pfschim
join:2001-08-30
Livermore, CA | UVerse works fine for me I know that these boards can get to be almost like equivalent of religious discussions (arguments), but really, I have had the UVerse triple play for 6 months now (U450, Max18 and one Voice line) and other than a few initial issues, I am a happy camper.
We are in the range of 1500-2500 ft from the POP and get 17/1.4 internet, clean HD video signal (one set) and the voice works fine (usual VoIP kind of service).
I know that other providers, particularly cable and FTTH based providers are rolling out 25, 50 and even 100meg internet services, but honestly, other than torrents and a few very narrowly used high bandwidth things, I'm not really sure that all this local bandwidth really matters much.
I went from 6/1 DSL to Max18 with the speeds listed above, and frankly didn't get any amazing improvement in my actual user experience of the web. In other words, it was fine at 6/1 and its fine at 18/1.4.
anyway, just my 2 cents |
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 gigahurtzPremium
join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL | said by pfschim:I know that these boards can get to be almost like equivalent of religious discussions (arguments), but really, I have had the UVerse triple play for 6 months now (U450, Max18 and one Voice line) and other than a few initial issues, I am a happy camper. We are in the range of 1500-2500 ft from the POP and get 17/1.4 internet, clean HD video signal (one set) and the voice works fine (usual VoIP kind of service). I know that other providers, particularly cable and FTTH based providers are rolling out 25, 50 and even 100meg internet services, but honestly, other than torrents and a few very narrowly used high bandwidth things, I'm not really sure that all this local bandwidth really matters much. I went from 6/1 DSL to Max18 with the speeds listed above, and frankly didn't get any amazing improvement in my actual user experience of the web. In other words, it was fine at 6/1 and its fine at 18/1.4. anyway, just my 2 cents Interesting. I'm hoping for U-Verse in my area by August.
Why not downgrade from the 18/1.5 package since you really aren't noticing a difference? |
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pfschim
join:2001-08-30
Livermore, CA | good question, actually been thinking about doing just that.
But, the original justification of going with UVerse was that the total bill for the triple play was less than the combined bills for the three other services (AT&T DSL, Comcast Voice, Dish Network for TV) that it replaced.
Amazingly, it worked out just as it was supposed to. I now pay 80% of what I used to pay for these services and, arguably get more from at least two of the services (internet and TV).
If I wanted to save some money by dropping the internet speeds to 10/1, I could, and would probably be just as happy with the overall web experience I get. I may wait until my youngest is out of the house though, he is a non-trivial user of the web in particular  |
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U-Verse has the worst PQ of all due to using the highest level of compression to ensure the data doesn't choke as it traverses over the ancient copper. I have TWC currently and while U-Verse is available, I have no interest. I am itching to move to a FIOS area 5 miles north. |
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| said by vinnie97:U-Verse has the worst PQ of all due to using the highest level of compression to ensure the data doesn't choke as it traverses over the ancient copper. I have TWC currently and while U-Verse is available, I have no interest. I am itching to move to a FIOS area 5 miles north. I tried U-verse TV a year ago and cancelled it in favor of TWC but kept the Internet service. I found that the SD PQ was outstanding, better than TWC. However the HD PQ was not as good. I would not way it was "terrible" or "unwatchable" but just not as good.
Many people are happy with U-verse PQ. |
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1 edit | Yea, I was referencing HD...I've little to no interest in SD programming.
And I guess it depends on your locale...just saw another comment here about HD programming on U-Verse and how it looked like ass (paraphrased of course). |
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