NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
 ·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to treaders
Re: U-verse internet only justification
said by treaders  :On www.att.com/UverseModifiedNeighborhood/index.html it states: "Because AT&T U-verse members will gain the most features and benefits from having both AT&T U-verse TV and AT&T U-verse Enabled Internet, Internet must always be bundled with TV. Customers can purchase AT&T U-verse TV service as a stand-alone product, but they cannot order AT&T U-verse Internet service only." I do not understand this reasoning for not offering Internet as a stand-alone product? Would you pay the same price for Internet only as AT&T will charge for U-Verse? I didn't think so. When it comes to business decisions, the bottom line is the bottom line.
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treaders
join:2007-09-23
Houston, TX
| Agreed, your explanation makes sense but why not offer the internet only at a lower rate?
Given that the U-verse VDSL internet speeds appear to be faster (and more accessible) than the AT&T ADSL speeds.
I cannot obtain faster than 1.3Mbps on my AT&T ADSL connection because of my house's distance from the exchange (approx. 12,500 feet). I am assuming that U-verse will have fiber-optic cable closer to my house and therefore my accessible internet speed would increase, at least greater than 1.3Mbps.
Appreciate your thoughts. |
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cwh
join:2006-05-14
San Antonio, TX
| My guess is for the time being they are going to have enough people willing to take the tv/internet bundle to not worry about losing the few customers who only want the internet portion. At some point, they will migrate legacy adsl customers onto the new network. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
·DSL EXTREME
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September 24th, @02:32AM
| reply to treaders
I'm at 12,300' from the CO, and I'm capped at 1984/512kbps.
Uverse brings the fiber to the node (breakout box) typically up to 3000', allowing overall speeds over 100Mbps on VDSL 2+.
Rates are currently capped at 25Mbps, and 6Mbps is the max allowed for Internet 
I suspect, just as AT&T didn't want dry loop DSL, they don't want Internet only Uverse. You could probably get U100 + Internet 6Mbps and that's as cheap as it'll get.
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vinnie97
join:2003-12-05
Mesquite, TX | Let the forced bundling continue, aye. Fuhgettabout it, AT&T. |
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treaders
join:2007-09-23
Houston, TX
| reply to NormanS
At »www.att.com/Uverse/files/u-verse···ml#Order it now says:
"May I order only AT&T U-verse TV, or only AT&T Yahoo! High-speed Internet U-verse Enabled service?
Yes, but you get a discount for having both services. Please visit »uverse.att.com for more product and service information."
I have not yet worked out how to order internet only though. |
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d_l
Barsoom
Premium,MVM
join:2002-12-08
Reno, NV | Maybe internet only is under the "build your own" section? |
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Enlightener
join:2006-01-28
Cedar Park, TX | reply to treaders
You left out the word (Build Your Own ) `package`. And if there concept of a package is a single service, starting at $54.95 sure is expensive for 1.5MB service. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | I'm sure there are many that would like to have Internet and Wireless or Internet and VoIP without TV from AT&T.
Qwest appears to be going for high speed DSL w/o TV... why can't AT&T.
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Canada = Hollywood North |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
·DSL EXTREME
| It looks like AT&T CAN and DOES offer VDSL (dry no less) Internet service... you just have to order it through a San Antonio office.
I received one of those $50 reward junk mail items if I sign up for AT&T Yahoo Internet 'pro' or higher speed.
Well, AT&T no longer offers pro speed at my address (even though I have 3008/512 package on DSL-Ex, and I'm sync'd at that rate!).
I called the 1-866 # to find out what the deal was, as I don't qualify for 'pro'. The C.S. rep was nice enough, and apologized for the confusion, as I don't qualify for it on DSL, but attempted to sell me on Uverse 'pro' or 'elite', which doesn't have the rebates
I told him that its no good, as I'm in contract for my TV, and don't want to deal with the outages reported (vs. ~5 minutes since 2003 on DTV due to heavy rain).
He then went to say that I could purchase Uverse Internet ONLY 'pro' for $30/month, or 'elite' for $40/month.
This is GOOD NEWS! I even made sure it didn't require POTS/LD! I mentioned that I'd have to wait for my DSL contract to be up, as well as AT&T to launch VoIP before I'd switch. I have the callback # for ordering it 
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BullyRED
join:2004-04-08
Grayslake, IL
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January 28th, @10:30AM
| Ignore me...I somehow replied to this thread without seeing the entirety of it... |
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