MikeStammer
No prison can hold me
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join:2002-12-26
Aurora, IL
1 edit | I would try it
i would dump comcast and try the U-Verse 300 package. i have 6 Mb DSL from them now and its great. 10 Mb would pwn! TV is TV, i want the Innanet speed! =)
Now all they have to do is offer it in IL... |
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MarkyD
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join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK
clubs: | I'm moving to San Antonio
next year...at least there'll be SOMETHING better then plain old DSL and TWC there. |
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CO_Chris
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join:2001-08-28
Broomfield, CO
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2 edits | reply to MikeStammer
Re: I would try it
What a Joke |
said by MikeStammer  :i would dump comcast and try the U-Verse 300 package. i have 6 Mb DSL from them now and its great. 10 Mb would pwn! TV is TV, i want the Innanet speed! =) Now all they have to do is offer it in IL... Yea But Comcast will be at 10/1 or More by year end. They all ready have this where FIOS is. |
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ib50MbSoon
Formerly TwoKDialup
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join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI
| Maybe for the low-value customers...
...on the wrong side of the telco redline, they'll offer a pair of rabbit ears, a refurbished USR Sportster and a second phone line with unlimited dialup for $40/mo.
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amungus
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join:2004-11-26
America
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that they can get 10Mbps throughput from a telephone line..
cox has the 9Mbps speed here which I saw go past 11Mbps on several occasions, up to 12 or 13. only problem was consistancy...
If at&t keeps the speeds stable they might win over some customers. The only limitation must be distances, which I am guessing cable still has less of an issue with. |
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GhostDoggy
join:2005-05-11
Duluth, GA
| No HDTV, No Care
HDTV is listed as Coming Soon. I think they mean, coming when they can afford the bandwidth, which might bee c.2010. 
Seems kind of expensive to me. I don't want to watch, let alone pay for SDTV. Let some smuck illegal alien pay for it. |
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Bling
join:2002-05-10
Chicago, IL | I noticed that too. No HDTV? Blah. |
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
4 edits | reply to CO_Chris
Re: I would try it
Not everyone is into speed (or monthly download caps)...some are into price hence the massive sales increase of DSL over their cheap-o-the-week $15 DSL offerings. In our Comcast franchise video+HSI is very expense, WAY higher than $85 AT&T would be charging. Base digital "classic" is $57 and base internet here is $46 (with bundling discounts) and that is for only 384 upload and nastygram limited service (I've gotten 2 from Comcast over the years). That amounts to a 20% higher cost. Top tier 8Mb starts at $56 and that is with bundling "discounts" running the fees even higher. Some would consider Comcast's very high "prices" to be a joke especially if they aren't heavy downloaders. |
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
3 edits | reply to GhostDoggy
Re: No HDTV, No Care
On their site they mention that HD is "coming soon". |
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Jonbo298
join:2004-01-12
Council Bluffs, IA
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Re: I would try it
I wouldn't mind lowering my current speed from 9/1 to 6/1 if I could get most/all the channels I have right now with Cox and internet for about $130-$140. But since ATT doesn't service Omaha, nope  |
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Primis1
join:2005-06-13
Coldwater, MI | reply to CO_Chris
No... Comcast will *list* 10/1. Comcast will *not* deliver those speeds or anything approaching though -- they never do.
And yes, there is a very, very big difference. |
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Mr Anon
@172.16.x.x
| Some might not be into speed.
But I am, and I don't really care about those who aren't into speed, quality, bandwidth.
I do applaud AT&T for the near sync, speeds of 1.5 and 1, thats nice, however that 1megabit upload never budges seemingly to the other packages.
However... to not get to or break 10 megabits is a big let down. I really don't watch that much TV and while its great these steap prices are still better than the local cabel company (comcast) if they can offer a decent picture (I even dislike the digital picture don'e make me upload an example, and hell I hate the digitizing of analog channels that now have errors >.) that would be excellent but first and foremost I want speed!
This could give comcast a good shake up in their roots, I'm not too sure about other systems. however there is no way in HELL that this would compete with FIOS, no way!
We were innovative and on the forefront of the interent because it started here, but after that we've been slipping. Even look at Europe they use to have some of the crappiest excust of a lie for broadband ever. Now they have deployments that out pace us. Is it as cherryfull as that sentence no but its a lot better than where they came from.
My point is simple: in the world of progress we are still playing catch up, and this offering is a good example of that. |
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radougherty
join:1999-07-23
Austin, TX | reply to GhostDoggy
Re: No HDTV, No Care
No HD and no HBO/Cinemax, I'll stick with my D* dish thank you. |
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Primis1
join:2005-06-13
Coldwater, MI | reply to Bling
There are enough cabelco's that don't offer HD to areas yet that it shouldn't be surprising.
If you already have HD available, you're fortunate and the exception, not the norm. |
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jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH
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Re: I would try it
Not even competition. Just as stated before. Price for Full digital cable and lowest internet tier (1.5mb down) is between $55-$65/month! You think I want to upgrade to a similar tier for $85/month?!?! {LAUGHS}
I will be switching to cable's 10/1 tier as soon as my ATT contract expires. They had the balls to offer a 6/7xx for the same price as the 10/1 tier (for a while)... {scoffs...}
I don't even have digital cable, just basic. Rarely ever watch TV. I just want internet plain and simple. With a video boom on the horizon there will soon be enough TV on the internet (BOTH free AND paid) for any TV-phile.
Guess I will never see any competition here as long as ATT has outrageous prices and a "no one needs fast internet" attitude. Goodbye ATT.
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cwh
join:2006-05-14
San Antonio, TX | reply to radougherty
Re: No HDTV, No Care
HBO/Cinemax is available, it is just not part of the u300 package. |
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bassthumpa
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join:2000-12-26
Austin, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| reply to jimbo2150
Re: I would try it
said by jimbo2150 :Not even competition. Just as stated before. Price for Full digital cable and lowest internet tier (1.5mb down) is between $55-$65/month! You think I want to upgrade to a similar tier for $85/month?!?! {LAUGHS} Cable companies offering prices like that are few and far in between as far as I know. I pay nearly $80/mo for Time Warner for just TV, and that's just with one DVR.
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feelthepain
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join:2006-04-08
San Antonio, TX
 ·AT&T Southwest
| Project Lightspeed Trial user
We have been on the trial for more than a month now. Let me dispel some of the current hype.
The service took 3 days to install because they came into my home and completely disregarded my input regarding my integrated LAN. The GeekSquad guy and I spent hours undoing/redoing what at&t did initially. Later, the U-verse people admitted they took the wrong approach.
IPTV over twisted pair is not about to reach HDTV levels, so forget about it with U-verse. They may have in mind to integrate satellite feed to the IPTV, but think in terms of years, not months.
The current quality of U-verse is sad indeed. We can count on heavily pixelated to complete green screen errors at least once per hour. I have recorded 6 episodes of the Sopranos and several movies and every one of them is full of errors.
My "elite" VDSL runs from 2365/356 to 5565/879. I check it once per day with the same server from the same client side computer. The best part of the current package is watching video clips download at realtime.
When they come around wanting to charge $1,200+ p/yr, I'll call Dish Network and go back to a quality service along with DSL. My DSL service was never out, but the VDSL has been out several times (including overnight when recordings were scheduled).
From sunny San Antonio, have a day. Make of it what you will! |
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devil24
Premium
join:2002-06-28
Houston, TX | That's why it's called a TRIAL (pretty name for 'BETA TEST').
I have to say this... wait until it's officially out and even then, give it a couple of extra months. Deploying such a platform isn't an easy task. |
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djeremy
join:2004-07-12
San Francisco, CA
| where's the value?
With RCN I have all the channels (HBO, Showtime, Skinamax, etc.), HD with a DVR, and a 10mb download 800kb upload for $116. For another $10 to $15 I could get a 20mb/2mb speed. I just don't see how this is any great value... maybe 4 years ago I would have considered it but certainly not now. |
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