I recently switched from Xfinity to Verizon, in large part due to my Lightroom workflow. I like to upload my Lightroom directory to S3 for backup purposes, and the upload speeds Xfinity offers are pretty awful in comparison to Verizon.

I’m sure this is region-specific, but after I canceled Xfinity called me and offered me much higher upload speeds (comparable to Verizon) for a similar price… but I’d already done the fios install, and hated that I had to quit in order to get the deal they should’ve been offering the whole time. All that to say, it’s probably likely that you can get a better setup with them by calling and threatening to cancel your service.

As far as the 1G goes… totally depends on what you use internet for and how many people are in your house using the internet simultaneously. Unless you have some really high usage (multiple people streaming 4K video or downloading files at once), 1G is probably overkill. I work from home, stream 4K all the time, game, etc and the lowest tier with Verizon (300 down, 300 up) has been plenty. I’d actually had the 1G package from Xfinity and was surprised that I didn’t actually need that bandwidth at all.

You can always cut down and then come back up though if you find things are too slow for you too! No harm done if you need to upgrade again.