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Review by Dale1 See Profile
member for 9 years, 113 visits, last login: 297 days ago
updated 2.4 years ago

  • Wyandotte,Wayne,MI
  • Contract price not specified.
  • "Has 100 channels in lowest service"
  • "No Dial Up,Long Install,Long time (4weeks) to uninnstall, Local cable cheeper $35, Each TV requires a Box -No Box Local"
  • "Local Cable gives 82 Reg Channels,10 Hd 50 Music is $35 ATT Uverse is a rip Off,"

I think U-Verse is a rip off and was very unhappy with it. It took 1 day to install it and 4 weeks to un install it and I was without my AT&T DSL for 3 weeks while they fiddled around with it. I had to dial up for three weeks to access the internet. I also understand that you need a box by each TV No Good I watch local cable ( 82 channels 10 HD channels, 50 Music channels ) with no box by each TV. I have 5 standard TV and 3 HD TV cost me a fortune for 7 extra boxes and where would I put them. Local Cable for $35 much better deal. I went back to local cable ( city owned) and AT&T DSL. Worst of all I lost AT&T Dial-Up( I repair computers as a sideline at not cost so I need dial up and it would have cost me $20 more to add Dial-up back).

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djrobx

join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
Reviews:
·RoadRunner Cable
·AT&T U-Verse
·VOIPo
·PHONE POWER

AT&T's TV service isn't good for people who want bare-bones

Cable's a much better choice for people who are happy with basic service. AT&T's TV service caters more to people with high end packages (e.g. having premium/sports channels and networked DVR at every TV). I don't know about your cable company, but ours charges a small fortune ($10+, $20+ for DVR) for every cable box beyond the first. Cable not needing a box for every TV has always been a unique advantage, you run into that issue with satellite also. With their higher end packages AT&T will also offer you some deep discounts to keep it if you threaten to cancel.

I do a lot of computer work on the side too, but I can't figure out what you'd use dialup for these days. If someone doesn't have broadband I take their computer with me and repair it where I have a connection. Just downloading a video or printer driver these days takes hours on dialup! I'm better off tethering a cell phone than going through dialup!
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Your funeral. Delivered.

mocycler
Premium
join:2001-01-22
Naperville, IL
Reviews:
·AT&T U-Verse

No cable box?

Yeah, I agree with the last comment. You don't sound like a good fit for uVerse in the first place.

The $35 cable is of course cheaper on a dollar-for-dollar basis, but I'll bet you're not getting half of what uVerse has and certainly not HD, except perhaps whatever HD the local channels broadcast for free anyway.

If you were receiving a signal directly off the cable feed (no box) as you describe, then it was not even a digital signal. Comparing uVerse to analog technology that has been fading for 15 years is not an apples-to-apples deal.

mocycler

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