 
Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL | Yes, BellSouth was ahead of AT&T.. So WTF did you merge with them?! You had a good product and could have made it on your own 2 legs. Yet you joined the dark side! | |
|  | krayzie bone
join:2006-09-03
Marietta, GA
1 edit | Re: Yes, BellSouth was ahead of AT&T.. it's all about the benjamins man. Bellsouth and AT&T don't compete w/ each other in any area. You can't really blame the people at Bellsouth for wanting more money; we should blame the system.
Plus I think it has more to do with acquiring cingular from bellsouth then anything. | |
| | | | GhostDoggy
join:2005-05-11
Duluth, GA
| Well, they merged with them because the old fart at the wheel was too busy looking for Country Kitchen for his morning breakfast to realize he was selling all the other BellSouth employees out.  | |
| Enlightener
join:2006-01-28
Cedar Park, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| 6MB Data The article says that 6MB is `dedicated` for data, but I'd say it's more like `allocated` since the U-Verse web site clearly states:
"AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet maximum speed achieved depends on customer location, line condition, and concurrent use of other AT&T U-verse services." | |
| | nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
| Re: 6MB Data although the implication is that speeds will be faster (up to the 25M?) if you're not doing anything else, I thought there were reports from at least one customer that although he was synching at 19-20M, he still couldn't get any faster download than 6M. | |
| | | Enlightener
join:2006-01-28
Cedar Park, TX
·AT&T U-Verse
| Re: 6MB Data Oh it's definatly a one way street. Watch too much TV and your broadband will suffer. But don't think about your broadband getting access to that extra bandwidth. It's capped ..... how else would they be able to charge different prices for 1.5 / 3 / 6. | |
| | | jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH
| Even if current DSL (not UVerse) was not capped, you only sync at whatever speed you ordered (1.5/3/6) so you can't go any higher (unless you buy a faster package) even if your line can support it.
As for UVerse, I am sure than modems will have to sync at the full 25 (where close enough/available) due to that requirement for video, but they most likely cap internet at 6 to leave the rest for IPTV/VoIP... no matter if you have voice and TV or not.
As for them offering faster than 6 internet in UVerse...
Most likely a rumor spilled out. If you have TV/VoIP it is unlikely you will even be able to get anything faster than 6. If you don't have voice/video... most likely you will be screwed on internet speed in the future... until ADSL 3 comes out or they decide to go FTTH (then you'll have to wait for them to re-upgrade your area again).
Personally, unless ATT decides to go FTTH soon I see cable companies deploying DOCSIS-3 or FTTH with 25-100mb/s speeds long before ATT offers anything faster than 6.
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- "Techie" Jim | |
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Gwailo
join:2000-07-16
Richardson, TX
clubs:
| After Mr. Whitacre retires ... From: »www.aasbcr.org/items/whitacre_ge···ions.htm
"Whitacre, who's in the process of guiding SBC's $16 billion takeover of AT&T Corp., will turn 65 on Nov. 4, 2006. He has told reporters and analysts he doesn't plan to serve past that age."
OK, he's 65 now and will retire shortly with his pot of gold. Anybody wanna bet on the "fiber direction" the new CEO will take? | |
| | Enlightener
join:2006-01-28
Cedar Park, TX | Re: After Mr. Whitacre retires ... Oh please God, please! | |
| | dynodb
Premium,VIP
join:2004-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
| Yeah, I'd take that bet- considering the flack Verizon is getting from invesors over the money they're spending on FIOS and AT&T is getting over IPTV, a new CEO will very likely take the same tack. | |
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Mr anon
@il.us
| Speed increased promised, where, how? There is a post over at Uverse users that say later this year speeds are supposed to jump 60-70% I just saw that its a linked article so I haven't read it and I don't know how. However I haven't heard too many super things about Uverse and I wouldn't be happy with 6/1 forever. 6/2, 10/3 maybe for a while.
All this is moot because I can't even get better 1.5/384 DSL so I think my deployment of Uverse might not come anytime soon anyway.
»www.uverseusers.com/article.php/···2nd-half
points to.
»telephonyonline.com/broadband/ne···_010907/
You know I have wondered when they do setbox updates, is that the TVs BW or your interent? What roll does the phone play in BW... | |
| UofMiamiGrad
Premium
join:2001-02-03
Great Neck, NY
| MS Software Still Buggy! AT&T's Delivery of TV Hits a Glitch
Internet-Based Service
Is Delayed by Problems
With Microsoft Software
By DIONNE SEARCEY and ROGER CHENG
January 26, 2007; Page B4
AT&T Inc.'s rollout of its new television service is being delayed by glitches in the Microsoft Corp. technology that helps power the Internet-based system.
The phone giant has begun offering the service in 11 markets, but problems with the Microsoft software have slowed the rollout, AT&T Chief Financial Officer Rick Lindner said in an interview. AT&T has decided against heavy marketing of the TV service because it doesn't want demand to increase until the problems are solved, he said.
AT&T executives discussed their TV rollout yesterday as the San Antonio-based company posted fourth-quarter results, its first financial report since its $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp. The company said it anticipates bigger-than-expected savings from its takeover of BellSouth. (See related article.)
Mr. Lindner chalked up any issues with its TV rollout to "normal new-product development" and said that AT&T plans to offer TV to eight million homes by year end. "We're adding customers slowly, watching the platform and trying to train our technicians and improve installations," Mr. Lindner said.
At least seven major telecom companies world-wide are using Microsoft's system, and others are testing it. Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., said the company spent much of the past year fine-tuning its system and that it is helping AT&T to deliver a highly competitive TV service. "We believe the biggest challenges are behind us," said Microsoft spokesman Jim Brady.
AT&T is facing formidable competition from cable companies that are selling less-expensive residential phone service and are starting to offer the same to small- and medium-size businesses. AT&T hopes its Internet-based TV will help it fight back.
AT&T originally had planned to offer TV in at least 15 markets by the end of last year. The company has blamed that delay on enhancements it was making to software and billing systems. Yesterday, Mr. Lindner pinned at least some problems with its rollout more directly on Microsoft's technology.
AT&T plans to offer its TV service to 19 million homes by the end of 2008. Microsoft is one of its main technology vendors under a deal announced in 2004, when AT&T was SBC Communications Inc.
Edward Whitacre, AT&T's chairman and chief executive, said that despite the delays and software glitches, he had faith in the technology and strategy AT&T has employed. "We like this stuff," Mr. Whitacre said during a conference call with analysts. "It works, and it's the right thing financially."
AT&T shares rose 16 cents, or 0.4%, to $36.79 in 4 p.m. composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
In taking over BellSouth, AT&T also gained full control over Cingular Wireless, which it had shared with BellSouth. AT&T says it expects the net value of savings from that merger to be as much as $22 billion, about $4 billion more than it had initially estimated.
AT&T's wireless unit, which it is renaming with the AT&T moniker, continues to benefit the company. Cingular reported Wednesday that its net income tripled in the fourth quarter as it added a record 2.4 million net new subscribers in the quarter.
»online.wsj.com/article/SB1169771···415.html | |
| radougherty
join:1999-07-23
Austin, TX
·RoadRunner Cable
2 edits | User review says the HD quality isn't very good Ed might want to read a review at »www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=87544 . Also I guess Ed doesn't have HDTV yet else he'd find that being able to view only 1 HD channel in a house at a time is a BIG problem for anyone with a HD set and wanting to DVR a HD program. But then again, upper management usually doesn't have time to watch TV since their head is usually stuck up their hind quarters most of the time anyway. | |
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AGBell
@cox.net | U-Verse, Homezone, Project Lighspeed any information whether "BellSouth" is staying with Project Lightspeed or switching to U-Verse? just went through Scott's review (link), doesn't sound promising. | |
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texaslabrat
@rr.com | Re: U-Verse, Homezone, Project Lighspeed Project Lightspeed *IS* U-verse. | |
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veloslave
Geek For God
Premium
join:2003-07-11
Pleasant Hill, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
 ·SONIC.NET
| 6Mb for data huh God only knows how much I hate that stupid monopoly I am stuck with. I already have 6Mb... so where is the progress?
We need choice more than anything else... if Verizon was doing business out here right along side at&t... well good old Ed wouldn't be as stupid sounding as the talking horse...
Someone PLEASE get some real city wide wireless going so we can bypass these lame telco's and cable companies. I love my ISP (Sonic.net) but unfortunately they are stuck selling what at&t has available.
at&t is a bunch of blind jackasses
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