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join:2004-03-19
Covington, LA | Re: IPTV They have to have equipment that can support the speeds needed for IPTV and crews available to install and maintain the home tuners. | |
| | | ftth_freak
join:2005-06-17
Ballwin, MO
| Re: IPTV The ATT/IPTV is an extremely complex and entirely different set of equipment and servers, and is totally separate from the "simple' delivery of DSL. Yes ATT has plant ready in 11 cities, but the only actual customers are in a controlled environment in San Antonio where the Chief Engineers tinker with it on a daily basis to keep it working.
It's definitely not ready for PRIME TIME. Verizon and Cable Co's have the upper hand on ATT's sophisticated mouse trap called IPTV.
DH | |
| | | | cool_coda
join:2004-09-08
Brownsburg, IN
| Re: IPTV Honestly, for some of us in att land.. what is there to get excited about? Only differences for me is how I would receive my TV.
I already have yahoo dsl, and att basic landline phone (just for emergencies). I have Directv for my viewing pleasures. All told right now they run about $100 together.
Now looking to see if it is available at my address and how much it would cost. | |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN | Re: IPTV It would be exciting if they let you take that extra bandwidth they are adding for IPTV and use it for internet access instead. | |
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ctceo
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South Bend, IN
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| ADSL can support it just fine. I have no idea why they only seem to be releasing it in VDSL areas. Doesn't make good sense to me either.
Maybe the HD is what they're aiming at, but did they forget that there are plenty of people not interested in HD programming, Just programming? They must have. | |
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Alpine
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Atlanta, GA | Almost done.... Word on the street in D.C. is that the ATT/BellSouth merger deal and approval may be imminent. Don't be surprised if it comes today or tomorrow...
Still nothing in stone, of course, but apparently they're almost there...
Adam | |
| | STLresident
join:2006-12-28
Saint Louis, MO | Re: Almost done.... I have also heard this...I'm guessing a press release may come this afternoon...It's looking like the vote will happen tomorrow | |
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bassthumpa
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Austin, TX | Re: Almost done.... Interesting. Where are you guys getting this info from?
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inteller
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join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK
 ·Cingular Wireless
| yeah, they will sneak this one in while the legislature is away. The president and all of his toady cabinet does things like this....like they say, when the fat cats are away, the mice shall play.
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December 28th, @02:08PM
| said by Alpine  :Word on the street in D.C. is that the ATT/BellSouth merger deal and approval may be imminent. Don't be surprised if it comes today or tomorrow... Still nothing in stone, of course, but apparently they're almost there... That's what they've been saying for weeks now... And nothing... Not holding my breathe here. An ATT/Bellsouth merger isn't going to do the Bellsouth customers in our area any good, its only good for shareholders.
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Alpine
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Atlanta, GA
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December 28th, @03:31PM
| Re: Almost done.... Not really. All of those FCC meetings were on the calendar regardless of whether the merger was on the agenda or not. This is actually word that the parties are close to a deal. But, as I said, nothing's set in stone. Could be tomorrow, could be next week. But apparently major hurdles have been cleared.
We shall see. I wouldn't mind giving Uverse a try when they get it rolled out here. Right now it's Comcast or satellite. I always thought this was a "competition is good" site...
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| Re: Almost done.... said by Alpine :Not really. All of those FCC meetings were on the calendar regardless of whether the merger was on the agenda or not. This is actually word that the parties are close to a deal. But, as I said, nothing's set in stone. Could be tomorrow, could be next week. But apparently major hurdles have been cleared. I'm curious as to how all the major hurdles could be cleared if we still have a stalemate on the board that approves the merger with one of the members not voting. As long as one member doesn't vote, it is going to be a 2 to 2 split and this isn't going anywhere fast. Unless, of course, ATT and Bellsouth got smart and figured that they needed to make some concessions.
We shall see. I wouldn't mind giving Uverse a try when they get it rolled out here. Right now it's Comcast or satellite. I always thought this was a "competition is good" site... True... But in all honesty, Bellsouth definitely could come up with something better than that crap UVerse and having been a Bellsouth customer for years, ATT isn't going to be an improvement. If the merger is turned down, which has no ill effects whatsoever, Bellsouth will simply proceed with the plans they have in the pipe for their triple play. Unfortunately, neither company has the long term vision of Verizon.
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| Re: Almost done.... Interesting list of concessions from a cursory examination of the list... There are only a few interesting concessions - universal DSL rollout and unbundled DSL. The UVerse concession is nothing great since its a non-starter from the starting line. The lack of a FTTH guarantee to hold their feet to the fire really gut is a disappointment.
You either have to be on crack or a fully indoctrinated bellhead to be excited about the merger because nothing great is coming out of this merger if you are a customer...
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| antonine
join:2004-08-18
Indianapolis, IN | AT&T Launches U-Verse in Indiana It is so far unavailable at my westside Indy address and phone number. | |
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Rick
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Waterbury, CT
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December 28th, @12:24PM
| Actually, I'd say the number is 12 markets and not 11.
Yesterdays press release re: the Ct. Rollout cited the Danbury market as being in with the Stamford one.
»www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4···id=23283
That isn't correct. Danbury is in Western Ct. while Stamford is in the South Eastern part of the state.
Given that, I'd say that the number is 12 and not 11.
I've also verified a couple addresses in Danbury as being Uverse ready.
Things could be looking up and getting interesting here in Ct. and at the very least, be putting some heat on Comcast. | |
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MattE
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Jamestown, NC | Re: Actually, I'd say the number is 12 I believe they're calling the whole state 1 market. That holds with how they are identifying the other markets I've seen.
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| | | iamcool2
join:2006-05-12
Noblesville, IN | Re: Actually, I'd say the number is 12  I Wish i had u-verse... My back yard is the cutoff between verizon and SBC... Bummer  | |
| | | | patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| Re: Actually, I'd say the number is 12 You mean you wish you had FIOS? | |
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Rick
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Waterbury, CT
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December 28th, @01:35PM
| Re: Actually, I'd say the number is 12 said by RIRWIN1983 :Instead of applauding AT&T for exceding the lowerd target of 11, and looking like they may hit 15 markets by Dec 31,2006. you have to be mister negative "well Danbury is in West CT, while Stamford is in SE CT" SO WHAT! at least they have it up and going in your state. I wasn't being negative about it. Actually, I posted it as a positive, stating that in my view, they had hit the TWELVE market mark, instead of 11.
Good lord, you're so proned to negative uverse comments coming from me that when I post a positive one, you don't even recognize it!
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Fatal Vector
join:2005-11-26 | Re: Actually, I'd say the number is 12
That's because we're used to how you act, rick. Oh...I told you so. | |
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meskinct
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Danbury, CT
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December 28th, @01:57PM
| Re: Actually, I'd say the number is 12 Last time I checked West was left when reading a map and East was right. Both are in Fairfield county.
So where would you say New London is? Northwest?
Better check your facts: »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_%28CT%29 (look at the right side of the page)
Maybe it is you that should not be mixing their prescription meds. | |
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December 28th, @02:14PM
| Re: Actually, I'd say the number is 12 And, last I checked stamford was certainly much more along the South Eastern coast of Ct. versus anything western.
Good God..get a life man. I can guarantee you that arguing this point with me..an 11th generation Ct. resident, direct decendant of the founders of Hartford, Farmington, New Britain, Southington, (and most surrounding towns), Waterbury, Naugatuck, Kent, Bethel, and your own city..Danbury...(founded by my Gx7 Grand parents)..
is more than a losing battle for you.
And, if you still continue to think you'll win it, please visit the Congregational church at the corner of Deer Hill and West street/Danbury..founded by my Gx7 Grand Father in the late 1600's for some divine intervention because you will surely need it doing battle with me on this front.
And, if that ones too full for you, visit the church my Gx5 GF founded in Bethel in 1759, on main street.
You'll get an equal amount of divine intervention there I'm sure.
»www.firstchurchbethel.org/
And, if none of that works for you..please visit the hartford founders monument and perhaps my Gx8 GF's name will shine down upon you, helping to enlighten you on the subject of Ct..and her geography.
If that Still doesn't work, please feel free to visit the lot the Charter Oak stood on in Hartford. After all, it was his land originally in 1636, where his modest home once stood after he moved there from Cambridge Mass after having founded that area as well.. and word even has it that he probably planted the charter Oak, based on it's estimated age.
As for your last ill fated question, New LONDON..is in EASTERN Ct.
Any other Ct. history or geography questions..please feel free to PM me and I'll be more than glad to assist you.
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| | | | | | Mr Dip
join:2005-02-28
Lisle, IL
| Re: Actually, I'd say the number is 12 said by Rick :And, last I checked stamford was certainly much more along the eastern coast of Ct. versus anything western. Good god..get a life man. *Opens mouth to say something, doesn't say anything, slowly backs away from topic* | |
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meskinct
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Danbury, CT
clubs: | Re: Actually, I'd say the number is 12 Oh come on. Please? | |
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meskinct
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December 28th, @02:18PM
| Would you like to continue this or be humble and admit that you are wrong?
Apparently, God forgot to give you some geography 'smarts'. | |
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Rick
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December 28th, @02:21PM
| Re: Actually, I'd say the number is 12 lol..really...you don't want to get into motto's.
Or i'll have to throw the one written for my Gx8 Grand Father at you and take you out of the ring completely.
Qui Transtulit Sustinet
»www.netstate.com/states/mottoes/ct_motto.htm
For a close up view of it, be sure to visit any state flag flying in the state.
And, you continue to be wrong.
Stamford is CERTAINLY..southern..and CERTAINLY covers the EASTERN portion of the state in the area it occupies.
And, your comparison of Danbury to Stamford simply because they're both in fairfield cty. is laughable at best.
What will you be claiming next, that Donald Trump's home in greenwich is next door to your and your illegal immigrant neighbors? | |
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Fatal Vector
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Gee, rick, you're so divine with your nose up in the air there in CT, I winder how you breathe. | |
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join:2003-02-07
Fenton, MO | Re: Actually, I'd say the number is 12 So I guess anyone who disagrees with you, is drawing or will be drawing a pension check from at&t? You know, mine still hasn't come in the mail. Guess I'll discuss this minor hiccup with Ed on the golf course Saturday. | |
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| Re: Actually, I'd say the number is 12 Naaa.. it's just typical behavior of the common "I have no answer to that" user of BBR to attack someone because they have no other defense to back up their point of view. It's the "If they disagree with me, then they MUST have their hands in the pocket of the other guy" theory.
I'm to this day simply amazed at how many telephone and cable TV execs, managers, and other high earning industry people are here. It's no WONDER the networks are, as they say in BBR land, "in the stone age... they're all here bitching at each other instead of running their corporations...
Really.. the "you must work for them" comment is REALLY a bore here anymore.
And no.. Ed isn't on the golf course.. sorry. He's here on BBR posting and ranting every day. Who knows.. *I* may be Ed myself!! 
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Fatal Vector
join:2005-11-26 | Re: Actually, I'd say the number is 12
No! I'M Ed, poser...LMAO | |
| patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | master list of cities So where is the list with every city/market that has Uverse?
3 for CT, 4 for IN, 1 for TX, 2 for CA, thats 10 places. | |
| | Zorglub
join:2000-11-18
Fremont, CA
| Re: master list of cities I like how they roll it out to two small cities in the SF bay area, and all of a sudden they've delivered to the SF bay area market...
I'm not holding my breath for U-Verse either. Actually, it looks like Directv will do just fine for the time being. | |
| | cwh
join:2006-05-14
San Antonio, TX | there are 2 in Tx. San Antonio and Houston. | |
| bmn
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hiatus | Wait, I thought... They were suppose to have launched in something like 20 markets by the end of the year?
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join:2003-02-07
Fenton, MO | Re: Wait, I thought... Oh my, how dare they say 15-20 markets and then only hit 11!!! Them infidels!!! Hurry sell there stock, they like the Polar Bear will soon be extinct!! | |
| | | | jtel
join:2005-06-28
Bristol, RI | Re: Wait, I thought... "Oh my, how dare they say 15-20 markets and then only hit 11!!! "
They'll probably be more conservative with their press releases in the coming year. | |
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PaulieORF
join:2001-04-15
Southington, CT
·Cox HSI
·Comcast
| Stamford Sorry Rick, meskinct is right. Stamford is located in the "tail" of Connecticut, and is the second most southwest city in the state. I am not here to argue, just to set things straight. Stamford is in the New York DMA, as is Danbury, while New London is in the Hartford/New Haven DMA.
Wikiepedia says this about Stamford:
NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford
Region South Western Region
Settled 1641
Incorporated (city) 1893
Consolidated 1949
Government type Mayor-Board of representatives
Mayor Dannel Malloy (Dem)
End of story.
Have a nice day all! | |
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alexintexas
join:2003-01-11
San Antonio, TX
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·RoadRunner Cable
·Time Warner VOIP
·AT&T Yahoo
| lets all remember! in there said "markets" how many can actually get the service??? 5 homes, 10 homes? 300? so in turn is it fair to call it a market to start with??? i say H3LL NO!!
burn att how dare you!
i say let the merger "bellsouth-att" happen but, to have u-verse installed by there said dates and there said ACTUAL passed #'s
not inflated "hidden" cherry picking #'s, and .0001% zip code rollout and 1 or 2 vrads within those rollout areas. And be able to claim a "market" please.
and to fine att 150k everyday there service is not installed and #'s passed per there quota, and i mean ACTUAL USERS ABLE TO GET THE SERVICE.
example they claim texas a "market"
san antonio 1-2 zip codes which maybe .00005% can get this service. out of 1,256,509 population, 1.25 million
houston 1 zip code, out of how many? and how many with in the VRAD? population = 2,016,582, 2.016 million people.
these #'s dont reflect the counties,,,only the city
to be within or call a market i would say 50% by said dates to CLAIM a market! at least, or suffer the fines everyday they are not in each city each day,,,simple enough, end of story, this also should go for verizon.
flame me i dont care....if there is no incentive to push these companies they will continue to do as they please.
this is a joke. with there said rollouts and #'s of homes passed by there said dates | |
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jayhawker99
@everestkc.net
| Don't get it Besides the way TV is being delivered, what could u-verse offer more? The 10mDown/1mUp internet I have now is already fast enough. There are currently 3 providers in my city with AT&T building now, and another to come in a couple months; however no price drops, just a bunch of junk mail. I vote for a new law to lower prices and a giant merger.. damn tired of replacing my yard. | |
| alexintexas
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San Antonio, TX
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December 29th, @09:51AM
| as per there original quotas and current markets Project Lightspeed
In June 2004, AT&T announced Project Lightspeed, the company's initiative to drive fiber deeper into its network with a planned investment of approximately $6 billion. AT&T plans to reach nearly 19 million homes by the end of 2008 as part of its initial deployment. Alcatel was named as the Systems Integrator for Project Lightspeed.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Verse
Current Available Service areas
Texas
Houston, TX - pop. = 2,016,582 homes = 717,945
San Antonio, TX - pop. = 1,256,509 homes = 433,122
California
San Ramon, CA - pop. = 44,722 homes = 17,552
Connecticut
Hartford, CT - pop. = 124,397 homes = 50,644
New Haven, CT - pop. = 124,791 homes = 52,941
Stamford, CT - pop. = 120,045 homes = 47,317
Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI - pop. = 578,887 homes = 249,225
Indiana
Anderson, IN - pop. = 59,734 homes = 27,643
Bloomington, IN - pop. = 69,291 homes = 28,400
Muncie, IN - pop. = 67,430 homes = 30,205
Indianapolis, IN - pop. = 791,926 homes = 352,429
total pop = 5,254,314 5.25 million
total homes = 2,007,423 2.00 million homes
total 11 markets
now we are very close to 2007 and mmm well they can claim 2.0 million homes passed,,,again how many actual people/homes can get the service??
again att cheat, lies, steals.
another very good example why this is impossible for att to do look at the number "crunching"
this is for the city of Houston, Tx alone
1 square mile = 27,878,400 square feet
1 vrad/nodes = 9,000,000 square feet
to cover 1 square mile = 3.0976 vrads/nodes
Houston has 601.7 square miles ("city only, land mass only",,,"does not include water area")
= 16,774,433,280.00 square feet (that is 16.77 billion)
vrads/nodes needed to cover 1,863.825
now if anyone cares to do the rest of the avail. markets on total needed vrads to pass these 2 million homes? | |
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