Setup Fee too high. in AT&T U-verse http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22630709 en Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:58:28 EDT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:58:28 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22651887 NormanS :
said by joako See Profile :

After all AT&T is _THE_ phone company it would be trivial for them to hook up another copper pair and use that for U-Verse ...
Not here. Only a 25 pair F2 on the poles. I am certain that no spare pair is available for another drop to this premises. California PUC only requires 1.5 x the number of premises passed in the F2. And the line guys, working on a voice problem, assure me that there was no pair to swap to for the problem. No spare pair, no Uverse until the pair we have is freed up of the DSL connection.

Unless the Southeastern states were harsher on Bellsouth than California was on The Pacific Telesis Group, it might be the same in AT&T Southeast.
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Also keep in mind that due to AT&T's anti-competitive policies you will have to cancel your Earthlink DSL and wait a week before you can order U-Verse.
Anti-competitive? Wouldn't that be a little counter productive? It encourages people to stick with their current provider.

Getting cablemodem for a couple weeks might be a good option to get you through the downtime.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22651810 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:10:07 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22651685 joako : I agree and never said AT&T should just disconnect Earthlink DSL -- they should leave it alone.

After all AT&T is _THE_ phone company it would be trivial for them to hook up another copper pair and use that for U-Verse... I have U-Verse without phone service (after I ported to VoIP since there was no U-Verse VoIP here)
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PRescott7-2097]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22651685 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:39:30 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22651600 NormanS :
said by joako See Profile :

AT&T could install U-Verse alongside any other service you have.
Uverse uses the same copper pair as DSL. Unless you order another line, AT&T has to disconnect the current DSL service before they can set up Uverse. If you have Earthlink DSL, then AT&T has to pull the plug on the Earthlink DSL service.

Government regulations take a dim view of one provider unilaterally disconnecting another provider's service because of the possibility of slamming. I am pretty sure that this has already been explained to you. You can't have two different DSL connections on the same copper pair.
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said by MyDogHsFleas See Profile :

said by joako See Profile :

Also keep in mind that due to AT&T's anti-competitive policies you will have to cancel your Earthlink DSL and wait a week before you can order U-Verse.
This is made up BS, pulled straight out of your nether regions.

The actual reason is because the government has regulations to try to prevent bad telcos from switching customers without their knowledge or consent (aka "slamming"). You are paying the price for a nanny baby sitter government to protect stupid people from themselves.
AT&T could install U-Verse alongside any other service you have.
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PRescott7-2097]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22651215 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:43:43 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650303 Digital07str : Hmm, No internet for a week? Maybe I should get a wireless card before I make the switch.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650303 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:24:04 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22641231 MyDogHsFleas :
said by joako See Profile :

Also keep in mind that due to AT&T's anti-competitive policies you will have to cancel your Earthlink DSL and wait a week before you can order U-Verse.
This is made up BS, pulled straight out of your nether regions.

The actual reason is because the government has regulations to try to prevent bad telcos from switching customers without their knowledge or consent (aka "slamming"). You are paying the price for a nanny baby sitter government to protect stupid people from themselves. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22641231 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:02:54 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22641086 NormanS :
said by joako See Profile :

Also keep in mind that due to AT&T's anti-competitive policies ...
It is a government mandated "anti-slamming" policy ...
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So either you have to live without internet for 2+ weeks or you have to factor in the cost of ordering cable internet into your costs of switching.
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PRescott7-2097]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640790 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:37:30 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22639129 real_goose : I canceled TV after 17 days - I did genuinely try it but it was missing too many locals compared to Comcast. I mainly ordered TV to avoid the $149 install charge.

I had no problem canceling TV in less than 30 days and no charges on the bill.

I also applied for both the $50 and $200 rebates as they showed up on the rewards website and have cashed both checks. I didn't think I would be eligible for the $200 since I had already canceled TV at that point, but had nothing to lose by trying.

I am still happy with U-verse Internet which is priced more reasonably than Comcast. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22639129 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:20:52 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22638659 wingrider01 :
said by Digital07str See Profile :

I have decided to wait a week. But yes, it is 150 setup fee, but that includes the first month, so I figured its essentially 100 dollar setup fee, and the 50ish for the service.
Where did you see that? All the reps in the store and on the phone state 150 + first month]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22638659 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:30:59 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637683 landrick : Honestly, I'm amazed that anyone would ever pay a setup or installation fee for a communications service any more. I have never once, over 15 years (cable, modem line, DSL, U-verse) paid a company a fee for the pleasure of becoming their customer. (Well, except for cell phone service.) Maybe I've always been lucky and stumbled onto their offerings when they were having special deals, but...I don't think so. When I first signed up with Pac Bell for DSL service (what, 10 years ago?) they wanted to charge $200 (I think) just for the DSL modem. I only had to hint to the agent that this was a problem, and she said, "OK, I'll be happy to waive that for you." Especially in today's cut-throat market, it's almost certainly just a matter of asking. Everything's negotiable...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637683 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:09:38 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636074 Digital07str : I have decided to wait a week. But yes, it is 150 setup fee, but that includes the first month, so I figured its essentially 100 dollar setup fee, and the 50ish for the service.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636074 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:49:16 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634100 MyDogHsFleas : I would suggest calling in your order and politely pointing out that you would like to switch to U-verse, but the install fee makes it too expensive for you. Usually they can either waive it or give you credits. Let us know how you do. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634100 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:06:43 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22632440 alfnoid : I believe the self install is for additional services AFTER the RG is already in the house.
Say you had TV only and wanted internet later...that type of thing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22632440 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:40:11 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22632082 Mad Mac : $100? They quote $150 for an internet-only install around here. An AT&T employee claimed in another thread that he had been told that they were going to allow self-install for non-TV setups, but I've yet to see this - it may not even be prudent.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22632082 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:37:28 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22631801 Digital07str : It is my understanding, that if you went with u200, it could take 3-6 weeks for them to send your 200 dollar cash back. In that time, you cannot cancel the tv service till you receive the check. which in the end would cost me 2 months of paying 100+ dollar bills till the check arives, and alot of pain waiting on the check. The other option is to do the Uverse Family tv package, and the 12mbps max internet, and pay 1 month of tv, and cancel after that with no installation fee, for a total of 50 bucks essentially for installation of internet. Unless there is another way to make it cost nothing for installation.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22631801 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:01:59 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22631787 doublea :
said by Digital07str See Profile :

I am told that you cannot cancel tv till after the 30 day money back guarenteed. Is this not true?
Thats true!

the install fee was $149 for me]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22631787 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:57:08 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22630965 Digital07str : I am told that you cannot cancel tv till after the 30 day money back guarenteed. Is this not true?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22630965 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:57:24 EDT Re: Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22630883 dustman81 : Order the TV service, have the TV and Internet service installed than cancel the TV service.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22630883 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:44:18 EDT Setup Fee too high. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22630709 Digital07str : I was looking into switching from earthlink dsl to AT&T Uverse Max.
I currently pay for 6Mb dsl that AT&T would offer 12Mb for the same price. Is there any way to avoid the installation fee? 100 dollars seems a bit overpriced just to get it installed. I don't need Ethernet cable run through the house since I have it already installed.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22630709 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:13:19 EDT