Harddrive
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join:2000-09-20
Norwich, CT | 3 channels for $5 more a month?
looks like AT&T is raising rates faster than Comcast. |
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ztmike
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join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN | i lol'd
Looks like At&t want to kill themselves in this race for more subscribers, not only do their internet speeds suck for both their dsl,u-verse, but they raise rates like this?
lawl. |
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THXULTRA
@att.net
| Good ridens
With digital tv I get a great signal now eliminating the need for cable or pay tv. All the really good shows are on free tv or eventually come on dvd so I can honestly say I can live without pay tv. I would much rather get my signal over the air and get netflix and save a bunch of money in the process. Pay tv is just out of control. |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
 ·Comcast
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Re: i lol'd
said by ztmike  :Looks like At&t want to kill themselves in this race for more subscribers, not only do their internet speeds suck for both their dsl,u-verse, but they raise rates like this? What motivation do they have keeping the prices the same? If cable keeps moving the bar, you better believe ATT will go along. They've probably maxxed out the cheap dsl market, Uverse deployment is stagnating, monies got to come from somewhere...especially with Apples hand out for a billion! |
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ztmike
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join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN
·Comcast
2 edits | said by S_engineer :said by ztmike :Looks like At&t want to kill themselves in this race for more subscribers, not only do their internet speeds suck for both their dsl,u-verse, but they raise rates like this? What motivation do they have keeping the prices the same? Maybe because U-Verse is a new deployment? I don't know how they expect to gain customers if they keep up the rate hikes, how many u-verse paying customers do they have atm? 1million? Only people that will buy u-verse service are the ones that don't want caps at comcast (but then at&t is also said to be working on caps) or they are to dumb to shop around.
I still find it funny that At&t went with DSL technology over FTTH. What a damn waste of money. |
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mworks
join:2006-06-13
Faison, NC
| The more HD progress the more I have to pay
Anyone remember when HD was first announced how all the stations would be using it and how great it was going to be ?
All I have seen since HD made its appearance is people wanting more money from me. More money from equipment and now all the cable and sat companies wanting to dollar me to death for every channel that has a HD logo. Even if said channel doesn't have all HD content. |
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CrazyT
join:2008-10-08
Irving, TX | I'm glad I have resisted the switch to HD....Sure, if given the choice I'd watch HD vs non HD but I don't place any monetary value on it. (spare me the 'you can get free HD OTA' replies, I don't want an antenna in addition to my DTV Satellite) |
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SHABAZZ
join:2008-07-13
Seattle, WA | Cancel
When ever packages or prices are changed subscribers should be able to cancel their service without any fees. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
·Comcast
 ·Qwest.net
 ·magicjack.com
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| Still cheaper than capped internet HD downloads...
Let's say you watch an hour of TV per day on U-Verse from one of the three channels...at 5 Mbps encoding you're looking at ~68 GB of data transferred per month. So the data transfer costs would be 7.4 cents per GB. Interesting, no?
Plus, isn't this getting closer to "a la carte" TV? Sure it might be expensive, but it's paying for three channels versus a huge bunch of 'em... |
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jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to mworks
Re: The more HD progress the more I have to pay
Those cameras are expensive.  |
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jester121
Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to SHABAZZ
Re: Cancel
AT&T doesn't have contracts for Uverse do they? |
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ImInSoCal
@rr.com | Bonded VDSL2 yet ?
They need to work on bonded VDSL2 already, supposedly, it would double the bandwidth right? =/ |
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ninjatutle
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join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | reply to Harddrive
Re: 3 channels for $5 more a month?
No, its more like if you want these crappy channels, pay for it. Instead of raising the rates for everyone else. Thats the comcast way. More money ripped from your pockets. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to ztmike
Re: i lol'd
18Mbps isn't all that bad (when it gets deployed). |
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Kearnstd
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to iansltx
Re: Still cheaper than capped internet HD downloads...
there is no transport costs in the shows, its all on their local network.
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damaludj
@verizon.net | reply to ztmike
Re: i lol'd
they haven't even hit 1 million yet, they are aiming to get at get 1 million by the end of the year |
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Chaldo
join:2008-03-18
West Bloomfield, MI | reply to Kearnstd
trying to pay off some bills, use that money.
Bet you there doing this to pay off some bills aka all the fiber,cat5 or there new IPHONE bill which is A LOT.. I would think.. its so obvious |
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packetscan
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join:2004-10-19
Bridgeport, CT
clubs: | What would you expect
At&t has stepped on "everyone" pushing this service..
Now that they have close to a million subscribers, and to show them gratitude you get a rate increase..
Nice..
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ArgMeMatey
join:2001-08-09
Milwaukee, WI
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to iansltx
Re: Still cheaper than capped internet HD downloads...
said by iansltx :Plus, isn't this getting closer to "a la carte" TV? Sure it might be expensive, but it's paying for three channels versus a huge bunch of 'em... So what are my chances of getting just these three channels? (OK, maybe I would take the internet service too.)
I guess I'll stick with my cheap basic cable and pokey, cheap DSL. Thanks anyway. All this HDTV stuff is great for people who can't afford to watch sports in person and those without legs or the ability to use them, but as the years go by I wonder more and more often why we even pay $16 a month for TV service.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
·Comcast
·Qwest.net
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| Heh, you're talking to an internet-only Comcast customer. Actually, the nearest TV to me is in another apartment Online content FTW, though as HD quality rises (and I watch HD on everything I can...SD is just a tad fuzzy on my computer) I may run up against...ou guessed it...the ComCap. |
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