| reply to cwh
Re: I don't get it I live in Westerville, Ohio (suburb of Columbus). The thing that confuses me is why in the world would AT&T sink so much money into a service offering that's barely better than what they already offer and comes nowhere near beating the competition? If the rumors hold true, AT&T plans on offering Uverse 6/1 internet and 1 HD stream (I've seen the fridge-size boxes around town but the service hasn't arrived yet). Well, AT&T Yahoo DSL already offers a 6/768 Extreme package on the internet side; RR and WOW offer at least that. On the TV side, 1 HD stream doesn't come anywhere close to competing with the available cable or satellite offerings. If this is what AT&T is going to offer, I can't help but wonder: Why put yourself in a position where you aren't at least competitive with the other local ISP's/cableco's? Despite their "new" services, I can find better offerings from their competitors from launch day. This is a colossal waste of company time, money and resources. Why save a few bucks by going the FTTN/VDSL route when they should have bitten the bullet and gone all FTTP. Verizon did it with FIOS and, despite initial skepticism from shareholders, they seem to be getting very favorable press and customer reviews. AT&T could have easily generated the same kind of buzz by coming to market with a true next gen internet/TV offering at a competitive price. Instead we get... mediocrity? If I were a shareholder, I'd pull a Vader over at the Deathstar and choke some sense into these idiots. |
