| AT&T does the same thing Their reps advertise uverse as fiber when they make sales calls. |
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 FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | don't even put u-verse in the same category as any product offered by frontier. |
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 ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
kudos:4 | reply to Goldman
The only thing there is there are some areas that Uverse is doing FTTH, but the speeds are the same. |
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| Yes, they cap FTTH users at VDSL speeds to create a "consistent user experience." |
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join:2001-08-07
Elk Grove, CA
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said by FBGuy:don't even put u-verse in the same category as any product offered by frontier. True that Hoff! True that! Have another beer for that comment!
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said by Karl Bode:Yes, they cap FTTH users at VDSL speeds to create a "consistent user experience." From what I've been reading, most U-verse FTTH users actually get slower speeds than those who are on FTTN and close to the VRAD. AT&T's excuse for that is they have so many types of FTTH equipment, they haven't been able to upgrade it to support the higher speeds.
Leave it to AT&T...
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Palm Desert, CA | reply to Goldman
Corporate America has gone through different generations of management, and Schools of Thought. I always thought for Tech Companies Upper Management should have a thorough understanding of their Product to succeed. Of course Upper Management makes all the decisions, and when the experts are gone the failures just magnify. |
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All spin with lame excuses because they do not want to put the time and money into properly provisioning or upgrading their networks ... I know this from being a former employee of several telecoms.
As for AT&T's U-verser service, it is not actually a FTTH since no fiber optics actually reach the customer's premise. All fiber terminates at a nearby RT that then uses good `ol copper pairs to reach the customer. Fiber optic based cable service is the same, fiber to the local hub which then relies on coax to the customer.
FIOS is still the only true FTTH consumer grade fiber optic service currently available.
Most broadband services use freely use FFTH or FTTP for consumer services because they have not been challenged legal in court yet for false or misleading advertising. |
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join:2010-03-26
kudos:3 | reply to Karl Bode
said by Karl Bode:to create a "consistent user experience." That was exactly the excuse twelve years ago AT&T (when it was PacBell) gave when they started using PPoE connectoids (that looked like a dial-up connection) for their DSL. |
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