Morninghill Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Considering making an offer on a house in Riberas. House is on av de los riberas at the intersection with San Pablo. Anyone with experience near there? Have only been here a few weeks so know very little about the area. Would not want to buy in an area where we can’t get at least 2 mbps. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMactavish Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 22 minutes ago, Morninghill said: Have only been here a few weeks so know very little about the area. Would not want to buy in an area where we can’t get at least 2 mbps. A few weeks and you want to buy? The old saying goes, "Your second home will be twice as large at half the price". Rent for at least six months and get more information, you won't regret it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Then again there are those of us who bought rapidly and 20 years later have no regrets - the fourth day here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 That street is right on the edge of good and not so good. I can't give you any details, unfortunately. East of there, pretty darn good in most places. West of there, maybe 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 If there is already a phone and internet service in the house, then take your laptop with you and check the speed for yourself. That will give you a good starting point. If there is no phone service then be aware that you will wait a LONG time for a line as there is a waiting list in the area. For your interest, I'm at San Mateo and Avenida Riberas and my downspeed is 20 (twenty) mbps and upload of 4.5 mbps... but the service was already here. I checked before I moved in and a couple of months later started to have problems. Turns out it was a corroded connection in the junction box at the top of a pole around the corner of my house. Now everything is hunky-dory... knock on wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrbower Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 We live near the Anglican church on Av. de la Ribera and always have download speed of 10 mbps. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morninghill Posted November 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 There is no phone line at this house, new construction. Will try to find out just how long a LONG time is. 5 mbps mentioned by computerguy would be ok, we can do without streaming. We sold our home nob in October 2016, have lived in our motorhome since then. We have friends in San Antonio and in Jocotopec. We like both areas. Riberas seems to check most of the boxes for us. I’m too old (70’s) to spend a lot of time deciding, and my wife needs to feel she’s in a place she can make her own. Time to take a few chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Berca Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 I wonder what would happen if you made your purchase offer subject to builder seeing that home has TelMex line and phone number working prior to closing? He will probably have more influence to get it installed than you do and be motivated to do so, since he has a home sale depending on it. Might be worth a try. Otherwise, you could be waiting for six months or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Strand Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 We did an Air BnB for what was supposed to be a week. The internet did not work the entire time. We left after 4 days and $438 on my Verizon bill for having to use 4G and going over my allotment. Don't know if it is any better, but a year ago it completely sucked. Ended up buying in Rancho del Oro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Depends where you were, of course, which you didn't say. And a not-working Internet is quite different than a slow Internet, so I can't begin to speculate what happened there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morninghill Posted November 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 5 hours ago, Al Berca said: I wonder what would happen if you made your purchase offer subject to builder seeing that home has TelMex line and phone number working prior to closing? He will probably have more influence to get it installed than you do and be motivated to do so, since he has a home sale depending on it. Might be worth a try. Otherwise, you could be waiting for six months or more. Nice idea, will try it. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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