutes then powering it back up usually corrects the error.

Thus far, I'm satisfied with the BrightHouse Networks services I'm subscribed to - at the price I'm subscribed to, as well.l Onto The Middle Class.

The Only Answers I See Are Major Companies Lowering Their Prices (This Definitely Won't Happen). If Prices Don't Become Cheaper, Consumers Will Keep Their Money In Their Pockets, Living To Spend It Another Day On Something Else.

In Other Words, Please Keep Prices Low If You Value Your Customer Base)

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UPDATE: (01/05/2015)
I have switched my Triple Play Bundle to Verizon. Upon reaching out to BrightHouse Networks multiple times, they would do nothing to lower my bill, which was going to increase in my next billing cycle ... Getting less or getting nothing extra exept a higher Pay Television Bill did not sit well for me.

If BHN would have left my pricing the same as it had been or even lowered my bill, I would still be a happy BHN customer. The high rental fee's on old equipment (two units dating to the very early 2000's and the other unit dated 1998) ... At $8.00 per Standard Definition Set-Top Box (with no DVR services), I felt ripped off.

With these issues, this is why I left BightHouse Networks for Verizon, which provided me new equipment (it still had that new car smell to it). So far, I have a two year deal with Verizon to lock in the programming price and I'm keeping my fingers crossed they don't raise prices every few months on their equipment.

When the two years is up, the TV/Entertainment pricing and options will be what makes my decision on which company I choose to give my business to. One Main Thing: BrightHouse does have one of the best customer service teams/representatives working for them and they do solve issues as quickly as possible.

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I'm currently on the Triple Play Bundle (Television/Internet/Phone) for $100.00.

The Installer installed two set-top boxes in my home with ease ... no issues occurred.

My only issue is sometimes one of the boxes will not register but shutting the power off for 5 minutes then powering it back up usually corrects the error.

Thus far, I'm satisfied with the BrightHouse Networks services I'm subscribed to - at the price I'm subscribed to, as well.

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updated 8.7 years ago

BHNtechXpert
The One & Only
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join:2006-02-16
Saint Petersburg, FL

1 recommendation

BHNtechXpert

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Thank you...

For taking the time to review your recent Bright House Networks experience. If there is anything you need please let me know...

Gary

COCOFDX
@bhn.net

1 recommendation

COCOFDX

Anon

Service

I wish I can share the same experience you have I recently upgraded to lightning 150. My internet service at home is very spotty. I call the rep on the phone said he couldn't get any readings from the router he need it to send a tech. Which I waited no call no show.

Review by imdoug See Profile

  • Location: Sun City Center, Hillsborough, FL, USA
  • Cost: $145 per month
  • Install: about 1 days
  • No Cap
Internet uptime and speed
A little slow to respond to website submitted requests (days)
Good value for the money
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Been with BrightHouse Networks in Tampabay since 1994. Been very satisfied over the years with their service, their equipment and customer service. We have RoadRunner Lightning 150, Echo Access Point and Home Security, all for $145 a month.

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Review by leftshark See Profile

  • Location: Winter Park, Orange, FL, USA
  • Cost: $250 per month
  • Install: about 1 days
  • No Cap
Excellent uptime. Consistent speed above advertised.
Poor communication between sales and install. Price.
Happy with the service, could do with a lower price.
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Lightning 300 + premier TV. Order process was fine. Prices were straight forward. Install: Tech was fine, but sales included a phone line which I did not want. Had to call to sort that out. Also, wanted to use my own modem that was on the approved list, but tech said it wouldn't work or be as fast. Didn't care enough to argue about it. I was more concerned with getting reliable service. Service since has been good and consistent. I'm happy with my service so far.

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Review by telijah See Profile

  • Location: Brandon, Hillsborough, FL, USA
  • Cost: $185 per month
  • No Cap
Excellent and reliable speeds
Price a bit high
Very solid service, period!
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I've been a Bright House customer since 2001. Until recently, I always used the basic Internet packages available and service was sometimes mediocre at best, but I never really attempted to contact support for resolving. Since the beginning of 2013 I've gone to the 60/5 plan and now the 90/10 plan. While the price seems a tad on the high side, my connection is extremely reliable and I regularly have speeds testing about 10% higher than my advertised rates (hitting 100mbps down and 11mbps up on a 90/10 plan). Support via the normal methods is sometimes shoddy, but support via their employee here on DSLReports is second to NONE. BHNTechXpert (Gary) is hands down their greatest asset on this forum and is a model for what support personnel know beyond first level.

All in all, I will not be trading my service any time soon. Thanks for the excellent product thus far BHN.

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mep2003
join:2006-04-02
Palm Harbor, FL

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Bright House Echo

This is the worst upgrade I have ever experienced with Bright House. I am blocked off Netflix and numerous other sites. The wifi is considerable less than unacceptable. The tech have been out over 6 times and make nothing but excuses. I am canceling my echo service and upgrading to ethernet throughout the house. Then i'm looking for a new carrier. I've been with bright house for 20 years and I don't want to spend another 20 minutes with them. They are not cheap and I should get better service. For the price their service sucks. They blamed the poor wifi on my neighbors interference. I paid to run ethernet throughout the house and I'm still blocked off numerous sites with the new router.

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Brandon, FL

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Re: Bright House Echo

Why is this a reply to my review rather than in your own review? This has nothing to do with my experience.
mep2003
join:2006-04-02
Palm Harbor, FL

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Re: Bright House Echo

my mistake i am new to this post, sorry
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Re: Bright House Echo

said by mep2003:

my mistake i am new to this post, sorry

Please get with me here Bright House Networks Direct : »/fo ··· sedirect

Review by PhoebeAnn See Profile

  • Location: Polk City, Polk, FL, USA
  • Cost: $93 per month
  • Install: about 2 days
Speed improvement over Verizon DSL
Diverse opinions in the neighborhood re support
Happy now, cautious about the future
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After 15 years of 2-5Mbps Verizon's "7Mbps" DSL, I switched to Bright House/TWC. I ordered landline and 35Mbps internet service; they offered me 75Mbps Lightning for free for 2 months to try, and (of course) I'll probably keep it, for the additional $10/month. Two days after ordering, they installed an Arris TG1672G gateway and I connected it to my home telephone and local Gb Ethernet networks. I disabled the Arris WiFi, and use my own Netgear N900 for WiFi and internal LAN management.

I transferred both my e-mail and telephone number from Verizon to Bright House; I did that by retaining my Verizon email address for $20/year (keepmyemail.com), and transferring the landline number in the normal way. Verizon screwed up the former by deleting my email address within minutes of me cancelling the account, in spite of my telling them that I had reserved the domain per their instructions. They said it might take up to a week to resolve, but after a brief but nasty conversation they found a way to do it in a few hours. The landline number took about a week to move over; don't know which party was to blame, but I have my opinion. I am happy to be an ex-Verizon customer and wish Frontier lots of luck with their new $10.5B acquisition. I received a credit on my last Verizon bill for a few bucks, but so far have seen no indication they're actually going to send me a check; I guess the credit will apply to my domain name bill next year.

Through it all, Bright House support was easy to contact, knowledgeable, and cooperative, although a few promised callbacks failed to materialize. However, one neighbor has nothing good to say about them, so we shall see. It can't be any worse than Verizon was.

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Hmm
@rr.com

Hmm

Anon

Domain

Why transfer the same email to a new ISP? Why not just take $10 a year and get your own domain and host? MUCH MUCH cheaper in the end. Especially with the mergers and buy outs happening.
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join:2015-06-01
Polk City, FL

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Re: Domain

Sentiment (my only email address), and brevity (it's an xxx@xxx.com). Thought about getting my own domain, but haven't found one I like that's available.

Review by Astyanax See Profile

  • Location: Satellite Beach, Brevard, FL, USA
  • Cost: $209 per month
Reliable service and good tech support
They slow-boil you on little price increases.
Great service but keep and eye on your statement each month.
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I have "Turbo" RR (30/2) and it's quite reliable.

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