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reply to WhyMe420

Re: 45 MB internet service

I switched to TWC some time ago because of the data caps that AT&T wanted to implement. Anyways, this is coming from an average user of the Internet, not a data hog, not someone who downloads a lot, doesn't abuse the connection at all. I don't at all consider myself as part of the top 5% of users.

According to my Linksys router running TomatoUSB, I've used a total of 129.98 GBs this month (since the first of the month) and it's only the 8th!

Yeah... caps suck! They only serve to make us pay more.
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reply to WhyMe420
The outside of the chimney is actually wood. I switched to Comcast internet and will be keeping Uverse TV for now.

To each their own lol... I personally couldn't stand to have either of those services... Just sayin'...

There's no other fast internet services here that I know of so I don't really have a choice lol.

Yeah... If AT&T adopts their caps I'll be forced to move to Charter (cable) myself...

I suppose U-verse TV is better than cable TV... Except in the HD PQ department, or HD stream department, but those things I guess matter more to some than others...

Again, to each their own .

I hate the Comcast TV service even though the HD quality is a bit better. It's a rip off and the "Anyroom" DVR functions are too limited.

I agree! They don't call it Comcrap for nothin'!

I had TWC cable for internet prior to switching to U-verse internet. With TWC I had periodic outages. My U-verse internet has been rock solid. I have no desire to go back to TWC.

reply to fltelman
I know this is a thread about 45 mbit service but I thought i would post here since there seem to be some people like fakarooz who are in the "circle of trust" and know things.

It has been a long time since AT&T has announced data caps but they haven't be implemented yet for Uverse. I am guessing they are having trouble being able to find a good way to distinguish internet traffic that is from the DVR, telephone, and user internet usage which is suppose to be limited to 250 GB per month.

Does anyone know any details on what the actual technical problems AT&T is running into?

If so, do you know if AT&T might actually abandon doing data caps because they can't figure out a good way to measure bandwidth usage for just the internet portion of the services?

I guess ultimately what i am wondering is, are the data caps ever actually going to be enforced?

reply to nephipower
I don't think at&t is a company that cares if usage meters are off by this or that amount as long as they can charge customers more. Just look at their wireless products were customers get over charged even if they don't use their phones much. Some wireless customers get notices as low as 1GB so I assume that those usage meters are 'broken' too.

I think at&t announced the CAPS to give cable 'moral' support to push their own, its like saying; We already made the move now its time to make yours... go ahead jump into the precipice and we'll follow you later.

Since Comcast has already caps the salvo was aimed at TWC that once tried and because of public backlash failed in implementing them. TWC competes head to head with uverse in a quarter of its footprint and with faster internet speeds of 50Mbps and no caps their product is much more attractive than uverse.

My guess is that at&t will not enforce usage caps unless TWC (one of the most important competitor) implements them first. After last's year TWC's caps fiasco it is unlikely that TWC will jump into the precipice first.

I think you guys are right that they will probably implement it sometime since it would be such a cash cow opportunity.

But you also make a very interesting point that it might not be in their best interest to introduce it with competitors like TWC. I am in San Antonio and TWC is the cable provider here and I will most certainly switch back over to them if AT&T starts enforcing their data caps.

It will be interesting to see if AT&T will only enforce it in certain markets if their competitor also has data caps too. So it is possible that Uverse in my area might not have data caps enforced since TWC doesn't have one and I could easily switch over and get much faster speeds that are not capped.

reply to fltelman
fakarooz or anyone else have any updates on the faster internet packages?

If i remember right the last update talked about 40 mbit profile which I am guessing means 32 mbit download speed.

Hopefully they increase the upload as well. When I have large data to upload I connect to my Verizon 4G phone.

reply to nephipower
Unfortunately I no longer work for at&t wireline. I'm in the process of being transferred to mobility. I no longer have access to information regarding U-Verse or any other at&t wireline business. at&t put me on a project on their mobility side in NorCal as a special project engineer. I will be helping provide crappy lte service for norcal soon! blame it all on me when your call drops and data speed is slow! ha ha. But I'll see if i can get some of myfriends still in wireline to help you out.

Crappy lte service? Could you comment on the difference between at&t and verizon lte?

I was simply kidding about our lte service. They are basically the same service, different frequencies. AT&T and Verizon have the same vendors for their lte equipment. I don't know but the company seems to be in some rush to get a lot of NorCal especially bay area, central valley and Sacramento regions lit up by October. Don't know much about other areas. Seems to me they just want everything half a***d so we can get maximum surface area covered by October. Still don't know why they like October so bad. I'll be back with uverse in a year or so. This project is only temporary