 djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
kudos:1
 ·Verizon Wireless..
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·VOIPo
·PHONE POWER
1 edit | reply to KrK
Re: The Article about U-Verse is accurate That article was written by someone who doesn't even understand how current product is implemented.
Internet "max" speeds are currently 10/1.5 regardless of what you do with your TVs. The profile is 2HD/2SD, you can't dynamically pick and choose more SD than HD from moment to moment.
Just a small amount of additional bandwith will go a long way. Currently they are operating at a 25/2 profile. If they can bump up to 38mbps, they can offer 4HD and 15mbps internet. I'm about 2700 feet away from the RG, not too far from the 3000 foot designed limit and I show a max capacity of 48mbps. They are discussing pair bonding also which would mean 50mbps per home, which they can do a lot with.
I also think it would behoove them to actually do the "mixed use" that this article mentions. I'd be happy to have my internet burst to 20mbps when my HD streams aren't in use. For the most part, I only need all of them during primetime hours anyway.
Make no mistake, I think AT&T grossly underestimated people's HD needs. Squeezing their HD feeds down to 5.5mbps to make the 2HD profile work seems like a desperate measure. Surprisingly, it doesn't look that bad to me; I expected much worse. Go MPEG-4! And their design allows an essentially limitless number of HD channels.
For all of its shortcomings, the product is priced competitively. I'm getting a lot more than I was from Time Warner for a similar price.
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