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Carnifax17
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join:2007-11-15
Richardson, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| Fios vs U-Verse
I live in north Richardson, Tx where SBC laid fiber years ago in anticipation of VDSL. They fitted everything out in BroadBand Technology gear which instantly went obsolete when the company went bye-bye. For the first few years the throughput was enviable but the legacy system became a bastard stepchild, fixable only through gurus at Advance Solutions--AT&T's mainstream tech has no idea how this system works. As a result we kludge along at about 120 Kbps with no ability to up our speed (Hell, I'd pay for the faster line, but they can't get it to the neighborhood.. on an optic line!???) Bring on Fios. AT&T has dragged its foot so long I think it has fallen off. | |
cyclone_z
join:2006-06-19
Ames, IA
 ·Qwest.net
| said by Carnifax17  :I live in north Richardson, Tx where SBC laid fiber years ago in anticipation of VDSL. They fitted everything out in BroadBand Technology gear which instantly went obsolete when the company went bye-bye. For the first few years the throughput was enviable but the legacy system became a bastard stepchild, fixable only through gurus at Advance Solutions--AT&T's mainstream tech has no idea how this system works. As a result we kludge along at about 120 Kbps with no ability to up our speed (Hell, I'd pay for the faster line, but they can't get it to the neighborhood.. on an optic line!???) Bring on Fios. AT&T has dragged its foot so long I think it has fallen off. I lived in Richardson several years ago and wanted some sort of high speed service. My apt. complex had an exclusive deal with a cable provider that didn't offer broadband and the ILEC was SBC. After talking with SBC, they told me I could get VDSL, so I switched my phone service over, but then a couple of weeks later, I got a call from a tech who said he couldn't hook me up. So I was stuck with dial-up the entire time I was in that apartment. It was awful! | |
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