Grumblings All Around About AT&T > Uverse? Try "Re"verse

reply to Seadone1

Re: Uverse? Try "Re"verse

Try this one. I was at a client in the hills of West LA who lost one of her phone lines. This was as the rains were nailing us. So I happened to see a Verizon tech in his van around the corner. I asked if we could get him to look real fast at this problem. His response was they had 1100 tickets in queue when the norm should be 200, so my client would have to wait her turn. I also asked about the FiOS in the area. He said it was at the bottom of the hill, but Verizon ran out of money to extend it for now, AND they were not paying much attention to the existing copper plant. So VZ clients in the area were getting double-screwed.
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There is not a man in the country that can't make a living for himself and family. But he can't make a living for them AND his government, the way his government is living. What the government has got to do is live as cheap as the people.
- Will Rogers

Well, here in Santa Clarita, its all AT&T, so there's no other choice... and at least its mostly Uverse now.
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Canada = Hollywood North

They have called me, but I turned them down flat. You get it by your place yet?

Yeah - its been available since ~ last August.
Since they've rewired the neighborhood (Valencia Hills - west of Wiley Canyon between Tourney and Orchard Village road), my DSL has been VERY stable, even during the recent rain.

According to AT&T, I'm at ~12,000' which they don't offer 3008/512kbps. They 'originally' claimed I was at 9,000' (CO didn't more 3,000' away)

Home> wan ad li near
relative capacity occupation: 54% 
noise margin downstream: 16.0 db
output power upstream: 12.0 dbm
attenuation downstream: 47.5 db
 
Home> wan ad li far
relative capacity occupation: 64% 
noise margin upstream: 17.0 db
output power downstream: 19.5 dbm
attenuation upstream: 31.0 db
 
Home> wan ad chan
near-end interleaved channel bit rate: 0 kbps
near-end fast channel bit rate: 3008 kbps
far-end interleaved channel bit rate: 0 kbps
far-end fast channel bit rate: 512 kbps
 

I figure I'll sign up after others have gone through the pain. I don't want to commit until I see things stabilize. I have a friend in Stevenson Ranch that just ordered a package. I have to go set up his network (make sure security is still OK) once they install it. I hope to have a better idea then.
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There is not a man in the country that can't make a living for himself and family. But he can't make a living for them AND his government, the way his government is living. What the government has got to do is live as cheap as the people.
- Will Rogers

Supposedly the AT&T store in Stevenson Ranch will be able to demo Uverse. I'd like to try before I buy.
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Canada = Hollywood North

I'll have a look when I get some time. Today, I head to beautiful Bakersfield.