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ILpt4U
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Re: O'Fallon, IL Area
said by PeteB  :Our current service in central Florida is Brighthouse cable, which is providing Time Warner (I think) and Roadrunner internet (no "triple play" since we have CallVantage). It's been pretty good, save for some occasional quality problems, and I love the Scientific Atlanta HD DVR's. 2 Things:
1) You might get Scientific Atlanta/Cisco DVR/STBes with AT&T U-Verse as well. I am not totally sure on the St Louis market, but up in the Chicago market, we use the SA/Cisco boxes. St Louis may use them or the Motorola models of the DVR & STB. All DVRs & STBes are HD-Ready.
2) After your U-Verse is installed and active, and assuming you will keep your AT&T CallVantage service, you will qualify for a "bundled" rate of $20/month for AT&T CallVantage Unlimited US & Canada plan (as opposed to the regular price of $25/month for the unlimited plan). I put "bundled" in quotes because while you have to have U-Verse (or AT&T ADSL or AT&T Wireless) to get the discounted rate, the services will still have separate bills). So once your U-Verse is active, give CallVantage Customer Service a call and let them know you have U-Verse and want the discount. CallVantage customer service phone number: 866-596-8464 | |
PeteB
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|  said by ILpt4U :You might get Scientific Atlanta/Cisco DVR/STBes with AT&T U-Verse as well... Well, to be honest, the SA Explorer 8300HD was the first DVR I've EVER used, so it was only an issue when I was afraid of moving here, getting Charter cable, and being stuck with some different DVR that I ended up hating or that wouldn't tune/record two HD channels simultaneously.
Once I decided to go DirecTV, this concern became moot. Even with all the different DVR's you can still use with DirecTV, unless you don't mind not having jack in the way of HD, you know what you're getting (HR20, 21, or 21 Pro).
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said by ILpt4U :After your U-Verse is installed and active, and assuming you will keep your AT&T CallVantage service, you will qualify for a "bundled" rate... AWESOME TIP!
And that's so funny, because, while I've wanted to try to bundle our myriad AT&T services, i.e., Worldnet, Wireless, CallVantage, POTS, and now U-verse, their FTTP people have no shame about telling you that CallVantage is a separate company, the "old AT&T", and "we're the company [SBC, of course] that bought them and just calls itself AT&T now". So I'd figured that it would be pointless to expect much of any bundling to be available. We're not getting any break between the POTS and U-verse, provided on the same fiber...
I guess I'll have to check with the Wireless and Worldnet sides to see if they can be discounted as well!
THANKS AGAIN! 
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ILpt4U
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| said by PeteB :And that's so funny, because, while I've wanted to try to bundle our myriad AT&T services, i.e., Worldnet, Wireless, CallVantage, POTS, and now U-verse, their FTTP people have no shame about telling you that CallVantage is a separate company, the "old AT&T", and "we're the company [SBC, of course] that bought them and just calls itself AT&T now". So I'd figured that it would be pointless to expect much of any bundling to be available. We're not getting any break between the POTS and U-verse, provided on the same fiber... I guess I'll have to check with the Wireless and Worldnet sides to see if they can be discounted as well! THANKS AGAIN! Well, It is ALL the same company now, but for now, the company is not quite the sum of the parts, yet. And yes, CallVantage is a product of the "Old AT&T" before it was bought by SBC and then SBC assumed the name "AT&T". And of course Wireless (Cingular) was only partially owned by SBC/AT&T, until SBC then bought BellSouth, who owned the rest of (Cingular) AT&T Wireless.
Worldnet is the dial-up service, yes? You would have to do some research, but I think U-Verse comes with dial-up support, for when you are traveling, or as a back-up should U-Verse go down (though that is very unlikely on a FTTP connection). So perhaps you would be able to dump Worldnet all together? Again, you would have to research this, but I think this is the case. Regular AT&T ADSL includes Dial-Up Access, so I would expect U-Verse Internet does as well.
Another fringe benefit of AT&T Internet services (U-Verse Internet and ADSL) is that if you are at Pro service tier or higher (the 3 Mbps down plan or higher), you also get access to AT&T WiFi Hotspots included (Starbucks and McDonalds, usually, among others). That is another nice little benefit when you are on the road. There is an AT&T WiFi hotspot locater here: »attwifi.know-where.com/attwifi/c···=default | |
PeteB
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| said by ILpt4U :Worldnet is the dial-up service, yes? You would have to do some research, but I think U-Verse comes with dial-up support, for when you are traveling, or as a back-up should U-Verse go down (though that is very unlikely on a FTTP connection). So perhaps you would be able to dump Worldnet all together? Again, you would have to research this, but I think this is the case. Regular AT&T ADSL includes Dial-Up Access, so I would expect U-Verse Internet does as well. Yeah, you do get dial-up access with U-verse.
I've had Worldnet since early 1999, and at the $6 option for years now, just in order to keep my email addresses alive. I suppose I could look into having them migrated to our U-verse account, making them "free"...
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said by ILpt4U :Another fringe benefit of AT&T Internet services (U-Verse Internet and ADSL) is that if you are at Pro service tier or higher (the 3 Mbps down plan or higher), you also get access to AT&T WiFi Hotspots included (Starbucks and McDonalds, usually, among others). Yes, that is a very cool perk. Another reason to NEVER leave the wireless card behind! 
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