AT&T recently proclaimed that the initial quality control issues that plagued their U-Verse IPTV service had been resolved and that the service was close to a broader launch. As the U-VerseUsers website explores, however, some users are still annoyed with the "general buggyness" of the platform. "The wife has had enough also at my home, she want to go back to [Time Warner Cable] ASAP," says one user. "Going to give it another month, but I'm from what I see come 02/2007 we will be back with TW."

It's worth remembering that the software behind AT&T's IPTV service is fueled by Microsoft, who is doing the same service for a number of IPTV vendors worldwide. Microsoft was also crafting software for FiosTV, until Verizon had to step in and finish the code for them after complaining about general bloat and buggyness.

While early tech adopters complaining about bugs is like LA residents complaining about traffic, the telco will need to polish up the service quickly if it hopes to meet its launch targets and start gobbling up cable customers. New customers already considering a switch back to cable isn't exactly a great sign -- but we'll assume AT&T will continually clean these bugs up as they get closer to a third market launch.