en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| When will AT&T
Offer just an Internet + VoIP solution ?
Sure, you can jump through some hoops, or get plain DSL (1.5Mbps in my case), but then AT&T won't let you port your number if you're a legacy DSL customer.
Why do they make this so difficult ?
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Tweak
Premium
join:2002-06-08
Oklahoma City, OK
·Cox HSI
3 edits | It's because At&t focus is television not broadband if they wanted every one to have up to 25 megabits they could easily. The problem is they have a personal grudge against cable company's. When they see a cable company taking away their bread and butter land lines they want to go for cables bread and butter television service.
I guess it all breaks down to money. Apparently to AT&T the demand is an alternative to cable or Satellite tv, even if the market is saturated with video providers. U verse is AT&Ts lame attempt to compete with cable television, its not about bringing broadband to new people or expanding speeds, its about video. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | It isn't some strange hatred of cable- television is way more profitable than internet service, even with carriage fees. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | I tend to agree... Cable companies, however offer Internet and VoIP only packages, while Telco does not... even though Telco has been primarily DSL+POTS for many years.
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| Telco = at&t in this case, I presume...
There was a post in an earlier thread that claimed there were union problems between U-Verse installers and DSL installers that prevented TV-free U-Verse from being sold, though I don't know how accurate that really is. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
| Pretty accurate.
I'm on DSL-Extreme, and they are not allowed to resell any portion of Uverse, and even require DSL to be installed with POTS line (per AT&T)
AT&T isn't publically selling TV-free Uverse unless its a 'business' (BBR has an article) and charges more.
I've been able to have AT&T over the phone sell me TV free Uverse, but they also told me that I could keep my existing DSL running at the same time. 
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