... Like the 2nd largest city in the US? LOL. Go onto TWC Los Angeles and check out our HD lineups sometime. It does vary by zip code due to the former Comcast, former Adelphia, and legacy TWC differences, but I haven't seen a single area around here that has anything close to what TWC offers in say, NYC.
It is all in the eye of the beholder, I'd rather pay more for twice the speed and no caps. What's uverse's shared with TV 24Mbps price? Half of TWC's twice as fast 50/5 Mbps?
I'm a 50/5 subscriber, so you don't have to sell it to me. I'm a much stronger supporter now that TWC's execs are promising to continue offering unlimited (at least for now).
What I mean is that AT&T has better low cost coverage for lighter users - $14.95 budget DSL and $35 "elite" 6mbps which is good enough for most purposes.
I agree competition is always good. Competition is what started all this cable revolution (DOCSIS3.0) the fear of Verizon's FiOS is a good motivator not so much for the fear of at&t's fttn uverse.
I don't think they're "afraid" of U-verse, but as soon as U-verse came into town, TWC pushed through upgrades to 15/2 and 10/1 from the old 10/1, 6/512k tiers. Areas not serviced by either FiOS or U-verse were stuck at the old speeds for much longer. AT&T's 24/3 did best TWC's 15/2 tier for quite a while.
We can go on about U-verse's technical limitations for days (and I'd largely agree with you!) but U-verse is VERY popular around here. My wifi is full of 2WIRExxx routers and we're always hearing from neighbors how much they love their new U-verse system. I think this is largely because their TV software beats the crap out of what TWC offers here (Comcast's old iGuide from 2004).
