fatmanskinny
Premium
join:2004-01-04
Wandering
1 edit | I don't care until I see.....
U-Verse FIOS Hits Atlanta after Verizon bought out AT&T.  |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL | How can you say that the merger talks won't begin till the Comcast TWC talks start in 2012 |
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fatmanskinny
Premium
join:2004-01-04
Wandering | Lol. It's Comcastic! Beep Beep! |
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spewak
R.I.P Dadkins
Premium
join:2001-08-07
Elk Grove, CA
 ·SureWest Internet
·FrontierNet Intern..
| Tell me something..
Why do we care where U-Verse hits? It is a lame,cheap interpretation of FTTH,FIOS,FTTP! Heck, it's even a cheap interpretation of Cable for that matter. 
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
·AT&T Southeast
| I care because it offers diversity of services and competition. I welcome AT&T to bring U-Verse to my area, if for nothing more than to keep the cableco and sat tv providers in check.
I fail to understand why everyone is so negative towards additional choice. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC |  If U-Verse is deployed ....
If U-Verse falls in a forest, no wait.
If U-Verse is deployed in a city and no one cares, is it really deployed at all? |
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bdsdc
join:2003-12-05
Allen, TX
| reply to spewak
Re: Tell me something..
You obviously don't care where it hits, but for some people who don't have a good choice, or broadband, this is a service that could be a sigh of relief for them and make a world of difference. There are obviously more superior implementations, which you seem more inclined to, but downplaying U-verse because its technology seems inferior to you is pretty silly. I don't think those folks in Wisconsin care. It's broadband choice they either didn't have before, or can try in lieu of cable. |
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NY Tel
Premium
join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
 ·VOIPo
1 edit | reply to fatmanskinny
Re: I don't care until I see.....
said by fatmanskinny  : U-Verse FIOS Hits Atlanta after Verizon bought out AT&T. That would support this revelation:
Thank you for your interest in AT&T CallVantage® service. Currently we are not accepting new orders for AT&T CallVantage service. We will continue to evaluate our AT&T CallVantage service and remain committed to providing leading, next generation voice services for today's consumer and business customers. For information on other AT&T products and service please visit www.att.com |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Are you kidding me... has AT&T stopped selling Call Vantage service ?
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
·PHONE POWER
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
 ·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | reply to NY Tel
said by NY Tel :Thank you for your interest in AT&T CallVantage® service. Currently we are not accepting new orders for AT&T CallVantage service. We will continue to evaluate our AT&T CallVantage service and remain committed to providing leading, next generation voice services for today's consumer and business customers. For information on other AT&T products and service please visit www.att.com That's a whole 'nother news story! They better get U-Verse Voice working in LA before they kill CV.
-- Rob |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
·PHONE POWER
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
·RoadRunner Cable
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Re: Tell me something..
quote:
Why do we care where U-Verse hits? It is a lame,cheap interpretation of FTTH,FIOS,FTTP!
I care because U-verse is literally cheap. For the next 6 months I'm going to be paying about half what I paid Time Warner for TV service, and get a LOT more for it.
said by openbox9 :I fail to understand why everyone is so negative towards additional choice. I'm not sure it's negativity toward the choice, but rather disappointment and frustration in AT&T's choice to deliver a mediocre product that's in many ways inferior to existing products, instead of a cutting-edge one.
With the economy tanking and people in search of ways to lower their bills, the strategy might work out for AT&T. |
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spewak
R.I.P Dadkins
Premium
join:2001-08-07
Elk Grove, CA
·SureWest Internet
·FrontierNet Intern..
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said by bdsdc :You obviously don't care where it hits, You summed up my feelings in one short sentence! Congrats. 
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spewak
R.I.P Dadkins
Premium
join:2001-08-07
Elk Grove, CA
·SureWest Internet
·FrontierNet Intern..
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said by djrobx : quote:
said by openbox9 :I fail to understand why everyone is so negative towards additional choice. I'm not sure it's negativity toward the choice, but rather disappointment and frustration in AT&T's choice to deliver a mediocre product that's in many ways inferior to existing products, instead of a cutting-edge one.
And you dj, sum up my disappointments in one nice little paragraph! 
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
·AT&T Southeast
| But the beauty of T's option is that you have additional choices. If you don't like them, move on. I also don't really see the product as mediocre or inferior to "existing" products. T is still upgrading the plant and tweaking the system. Service offerings will only continue to get better....like almost every other provider. And as I've said before, this incremental build-out is a phased approach towards eventually running FTTH. Steady investment versus dumping all of your eggs in a basket and hoping the ROI eventually shows up like VZ. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | reply to spewak
If you don't care, why rant? |
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davoice
join:2000-08-12
Saxapahaw, NC | reply to djrobx
Re: I don't care until I see.....
CV is already dead. See:
»www.usa.att.com/callvantage/cons···rect.jsp |
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davoice
join:2000-08-12
Saxapahaw, NC
·Comporium
| reply to Matt
Re: If U-Verse is deployed ....
Yes it's deployed... and maybe, just maybe it will make Time Warner around here and where you used to live raise their upload speeds to something over 512kbps on Turbo! 384kbps on regular service is, in today's internet marketplace, laughable.
}Davoice |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
| reply to spewak
Re: Tell me something..
said by spewak :Why do we care where U-Verse hits? It is a lame,cheap interpretation of FTTH,FIOS,FTTP! Heck, it's even a cheap interpretation of Cable for that matter. That statement reminds me of the old days of GM attempting to make cheap engineering fixes to solve a problem:
1. GM's V8-6-4
2. GM's gas engine converted to run diesel.
Both attempted to make something cheap and quick without engineering a PROPER solution. AT&T 'CAN' push Uverse (and is), however, it will run into the limits of what you can push over twisted pair... just as GM's engines found out that diesel requirements are different than gasoline.
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
1 edit | reply to davoice
Re: I don't care until I see.....
My ringing phone says otherwise.
dead != taking new orders. |
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idigg
@sbcglobal.net
| Serious question
My mom just got Uverse TV and Pro Internet. She also had her landline phone ported from Sage (someone small Telecom company here in Milwaukee) to AT&T local phone.
She got a very basic phone plan, limited local calling, no long distance and no additonal features, and her bill was $38.
I'm thinking she would really benefit on getting Uverse Phone, the 1000 plan would probably be fine for her so she can get Caller ID back and such.
Any suggestions? |
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