Review by OSIU Location: Medina, Medina, OH, USA Cost: $100 per month Install: about 7 days Not Frontier. More speed than Frontier. Occasional internet connection drop and modem reboots. At the moment, the best thing in town. We need competition!

Pre Sales information: Install Co-ordination: Connection Reliability: Services: Value for money:

Updated 10/7/2021: Speeds and uptime are good. Price dropped to match competitor. Now $100/mo

Updated 10/26/2020: Coaxial cable switched to fiber. Speed upped to 1 Gbps symmetrical, no cap.

Updated 3/16/17: Caps upped to 1 TB, speed upped to 200/15, Price upped $8/mo.

Updated 7/28/16: Netflix streaming issues have been dealt with and no more buffering every 15 minutes. Consistent speeds. Speed tests routinely run about 110 download/11 upload. Modem reboots are less frequent. Haven't hit the cap yet, but I keep an eye on how much we use every month.

Updated 5/10/16: Recent bumps in speeds and caps. Paying $65 for 100/10, 300 GB cap (internet only, higher if you subscribe to more services). Recent issues streaming Netflix with new speed upgrade. Prior to new speeds, middle quality video streamed Netflix fine to Samsung Blu Ray player with Netflix app, rarely, if ever buffered. Now it buffers once every 15 minutes (or more)....

Updated 6/17/15: Received my modem and hooked it up and now I am typically getting 33+/3+. Now I wonder how long it will be before they slap us with a rate hike for our new modems. Thus far they have not adjusted the bandwidth caps....

Updated 6/15/15: I heard that Armstrong has started a modem swap program (replacing DOCSIS 2.0 modem with DOCSIS 3.0 units), which can be initiated through the website »www.armstrongonewire.com ··· GoFaster. This modem will allow 30/3 instead of 15/3 for the same $44.95/mo (taxes included), since Armstrong has recently bumped their download speeds for all packages (new tiers are here: »armstrongonewire.com/int ··· els.aspx). I ordered a new modem and it should arrive tomorrow. I will report on the self install.

Updated 4/22/15: Still at 15/2 for $44.95/mo (total bill, including taxes, fees, surcharges, etc.). Way better value than Frontier. Occasionally (once per week or so, seemingly at random times) the internet connection will drop and I need to reboot the cable modem and internet connection will return. Other than that, I don't have any issues. Netflix/Amazon Prime stream fine. Since I don't have cable TV, my cap is 200 GB. Thus far we haven't gone over the cap, so I haven't dealt with that yet.

Updated 3/16/14: Speeds are being bumped from 10/2 to 15/2 for $5 more/mo ($44.95). Definitely better than Frontier. Without any other significant competition in the area the $/Meg is still pretty high. The caps are getting a bump as well (see »www.armstrongonewire.com ··· licy.pdf section VI.(E) for more information).

Updated 5/7/13: Still consistent speeds. More speed for the same price as DSL..... Goodbye Frontier!

Updated 4/24/2013: So far things are quite nice. No slowdowns noticed during peak hours. Latency is 30-40 ms. Speeds are consistently near the 11 Meg download and vary more for upload, 3-5 Meg. It appears that Frontier is about to lose a customer.....

4/19/2013: After being without DSL (3 down / 768 up) for almost a week with Frontier (»Review of Frontier Communications by OSIU, for the gory details) I ordered Armstrong Zoom Internet only 10 down / 2 up on 4/12. First install date was 4/17 but I picked 4/19. Installer (contractor for Armstrong) ran a drop from the external box to my networking cabinet in the basement and despite it being relatively hidden, did a nice and neat install job. Once everything was hooked up, I plugged a laptop in and checked it out. IE pulled up Google quickly and a speed test gave 11/5 (during middle of the day). Now we will see how the evenings go and if there are any slowdowns.

junglist724 join:2013-01-22 junglist724 Member 2013-May-30 4:11 pm FYI There are now monthly usage caps. 2013-May-30 4:11 pm: · hey mods ·
	OSIU Premium Member join:2003-11-12 Nowhere ·Armstrong 1 edit OSIU Premium Member 2013-May-30 4:39 pm Re: FYI Yep, I saw them. I have been watching what we use and so far, we are okay. Thanks for the heads up! For those interested in viewing the published Armstrong Internet Cable Caps, check out: »www.armstrongonewire.com ··· licy.pdf Chapter VI, section E. 2013-May-30 4:39 pm: · hey mods ·
tim_k Buttons, Bows, Beamer, Shadow, Kasey Premium Member join:2002-02-02 Stewartstown, PA tim_k Premium Member 2015-Jun-18 5:40 am thanks Man, Thanks for the info! I didn't know anything about the modem upgrade, I just ordered it. The last time I ran a speed test I was getting 10 Mb, I'll have to try again and see if they raised it to 15 Mb before the new modem comes. 2015-Jun-18 5:40 am: · hey mods ·
tim_k tim_k Premium Member 2015-Jun-23 10:03 pm modem upgrade Just got the new modem today. Here's a speed test with the old modem and then the new. Can't beat that for a free speed upgrade. 2015-Jun-23 10:03 pm: · hey mods ·
	OSIU Premium Member join:2003-11-12 Nowhere OSIU Premium Member 2015-Jun-24 5:18 pm Re: modem upgrade nice! 2015-Jun-24 5:18 pm: · hey mods ·
kdhamann join:2003-11-08 Medina, OH kdhamann Member 2020-Nov-8 8:34 am What changed with Fiber Did you get the free wifi system, did they change your modem? Do you have to take their wifi? Did they have to come to your house or was it a central plant change? I am thinking about doing it myself as I am on Zoom III in Medina. Seems like a no brainer, but I am curious about the questions above. Thank you! 2020-Nov-8 8:34 am: · hey mods ·
	OSIU Premium Member join:2003-11-12 Nowhere ·Armstrong OSIU Premium Member 2020-Nov-8 1:12 pm Re: What changed with Fiber The free WiFi was not required and I didn’t take it at the time. I have since changed my mind and awaiting the shipment of the pods to self-install. They did have to come into my house, for more info, see »Well that's interesting Let me know if you have any more questions. 2020-Nov-8 1:12 pm: · hey mods ·
	kdhamann join:2003-11-08 Medina, OH kdhamann Member 2020-Nov-9 2:31 pm Thank you! 2020-Nov-9 2:31 pm: · hey mods ·
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