Growing fiber-optic start-up will move to space in April 2022 JACKSONVILLE, Fla., December 20, 2021 – IQ Fiber, Northeast Florida’s only local residential fiber-optic internet service provider, announces it has selected a home for its Jacksonville headquarters. The company has leased the former iMethods office space at 8787 Perimeter Park Blvd. CHINT Properties owns the […]
Why You Need WiFi 6 Did you know that your internet speeds can be directly affected by WiFi performance? You could be paying for 54Mbps of speed, but if you have the wrong router, you could be capped at just 20 Mbps. The previous versions of WiFi had much slower speeds, but the newest WiFi […]
In the age of the always connected household, the WiFi dead zone was inevitable. Until now. Enter mesh WiFi. A mesh network can extend your coverage to all corners of your home allowing you to stream movies in the backyard, work from the patio or watch the Jags game in the garage. What […]
Over half of American households have cut the cable cord and drastically improved their day-to-day life. Cable services use dated technology and often require you to sign expensive contracts that bundle cable, phone, and internet services. When you switch to internet only, you get an opportunity to save money by streaming content you want while […]
Consumers win when companies compete. But why isn’t there more choice when selecting an internet provider? Competition Drives Choice When companies compete, consumers get better prices, improved service and most importantly they get the benefit of choice. This dynamic has been most true in the world of technology, yet most consumers have few real choices […]
The internet is the heartbeat of the modern home. We’ve come to rely on it for work, education, entertainment, and shopping. Fiber is the best solution to provide internet because it is:
Symmetrical speeds are when upload and download speeds are equal. Older mediums like cable and DSL are asymmetrical, meaning you aren’t able to upload data as quickly as you can download it. When your speeds are symmetrical it means video calls work better, video games play faster, and your photos upload in an instant.
Fiber-optic networks are built to transmit data through a thin fiber glass strand using pulses of light. Because each strand is dedicated to each home, there is no sharing of bandwidth between neighbors. In addition, fiber-optic networks need very little electrical power to operate. The data is transmitted at the same speed to the home as it is away from the home with very little lag. Fiber-optic networks are the fastest and most reliable home internet technology available today.
5G is a form of wireless broadband delivered using nearby cell towers while fiber-optic internet is connected directly to your home. FTTH (fiber to the home) connections provide dedicated bandwidth while a 5G shares bandwidth with your neighbors. Though 5G wireless is great for mobile devices when you aren’t home, fiber-optic is much faster and more reliable to use for the many connected devices within your home.
Yes. In most cases you will be able to keep your existing services. However, once you move to our services, you’ll have enough speed and bandwidth to manage all your services over the internet. It’s also easy to move to a voice-over-internet-protocol (VOIP) service like Google Voice or Vonage where you can keep your phone number. You always have the option to remove your home phone altogether in favor of using your cell exclusively instead. Most national security monitoring companies offer “cut the cable cord” services with faster response times than a landline can offer.