| Wonder about non TV Uverse people I'm a UVerse VDSL customer without the TV (had the bundle, cancelled the TV due to the crappy DVR). I wonder if, since I already have the necessary hardware, if they'd let me upgrade. (not that I really want to for that price - see below)
I'm not really all that concerned with the DL speed, it's the UP number that I care about. I can't believe with the popularity of Flickr, YouTube and people VPN'ing into work that upload speeds haven't increased much over the last decade. (unless you're in a FIOS neighborhood)
I've got the 3/1 package now for $30/month and would be willing to pay another $10-$15 a month for 3/3 or 6/3 or something, but 1.5 up for $25 more? I'm not impressed.
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said by eric_n_dfw:I can't believe with the popularity of Flickr, YouTube and people VPN'ing into work that upload speeds haven't increased much over the last decade. I do all of that easily on a 512 upload pipe....I mean I felt the pinch a few times on 384, so that's why I upgraded.
Everybody here that's pissing in the wind about how old this is compared to other companies....wtf are you doing with 10mb download? I mean seriously, I get bored just trying to fine enough stuff to read/watch while drinking my coffee. The internet is vast and amazing, but seriously, unless your downloading porn/movies at an amazing rate you can't possibly be utilizing 10mb fully.
It's like having a 67 Shelby Mustang sitting in your garage....that you only use to get to the corner store. Sure you get there fast and back, but is it the use of it?
I just don't get all the hate. If you don't like Uverse, stick with cable....hey whatever works for you....but stop bitching about it then all the freaking time.
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My thoughts exactly Dennis. I would love to have what I consider the sweet spot of 8meg down/1meg up. I am currently at 6meg down and it is almost to 8meg on my DSL. When I was with Comcast, 8meg tier suited me perfectly well. Anything above that for me is wasted. Just my two cents.
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Sure thing! I think I'll call Comcast and tell them to drop me down to DSL speed. Not!
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| said by extreme50:Sure thing! I think I'll call Comcast and tell them to drop me down to DSL speed. Not! Why would you do such a stupid thing? That course of action isn't even remotely close to my original point. It's just meaningless hyperbole.
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said by Dennis:I do all of that easily on a 512 upload pipe....I mean I felt the pinch a few times on 384, so that's why I upgraded. I feel the same about 3Mb download speeds - it's plenty for me today (although if I ever get an AppleTV or similar machine, I'd probably be upgrading).
I post a lot of pictures and want to do more video so distant family can see the grandkids. 1Mb/sec up gets old quick when you're dealing with media.
Another big pain is with offsite backup solutions. I've played with Mozy and JungleDisk but the initial hit to upload on 1MB is much too slow to bear. (I'm impatient!) |
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| said by eric_n_dfw:I post a lot of pictures and want to do more video so distant family can see the grandkids. 1Mb/sec up gets old quick when you're dealing with media. Funny...I used to run a streaming video server on my line when it was 384. The wife also uses video to chat with her sister in CA and mom in Maine (via Windows Live Messenger). I still think 512 is more than enough for that.
But, offsite backups...yeah I do feel your pain on that 100%
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I think 8mbps is too small of an upgrade from 6mbps. Unless the download is massive, 600KB/sec vs 800KB/sec doesn't save me a lot of time.
If they want to charge $55 for it, I think they should have kept in their own tradition of speed doubling and made it 12mbps. |
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| said by djrobx:I think 8mbps is too small of an upgrade from 6mbps. It's not 8, it's 10. |
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said by wolverine_99:However, this is still America. Choose your provider. If you don't like it, then don't go on whining and moaning. Just make your choice with your wallet. Well, for many of us, that works.... One time. Only. Then your only choice is to go back to the people you already left.
Grand, eh?
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Too expensive. Now they are higher then Cable, but still slower then high speed cable tiers.
$55 might work for say 15 or 20 down / 5 up. |
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How come I can't say, order home service from Verizon? Why is it they have the country carved up geographically and refuse to compete in most of it.?
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kudos:1 | It originates from the telephone system was first built out. Phones were expensive, nobody used them except businesses, and nobody set up competitors. Eventually they merged into "Ma Bell" in the 1920s/1930s. Also telephone companies were required to provide universal service and other regulations, in exchange, they got a monopoly. |
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