stevech0
join:2006-09-17
San Diego, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·VoicePulse
1 edit | reply to koma3504
Re: Ham Radio and ATT "U-Verse" IPTV-Internet-Phone Problems
U-verse employs "VDSL" which runs up to 30MHz on ye ole copper pair for a few hundred feet to a VRAD. Or it tries to. Often, the old pair is longer than they think (underground) or is more than decrepit.
U-Verse was a cheap scheme to compete with Verizon's Fiber to the home (FIOS). I think U-verse will implode due to the sillyness of trying to make a profit with a very problematic technology and 30 year old wires.
As usual with AT&T/SBC, they are long on marketing and short on delivery and customer support. |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
 ·AT&T Midwest
1 edit | Hmmm...AT&T UVerse does not overlap coverage areas with FiOS. Cable does quite nicely using their '30 year old wires".
As any Ham should know, the FCC considers anything that is not supposed to be a radio receiver that acts like one to be malfunctioning. This includes things like DSL modems, phones, and set top boxes. The transmitter operator is off the hook for interference to such devices once they can verify that the transmitter is operating correctly and within FCC spurious radiation limits.
While it can strain neighborhood relations, the best (and really, only) solution is precisely what was outlined above: Be nice, assist in directing the complainant to proper resources (read: AT&T) and cooperate in any testing required to reach a solution. |
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Piggie
I Actually use Windstream
Premium
join:2005-11-23
Orange Springs, FL
 ·HughesNet Satellit..
·Windstream
| Cooperation between hams and neighbors is key. My high power operations down at those freqs predates DSL.
But I sure got my quota of complaints eating up peoples cable TV. 9 times out of 10 back them, if I replaced any push on F-connectors with crimp (before compression), tightened the connections, it all went away. A couple of times the cable company had to find the bad connection on their lines.
Point is like RD says, those old cable lines are for the most part still working fine.
Recently I had a trouble with some 30 plus year old lines interfering with me on HB OTA TV. They came out and found old connectors, replaced them. Fixed the problem.
If you start a war you will have a war. If you cooperate you will have a solution! And it sounds like ATT has work to do.
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BinLoafing
@bellsouth.net
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said by stevech0  :U-verse employs "VDSL" which runs up to 30MHz on ye ole copper pair for a few hundred feet to a VRAD. Or it tries to. It actually requires more than a single pair and carries well over a few hundred feet.
Often, the old pair is longer than they think (underground) or is more than decrepit. Uverse doesn't involve the underground, as it goes from the DSLAM to the subscriber not the CO. That is unless you mean underground as buried, in which case not is your terminology incorrect, your knowledge of the outside plant is as well. |
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