AT&T Adds Wireless To U-Verse Triple Play Users can now swap out home phone for wireless According to a new AT&T press release, the telco is shaking up the traditional triple play for the company's U-Verse customers. For the first time, AT&T is allowing users to swap out the U-Verse Voice home phone service portion of their triple play offerings, and replace it with wireless voice service. AT&T's latest bundles start at $99 a month, which includes U-family (70 channels); U-verse High Speed Internet Pro (up to 3 Mbps downstream); and your choice of AT&T Nation 450 wireless voice or U-verse Voice 250 home phone service. While allowing users to supplement wireless for home phone is a welcome change, AT&T's broadband speed and channel count for their $99 starter bundle is found lacking when compared to other "next-gen" bundle discounts like Verizon's $89 FiOS bundle (see details). AT&T tells us the $99 bundle includes DVR service -- though that speed for a "next-gen" bundle still seems a little feeble.
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  baineschile2600 ways to livePremium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI
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| Quad This is interesting, i have a friend that has the Quad play through them, but he has been wanted to get rid of the home phone since he never uses it. Defintly a step in the right direction, so give consumers more choice.
I wonder if ATT will get the iPad involved in their bundles??????? (/sarcasm) | |
|  | | | Re: Quad agreed good direction. more choices = more customers | |
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| iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| Seems like a decent deal AT&T wireless service is a fair bit better of a deal than U-Voice when you're looking at this bundle. U-Voice 250 is $25, whereas Wireless 450 is $40.
FWIW $54 + $35 + $25 = $114 so not a big discount on the $99 U-Voice bundle. $129 vs. $99 OTOH is a pretty significant drop. | |
| | otakuon
join:2005-04-06
Loma Linda, CA | Re: Seems like a decent deal I so want to switch to U-Verse...but their channel count and speeds can't compete price wise. I would basically be paying more for a lot less. I am also waiting to see if they will go through with their plans to allow you to use your HTPC and XBOX 360 at STBs like they announced you would be able to at CES. | |
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join:2003-03-04
Beloit, WI Reviews:
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| About Damn Time! But will still spend more money with separate providers until AT&T improves. Wireless saturation is dominated by USCellular in my area and while expensive my phone rings and I get my messages.
Charter (historical crappy service) has actually been rock solid last two years and AT&T cannot touch the speed before docsis 3.
It is always nice to have alternatives however. You never know when you will be forced to switch for poor quality.
Just look at how Tombstone Frozen Pizza hosed their market share by saving money and cutting costs on quality ingredients. Today you can go to the grocer's and find no less then 10 distinct offerings of our favorite frozen varieties!
Personally I am jealous of you schmucks with Verizon Fios or RoadRunner. | |
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| Re: About Damn Time! I live in the same town as doublek and had really bad service with charter. I switched to u-verse a few months ago and while theoretical top speeds are lower, I don't experience slow downs or complete service outages (which happened on a weekly basis). Throw in the fact that the hd channels look much better, have way more hd channels, and have dvr access on all the tvs in the house. I know I sound like an att mark, but in beloit, u-verse tromps on charter. Now if att would get 3g there, the wireless would be more attractive to me. | |
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join:2003-06-19
Oxford, MI
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| Not that big a deal unless you drop Land Line U-Verse VOIP, unmlimited and the features is only $33/mo + it's portion of tax on the U-Verse package.
That beats any wireless voice plan. For my purposes, this is the best of all worlds as 99% of my calling is from home.
Unless you drop the Land Line altogether and roll that $33/mo into wireless, there is no gain and you don't have to remember where you put your cellphone.
LMAO LMAO .. mine is always in the van !
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