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Santa Maria is a lower-middle class area with a largely Hispanic population. The blue-collar workers who reside in Santa Maria use their internet connection from everything to connecting with their employers to improving their English skills.
Ninety-eight percent of residents have access to high speed internet. The two most common choices are Xfinity for cable or Frontier for DSL. Both providers serve all Santa Maria residents.
Frontier has begun offering fiber optics to select customers with plans to expand. Another option is Hughesnet satellite which reaches an additional 1% of Santa Maria residents.
Businesses in the Santa Maria area have additional options. Megapath offers copper wire to 84% of the area_s commercial locations and DSL to 75% of businesses. New Edge Networks offers DSL and copper wire hook ups to a limited number of businesses.
Xfinity offers internet at speeds up to 1000 Mbps
Cox Communications offers internet at speeds up to 940 Mbps
Frontier offers internet at speeds up to 940 Mbps
Viasat offers internet at speeds up to 25 Mbps
| Provider | Type | Download speeds |
User Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 1000 Mbps | 2.5/5 |
| Cox Communications | Cable | 940 Mbps | 3.0/5 |
| Frontier | Fiber | 940 Mbps | 2.5/5 |
| Viasat | Satellite | 25 Mbps | 2.0/5 |
| HughesNet | Satellite | 25 Mbps | 2.5/5 |
Availability and speeds displayed are not guaranteed and are subject to change.
DSL:
DSL provides internet service via phone cables and is up to ten times faster than dial-up service.
Cable:
Cable provides internet speeds faster than DSL through the same cables used for cable TV.
Satellite:
Satellite internet is widely available, but offers slower speeds due to a far-traveling signal.
Fiber:
Fiber relies on glass strands to relay digital code and is much faster than both DSL and cable.
Carey O | 03-18-2014
I feel that our service could be faster. We also keep having to reboot it sometimes. They said that we even got the faster speed at one point to try it out but we didnt even notice a difference. We need to cut our bill down but dont want to effect quality.
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