KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
 ·AT&T Yahoo
·AT&T DSL Service
 ·Cox HSI
·AT&T Southwest
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Re: Forget Copper
said by skrupowies  :That's great. You work for the company and support their major competitors for wireless, video and internet. That's certainly one way to support your company and, more importantly, your job! Can you blame him? At&t needs to offer a better solution to win customers.
Expecting him to be loyal to at&t because they contract jobs to him is like expecting at&t to be loyal to him when he needs work.
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
·AT&T Yahoo
·AT&T DSL Service
·Cox HSI
·AT&T Southwest
| reply to weaseled386
said by weaseled386 :Do you think that just because that's the limit they have it at now that it's the limit of the physical equipment? Hopefully not. The limits of the VDSL deployment they are doing at typical loop lengths is somewhere around 25Mbps... However they won't let you "Just" order U-Verse Internet. Most of the 25mbps speed is reserved for the video streams and their VOIP. The most they will give you on Internet will be about 10/1. Unless they go ahead and change U-Verse to FTTH or install many more Remote terminals and shorten the loop length. They have gotten U-Verse up to about 100mbps but only on very short distances.
The HOPE that many of us have is that U-verse will be rolled out and over time at&t will go back and upgrade to full FTTH and then make more services and speeds available.
... but it could be awhile.
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"Regulatory capitalism is when companies invest in lawyers, lobbyists, and politicians, instead of plant, people, and customer service." - former FCC Chairman William Kennard (A real FCC Chairman, unlike the current Corporate Spokesperson in the job!) |
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weaseled386
join:2008-04-13
Port Orange, FL
1 edit | reply to skrupowies
As a contractor who lives hand-to-mouth you have to go where the deals are. For me the deals are AT&T for wireless, and Brighthouse for internet & cable. Might that change once U-Verse is fully deployed here? Maybe. |
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skrupowies
join:2002-08-22
Wallingford, CT
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said by weaseled386 :I install AT&T equipment for a living, and I don't even have their service  They haven't flipped the switch on U-Verse here yet, but even when the do I don't plan on jumping from Brighthouse/RR.
That's great. You work for the company and support their major competitors for wireless, video and internet. That's certainly one way to support your company and, more importantly, your job! |
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weaseled386
join:2008-04-13
Port Orange, FL
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·Bright House
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I install AT&T equipment for a living, and I don't even have their service They haven't flipped the switch on U-Verse here yet, but even when the do I don't plan on jumping from Brighthouse/RR. As you said, 10/1.5 vs. 15/2... not much of a choice is there?!
The bonding of the two pairs for 25MB isn't a myth tho. The only question is how fast RR is going to go to match/beat it! |
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ztmike
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Michigan City, IN
·Comcast
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said by weaseled386 :Do you think that just because that's the limit they have it at now that it's the limit of the physical equipment? Hopefully not. Not what I meant, but to have those kind of speeds..even Comcast beats that.
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weaseled386
join:2008-04-13
Port Orange, FL | reply to ztmike
Do you think that just because that's the limit they have it at now that it's the limit of the physical equipment? Hopefully not. |
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ztmike
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Michigan City, IN
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said by Neyland :Isn't that about the speed of U-Verse? Not even close..U-Verse tops out at 10/1.5 ..kinda sad..isn't it?
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Neyland
join:2003-02-04
USA | Isn't that about the speed of U-Verse? |
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