| AT&T Sucks ... BAD Well, let me say I am 1430 ft from a VRAD and although the box "syncs" at MAX 25Mb/s, I can only get "authorized" for 18Mb/s because AT&T's old, horrible system could not "find" the 25Mb/s tier which I was able to order. Even the tech to install it was amazed by their stupidity because he said the speed is there.
So, no ... issues don't start at 5000ft or 3000ft from VRAD, they start EVERYWHERE. I told AT&T I'd PAY CASH for fiber run to my home for higher speeds but they just laugh.
My only other choice was ATT DSL or this which became avail. Verizon FIOS is literally ALL AROUND my town (North, south, east and west of my area!) but they say someone signed a deal with the devil (ATT) so they OWN MY AREA forbidding Verizon from giving me the quality service I want to PAY for. This should be ILLEGAL! There should be a law saying they are forced to provide what service the other competitors give OR hand off their "territory" to them! |
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join:2000-09-14
Corona, CA | said by cruz1 :
Verizon FIOS is literally ALL AROUND my town (North, south, east and west of my area!) but they say someone signed a deal with the devil (ATT) so they OWN MY AREA forbidding Verizon from giving me the quality service I want to PAY for. This should be ILLEGAL! There should be a law saying they are forced to provide what service the other competitors give OR hand off their "territory" to them!
Verizon and AT&T to date exclusively deploy their "greenfield" services in their respective incumbent territories. Those borders were set years ago, in many areas when you still "dialed" people with a dial and "hung up" the receiver on a candlestick hanger. Greenfield is the term for their new services, U-Verse and FIOS respectfully, where they are free from regulatory constraints and/or are compelled to sell certain "UNE" services to competitors like Covad, XO, etc.
While there is no law that prevents them from deploying out of territory as competitive carriers, there has long been rumors that each company signed confidential agreements against deploying greenfield services in each other territory.
Bottom line, you are far more likely to see a cable company or Google type initiative install FTTH before you ever see FIOS in your neighborhood.
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I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe. |
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Oh, and not to mention the sudden throughput drop from my 18Mb (actually about 14Mb) to about 20k (yes, K) several times a DAY which just pisses people off. I try to stream a radio channel at dial up level 32kbs and several times a day it can't keep up. In addition a few times a DAY service just STOPS for about 1-2 min and then seems back to normal.
I think they have BIG problems. I think every time someone changes a channel on their U-Verse TV, MY speeds drop! At least feels that way... |
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join:2000-12-02
San Antonio, TX | said by cruz1 :
Oh, and not to mention the sudden throughput drop from my 18Mb (actually about 14Mb) to about 20k (yes, K) several times a DAY which just pisses people off. I try to stream a radio channel at dial up level 32kbs and several times a day it can't keep up. In addition a few times a DAY service just STOPS for about 1-2 min and then seems back to normal.
I think they have BIG problems. I think every time someone changes a channel on their U-Verse TV, MY speeds drop! At least feels that way...
Go the the U-verse forum on this site and get the contact information for the Tier II team. I guarantee (from personal experience) they will fix whatever problem exists with little run-around. |
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25Mb/s isn't a speed tier for internet use. You can only get authorized for 18Mb/s because outside of a few markets that's all they'll sell. |
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Because you only sync at 25,000, the highest tier you can get is 18/1.5. Also expect for a select few areas, the 25/3 is not available. Contact Tier 2 here on the forums. They can do some line tests to see if you might a need a truck roll to repair your line. If the copper is in good shape and is fairly new, people here can sync at 60, 000 which gives them alot of headroom as ATT expends speeds, HD streams, etc... |
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