DL/UL speeds accurate or understated? in AT&T U-verse http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19947096 en Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:56:40 EDT Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:56:40 EDT Re: DL/UL speeds accurate or understated? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19950932 Frohike :
said by austai See Profile :

said by Frohike See Profile :

In Uverse - they aren't overstated. Uverse doesn't use same ATM technology that DSL uses. I have Uverse 3m/1m and I get 2900ish Down and 900ish upload no matter the time of day.
Yes, but now that they have fiber to my neighborhood, and the bandwidth from that node to my house is supposedly much higher, it seems the internet access can be much higher, too, if AT&T wanted.

I'm going to let them install the u-verse service and then cancel all of it unless they can give me the internet portion for less than what I'm paying for cable now.

This is assuming the u-verse internet part is more reliable than my cable access.
I was just replying to John's post. If you can get higher speed at a cheaper rate...more power to ya. =)

Just when I had cable..at peak times - my speeds were very diminished - usually at a 1/3 of the max... rejoiced the day DSL was available (no more peak time issues) even happier when Uverse was available.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19950932 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:13:39 EDT Re: DL/UL speeds accurate or understated? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19950919 austai :
said by Frohike See Profile :

In Uverse - they aren't overstated. Uverse doesn't use same ATM technology that DSL uses. I have Uverse 3m/1m and I get 2900ish Down and 900ish upload no matter the time of day.
Yes, but now that they have fiber to my neighborhood, and the bandwidth from that node to my house is supposedly much higher, it seems the internet access can be much higher, too, if AT&T wanted.

I'm going to let them install the u-verse service and then cancel all of it unless they can give me the internet portion for less than what I'm paying for cable now.

This is assuming the u-verse internet part is more reliable than my cable access.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19950919 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:11:50 EDT Re: DL/UL speeds accurate or understated? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19950892 austai :
said by koolkid1563 See Profile :

Wow, that is some deal you have with cable! In Houston, it was $45 just for cable internet (at the time before we had U-verse there was only 1 tier for internet) not even including taxes/fees/price hikes!
It was $40 just for cable internet till very recently when I asked them to cancel all of my cable TV. They then lowered the internet part to $35 and offered basic cable TV for $15 additional. Perhaps the additional competition from u-verse played a role.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19950892 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:07:59 EDT Re: DL/UL speeds accurate or understated? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19949279 Frohike :
said by John H :

Speeds are overstated, meaning if you order 3/! you will almost 100% not get 3MB/1MB, but somewhat close.
In Uverse - they aren't overstated. Uverse doesn't use same ATM technology that DSL uses. I have Uverse 3m/1m and I get 2900ish Down and 900ish upload no matter the time of day.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19949279 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:05:12 EDT Re: DL/UL speeds accurate or understated? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19949020 koolkid1563 : Wow, that is some deal you have with cable! In Houston, it was $45 just for cable internet (at the time before we had U-verse there was only 1 tier for internet) not even including taxes/fees/price hikes!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19949020 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:16:40 EDT Re: DL/UL speeds accurate or understated? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19948637 austai : Upgrading to Elite would cost a lot more than what I am paying now ($50) for a very basic cable+net package. I guess I was tempted to try U-verse because the salesman really talked it up. Apparently he overstated the improvement I would see over cable.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19948637 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:03:30 EDT Re: DL/UL speeds accurate or understated? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19948323 anon : Speeds are overstated, meaning if you order 3/! you will almost 100% not get 3MB/1MB, but somewhat close.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19948323 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:08:52 EDT Re: DL/UL speeds accurate or understated? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19947857 gdm : It will be close to those speeds. Why not upgrade to the Elite that's 6/1 or 10/1.5 ?

With uverse you don't get any boost technology that some cable providers offer.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19947857 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:54:32 EDT DL/UL speeds accurate or understated? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19947096 austai : Hi,

I'm using Time-Warner cable for my broadband service, but have been scheduled for AT&T U-verse installation.

Currently, my cable-based speeds are around 6Mbps/0.5Mbps UL/DL. I'm slated to get the Pro level of U-verse net access with the advertised 3Mbp/1Mbps.

Are those numbers for the U-verse service accurate, or merely the guaranteed speeds, with the actual speeds seen by users much faster? If actual speeds are indeed the advertised 3Mbps/1Mbps, then I might as well stick with my current service.

Thanks!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19947096 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:49:11 EDT