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Chicago, IL
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Re: AT&T U-Verse in City of Chicago
said by bakalao2k  :Comcast in under the impression that U-Verse service won't be available in the city of Chicago this year. I was using U-Verse as leverage to get Comcast to renew my Triple Play promo that expired. My bill went up $30.  They won't care until U-Verse luanches and their number of subscribers plummet *hopefully*  |
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bakalao2k
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wiz561
join:2004-09-28
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I was driving home the other day and saw a VRAD out of the corner of my eye in Mt. Greenwood. I'm pretty sure it was a vrad, but I just saw it for a sec.
It was around 107th in Central Park Ave. It will be interesting to see where they will place these around here since there is not much land.
I shall keep my eyes open for more that might be popping up! |
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jsinaiko
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Chicago, IL
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| That makes sense. I know they have been working in Oak lawn, and have been running fiber on 95th St.
I will be in Beverly tomorrow and will detour west a few blocks to take a look. Was it on 107th?
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wiz561
join:2004-09-28 | reply to wiz561
If you drive down Central Park Ave between 111th and 103rd street, it's on the west side of Central Park around 107th.
I don't know exactly where it is, but I will try to check it out tomorrow when I drive home. |
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bakalao2k
join:2001-03-20
Chicago, IL
1 edit | reply to wiz561
We know U-verse is available in the suburbs. I would like to hear about VRAD installations in the CITY of Chicago.
Thanks
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jsinaiko
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Chicago, IL
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| 107th and Central park IS in the city. Mt. Greenwood (or Mt. Greasewood as we called it when I was a teenager).
On the edge, but in the city. Now, if they could get it down to 55th and the lake...
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jsinaiko
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Chicago, IL | reply to wiz561
Thanks - I have to go to 111th and Kedzie anyhow - right around the corner.
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hdtvtechno22
join:2008-08-22
Chicago, IL
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said by bakalao2k :We know U-verse is available in the suburbs. I would like to hear about VRAD installations in the CITY of Chicago. Thanks FYI
well its not exactly Chicago
6500 ? W Gunnison and 4800 n Howard in Harwood Heights
its border line Chicago and Harwood Heights
theres a VRAD Cabinet there
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CUBS_FAN
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join:2005-04-28
Chicago, IL | They are starting to surround me with U-Verse.. Starting to get promising.. |
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wiz561
join:2004-09-28
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Well, it does look like U-Verse is FINALLY coming to chicago. On the dog walk tonight, I noticed that on 107th in Trumbull, there is some major construction going on. It looks like they are trenching fiber all the way down 107th street and installing the VRAD's off there.
BTW, the cement block for the VRAD is on 107th in Trumbull. As I am excited to get U-Verse, I am somewhat surprised that they stuck the VRAD right there. I would have thought they would try to put it in the alley or on the telephone pole, and not right on the side of somebody's house. |
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jsinaiko
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Chicago, IL | I saw it too - it's the real deal.
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bakalao2k
join:2001-03-20
Chicago, IL | reply to wiz561
Any VRAD spotted on the northside?? |
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CUBS_FAN
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Chicago, IL
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1 edit | The only VRAD's I'm hearing about from BBR's.com are in the outskirts of the N. Side. Harwood Heights and Norridge to the west and Niles, Skokie, and Lincolnwood to the North. I haven't heard anything about Evanston which is closer to the Lake. I believe RCN is over in that neck of the woods. |
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user4275
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Chicago, IL
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gdm
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join:2001-06-15
Mchenry, IL
clubs: | The limit for VRAD distance is 3000' right now. |
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CUBS_FAN
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Chicago, IL
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Up in my neck of the woods around Pulaski and Peterson in Sauganash near Lincolnwood there's a similar looking old cabinet that is in the picture. As of this morning I see red AT&T flags in dirt and spraypaint markings of the underground cable on the sidewalk just next to the cabinet. I didn't see any signs of a plotted future concrete slab being placed. 
Just to think of it, I did see a new utility pole laying on the ground not too far away. I'm betting its just ComEd doing some work not too far from the AT&T cabinet. |
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user4275
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join:2003-11-27
Chicago, IL
clubs: | Farther up in Edgebrook, the AT&T trucks are all out and deployed this morning. I already saw three of them before 9:00 am. I wonder what's up... |
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bakalao2k
join:2001-03-20
Chicago, IL
1 edit | reply to gdm
said by gdm :The limit for VRAD distance is 3000' right now. 3000 feet is just over half a mile. |
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I cringe when I hear 4k....we're not there quite yet.
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