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Premium
join:2000-01-11
Atlanta, GA
| Got to hand it to them... They're really busting their butts to get it out to the eleven markets by year-end. It's pretty surprising considering that the last two weeks of the year are usually pretty worthless for many companies. If they can roll out this quickly they'll be able to hit the original target of fifteen by January.
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|  | shoan
join:2006-02-27
Benton, AR
| Re: Got to hand it to them... I have to step back from the bashing for a sec to say AT&T has hired a better company to do the fiber install in my area. They were out at night on the boring equipment fulling cable. Our town about a month ago signed an agreement to allow the IPTV to serve our city. The poor guys doing the work were out there bundled up as much as they could be and plowing foward despite the cold. | |
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Rob
In Deo speramus
Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
 ·Comcast
 ·AT&T Southeast
| said by Alpine  :They're really busting their butts to get it out to the eleven markets by year-end. It's pretty surprising considering that the last two weeks of the year are usually pretty worthless for many companies. If they can roll out this quickly they'll be able to hit the original target of fifteen by January. Adam And just imagine.. if they were rolling out FTTH like Verizon is doing how fast they could upgrade our entire country!
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Sr Tech
Premium
join:2003-01-19
New Fairfield, CT
·Charter Pipeline
| Re: Got to hand it to them... So True, Fiber would be a better alternative. I am assuming ATT does not want to pay for re-engineering a new fiber system and is looking for the cheapest way out which would be upgrade copper facilities and deploy new modems to the home. Typical of a company who still thinks they own the country, I would think if it was still SBC and the merger never happened they would have follow suite along with Verizon and deploy Fiber. But today it's all about the money and when these execs find out their 5 digit bonus's are on the line they will do what ever it takes to keep that promise for them selves and screw the customer. Lot's of companies have bit the bullet to upgrade because they know fiber is the way to go not only for saving money on the maintenance side but when a newer and faster technology comes out it will be easier to deploy. Since ATT has been out of the Copper world for some time it will take a good year or so for them to realize fiber was the way to go. And what I mean by that is ATT has been a LD provider for years everything that passes through them is Fiber but the merger of SBC and ATT assuming the idiots of ATT are now running the asylum means that once they look at all the OT from copper repairs or upgrades that will be needed in order to keep stability running the new services only then they might think they were wrong but will never admit it until they decide to deploy fiber but only then it will be too late. Jeez I am ranting again. | |
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meskinct
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Danbury, CT
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December 27th, @10:51AM
| Not available in my area yet (Fairfield county) I checked their site and it's not available in my area of CT yet. I haven't decided if I'll give it a try or not when it becomes available. I just hope some competition in the state leads to a lower video bill no matter who my video provider is.
Wishful thinking...
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| | Kommie
join:2003-05-13
East Haven, CT | Re: Not available in my area yet (Fairfield county) Im in East Haven, nothing available in my area.
I think ATT is pulling a scam with this PR propaganda. | |
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs: 
| Re: Not available in my area yet (Fairfield county) Wait a minute now. You mean to tell us that you are IN the SERVICE area they've just announced as being available..but can't YET get the service?
Is this what you're telling us?
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visitor
join:2001-07-26
Manchester, CT
|  AT&T who?
Currently there are no AT&T services at my house.
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs:
| Huh? Say WHAT? You mean AT&T snuck one in on me in the middle of the Christmas rush and ANNOUNCED that they WOULDN'T Be hitting their PREVIOUSLY Announced target of up to TWENTY markets by years end?
Well, golly jeesh! What a SURPRISE!
A lump of coal in CWH's stocking.
But now..it's ELEVEN instead..with that number REALLY being 7 as of today...DECEMBER 27th.
I guess that OT meter is running full blast this holiday week!
OK..for my next poll..lets guess how many CUSTOMERS they'll have in CT. by years end?
Put me down for....TWO!
We wish you a merry Christmas..we wish you a merry Christmas...We wish you a merry Christmas...and a Happppy .....New ....UVerse service!!!!
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs:
| Wait Just a minute.... WAIT..JUST A MINUTE...
WAIT JUST A COTTON PICKING MINUTE....
Let's recap this whole Uverse thing.
As we ALL know by now, it was 15 to 20 markets by years end. That was THE number they were going to hit.
Well, as you also know, that number was reduced the other day..to just 11.
Ok..11. That's still a pretty respectable number.
But, seeing it's December 27th, there still seems to be only 7. But, we all know that miracles can happen and if they rolled out this last batch so quickly, maybe they can do the same.
But, being the somewhat skeptical person i've grown to be, I decided to put Uverse to the TEST.
Hey...all's fair in love and this uverse..right?
Anyways..in their press release..they ANNOUNCED service is now available in New Haven. Ct.
»biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061227/cgw0···ml?.v=85
Here it is...Straight from the horses mouth so to speak.
" A new world of communications and entertainment is now available to New Haven area residents"
I decided to TEST this. You know..to kind of hold them to their announcement.
I mean..seeing the 20 became 15 became 11 became 7..It just kind of seemed to me to be the right thing to do.
Especially with this batch rolling out as Santa is coming down the chimney apparently..at a time where few people even WORK.
Anyways...my TEST is a RANDOM sample.
To conduct it..I went to YAHOO people search...and typed in the GOOD old american name..SMITH...just to come up with some residential addresses.
And..I just started plugging in some addresses into the "is the uverse service available in your area link".
Here is the results of my completely random test in their NEWLY announced service area.
136 CANAL ST
NEW HAVEN CT 06511
U-verse is not yet available at the address you entered.
78 OLIVE ST
NEW HAVEN CT 06511
U-verse is not yet available at the address you entered.
70 howe Street
New Haven, Ct. 06511
U-verse is not yet available at the address you entered.
169 DAVENPORT AV new haven, CT 06519
U-verse is not yet available at the address you entered.
407 SHELTON AVE
NEW HAVEN CT 06511
U-verse is not yet available at the address you entered.
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I went through 20 randomly picked addresses in yahoo people search...using the last name of SMITH.
I got the zip code via USPS.GOV.
Out of the 20 addresses I entered in the NEWLY ANNOUNCED UVerse territory..one of the SEVEN..out of the TWENTY territories they previously said would be OPENED by years end...
I could not come up with ONE SINGLE ADDRESS that said..that
UVERSE was now available in this market.
Is that TRULY the way it is in that market?
Only the powers at AT&T know.
I do know that not one address out of 20 came up as being able to get it.
Not a single..solitary..one.
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| | Biskit
join:2003-02-07
Fenton, MO | Re: Wait Just a minute.... *YAWN*
You really have too much time on your hands........... | |
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Rick
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join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
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| Re: Wait Just a minute.... said by Biskit :*YAWN* You really have too much time on your hands........... Apparently so do the AT&T techs who were supposed to actually get the uverse service up and running in New Haven.
Based on my random sample, it looks like the only thing that may have rolled out..was the press release.
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meskinct
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join:2002-01-07
Danbury, CT
clubs: | Re: Wait Just a minute.... Rick, why are you so down on U-Verse? Just curious. | |
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs:
| Re: Wait Just a minute.... said by meskinct :Rick, why are you so down on U-Verse? Just curious. Several reasons. I'll list them.
1) I really doubt it even works. I think that the problems inherent in a last mile old copper telco wire network are too great for this service to be rolled out in any meaningful way. That's not to say that SOME won't be able to get it. But consider today how many people are still only able to get the lowest tier dsl service, or that can even get DSL at all. How then do people think that in any meaningful way, over those SAME last mile copper lines that will suddenly get expanded to HDTV..HSI and Voice?
2)EVEN if it does get rolled out to a large number of people, which judging by the time it's taken to just get to 7 markets this year..(if they're even in those)..What will the service be in comparison to the competition then?
ALREADY..Comcast with powerboost is at 12MB PLUS for HSI speeds. THIS..is AT&T's next generation service..not the service for today. It simply offers little to nothing in comparison to what the cable co's will have by then.
3)Any new service, PARTICULARLY one that is going to go against a long held service such as what the cable co's dominate..had BETTER have something more to offer in terms of service and pricing to really make an entry. I'm hard pressed to see this service doing that against the likes of what comcast and TW already have, much less what they will have with docsis 3.0 and the like. I think uverse is dead out of the gate.
4)AT&T and their landlines are getting slammed by VOIP.
Every quarter, a HUGE number of people are switching to voip and cell. What does AT&T have to compete with?
Some other companies satellite service?
5)COMPETITION drives an increase in service..and a DECREASE in prices. Cable co's are notorious for raising rates. They simply have no fear of what DSL offers today or they wouldn't be pricing their service where it is.
Look at what has happened to long distance rates over the last decade with competition. Look at what is happening in Verizon fios areas now as well.
The cable co's simply do not fear AT&T.
6)What does this mean to those of us in AT&T's service area? It means very weak telco competition versus the likes of Comcast, higher prices because of it. And nothing on the horizon to change that.
7)I've long been a believer in virtually everything in that if you're going to do something, do it right the first time. AT&T's solution is a disaster IMHO. It's a waste of not only time, but their shareholders money.
Look at how Verizon is rolling along with their strategy.
THAT..is the one that is working and delivering on the promise of future technology.
8)Conversely, look at AT&T's. How many lawsuits are they in now? How many communities pissed off at them? How many people are EXCITED about uverse coming? I think it's a flop.
9)What does this mean to AT&T themselves? Already, they are well behind the curve. Honestly, I think that cable co's are now positioning themselves to virtually finish them off. How could they do that? How about..FREE phone service for everyone? Comcast could subsidize that today for people taking their HSI and TV service. And already they are doing it with their triple play package.
10)Do you..or anyone..REALLY think that Verizon has it wrong? I think that verizon management sat down and thought about the things i've spoken about above.
And reached the conclusion that they HAD to go with fiber to the home. Or, it was their very survival they were risking. How happy could they have been to spend all this money on this? Not very happy at all. But, they are doing it..because it is the RIGHT answer.
11)AT&T...VERY quickly..needs to start to do the same.
For me..for you..and for themselves.
Rick
ps: hello to my old hometown of Danbury. 
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join:2006-05-14
San Antonio, TX
| It seems the more U-verse rolls out the more you post against it. This is product that is improving and moving forward. The problems at this point do not appear to be in the vdsl or the copper, but the iptv and stb code.
1. The entire point of u-verse is to drastically shorten the copper loops. Lots of new vrads are going in place. This is a point you continue to ignore.
2.It appears they are rapidly accelerating to new markets. They would probably like to be farther along at this point, but they do appear to ready for a nationwide rollout.
3. They do have more to offer. Lower prices and more features. I know i am paying less and getting more.
4. They are losing land lines, but gaining cell lines and broadband. This is not a company in trouble. U-verse voip is not far away either.
5. Judging by the mailers I am getting from TW to get my to switch back, I would say competition is working.
6. See #5
7. I cant argue with that as fiber is the right technical solution, however it remains to be seen if it is the right answer economically. If spends a 1/4 of what verizon does and get the same 15% to switch to a new service, it will be obvious who is providing the best return to their shareholders.
8. so far att has signed 8 statewide agreements for u-verse and they have even got an interim agreement for deploying service in Geneva. I hate to break it to you, people are ready for cable competition.
9. ATT is not going away anytime soon.
10. Technically they are right. However it carries more financial risk than FTTN.
11. See $10 | |
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join:2005-07-08 | If your really that curious why don't you call and talk to someone? Easiest way to answer your question is by simply calling and asking questions. | |
| Qixotl
join:2002-02-08
New Milford, CT
edit:
December 27th, @01:41PM
| No to Middletown No luck for me either in Middletown, but that did not shock me. Heck, I can't even get better than Express service since I am about 900 feet too far from the CO, so I really doubt if I will be in UVerse territory anytime soon. A check with my work phone number in Bloomfield (much closer to Hartford proper) did not grant success either as well as five random Hartford zip codes, so I do have to think that this is just a paper rollout for the moment. Hopefully someone will get an "available" message in a few days so that we can find out which regional sports channels will be available in this area (and if they are in HD). | |
| jniamehr
Premium
join:2003-10-09
Roslyn, NY | West Hartford Check my address in west hartford, not available | |
| patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | Stamford, Hartford ?????? where on earth did Stamford and Hartford come from? Stamford was not on the previous "to get Uverse in CT" list. Hartford again. Both are outside the NH area. Ive seen nothing in terms of VRADs in stamford. | |
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs:
| Re: Stamford, Hartford ?????? said by patcat88 :Ive seen nothing in terms of VRADs in stamford. Does anyone know how I can reach Geraldo Rivera?
I'm starting to think an expose on this rollout in Ct. is in order.
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join:2006-05-14
San Antonio, TX
| Re: Stamford, Hartford ?????? Dont worry, he wont believe it. | |
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs:
| Re: Stamford, Hartford ?????? LOL! Now I REALLY don't believe it.
Perhaps next time you bring a link to a person saying it's available to them that person will remember to change the address they're residing in to an area that is supposedly part of the rollout.
"Just check U-verse web site and they said ....
AT&T U-verse is Available
NORVEL RD
NWLK, CT 06850"
Norwalk Ct?
I don't think so!
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| | | | | | cwh
join:2006-05-14
San Antonio, TX
| Re: Stamford, Hartford ?????? »www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4···id=23283
A new world of communications and entertainment is now available to Stamford area residents. AT&T Inc. today announced the initial launch of AT&T U-verseSM, which utilizes AT&T's fiber-rich network that extends optical connections deeper into neighborhoods. U-verse services are initially available in limited areas across the Stamford metropolitan statistical area (MSA), including parts of Danbury, Fairfield, Norwalk, Stamford and Trumbull. AT&T plans to expand to additional areas on an ongoing basis. You were saying? | |
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Rick
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join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
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December 28th, @11:53AM
| Re: Stamford, Hartford ?????? said by cwh :You were saying? I throw myself on the mercy of the court.
Apparently not all the press/news releases dealt with these OTHER cities the service has supposedly been rolled out to, including Norwalk, and Danbury.
In FACT, if parts of Danbury are in fact included, I would even expand your total area the service is rolled out to to eight instead of Seven because how AT&T gets Danbury to be a part of the STAMFORD area is completely beyond me.
They are in completely different parts of the State.
In any event...I just checked the above street in Norwalk..and inquired on #10 Norvell Rd. Norwalk and
HALLELUJAH!! THE SERVICE IS NOW AVAILABLE TO THAT LUCKY RESIDENT!!
And, lest I ever be accused of simply favoring the cable competition, the news regarding danbury is ALSO noted in the local paper here..
»www.newstimes.com/news/updates.p···=1027014
AND, I just checked a relatives address in that city and the service is coming up as being available to their address as well.
Things might be looking up for AT&T and at the very least, this should put some heat on Comcast in these cities and wind up creating some interesting competition.
And, that can be a benefit even if the service isn't all that it's cracked up to be, which I'm not saying is or isn't the case.
Because this latest rollout does seem to be aggressive and is in fact hitting this state and areas I'm familiar with, I will certainly take a little bit of a wait and see attitude now to allow it time to mature a bit, and to see the reviews as they come in.
Things could now get interesting around this State. | |
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join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| I went VRAD hunting and found one at rock pideon road and pilgrim lane in Glenbrook. Marked it down on the Uverse User's map. Eghh, im waiting for it to hit south ridgeway (8th street and summer) or anywhere "closer" to downtown. I wonder if ATT will only be deploying Uverse in non-DSL areas in Stamford/far from COs/original downtowns. | |
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