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AT&T Expands 75 Mbps U-Verse Tier to 7 More Cities

AT&T says the company has extended their 75 Mbps U-Verse offering to 7 additional markets. According to the company's blog post, the 75 Mbps downstream, 8 Mbps upstream offering is now being offered in parts of Augusta, Charleston, Cleveland, Columbus, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and St. Louis. Originally unveiled late last year, the company's faster tier originally surfaced in "parts of" Monterey and Sacramento, California, Toledo, Ohio; and El Paso, Texas.

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AT&T says the new 12-month promotional pricing for the tier starts at $75 per month standalone, or $40 per month when bundled.

As with the company's 45 Mbps tier, your copper line quality and length determines whether you'll be able to get this faster offering, meaning that many users won't actually be able to receive these faster speeds.

"We also have plans to expand High Speed Internet 75 availability to additional U-verse markets," claims AT&T -- though the company doesn't offer any additional detail.
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josephf
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75 Mbps? FiOS offers 500 Mbps

And Verizon's top speed is available virtually throughout the FiOS footprint (and has been for a while) whereas AT&T's top speed is limited to a small portion of the U-Verse footprint.

trparky
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trparky

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Re: 75 Mbps? FiOS offers 500 Mbps

Keep telling yourself that. You won't be laughing when Verizon sells the last of what they consider to be dead weight off to Frontier.

Verizon wants to be a wireless only company. They want nothing to do with wireline service anymore. The faster they can sell your part of the network off to some other stupid company the better it will be in their eyes.
elefante72
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Re: 75 Mbps? FiOS offers 500 Mbps

That may be the case and would be a shame. If you look, Verizon "seems" to be getting back to the "original" Verizon footprint.

The issue is the smaller they get, the less subs and ultimately the higher content cost. Also outside of FiOS areas, Verizon had pretty much abandoned DSL, so not sure if they ever plan on going back after that footprint.

For instance outside of a few communities in upstate NY, the rest of the state is left to TWC (sans Frontier areas). The same for Mass (inc Boston).

What would be left is however the NE which is highly concentrated and profitable, so who knows.

trparky
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trparky

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Re: 75 Mbps? FiOS offers 500 Mbps

If you ask me, Verizon doesn't want TV.; that's why they are selling off pieces and parts of FiOS as fast as they can.

As I stated before, Verizon wants to be a wireless company where they can charge people out the ass with capped data and expensive overage fees. That's where the profit is.
en103
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Re: 75 Mbps? FiOS offers 500 Mbps

Pretty much that, and the cost of servicing FiOS/POTS.
Servicing wireless costs.... upgrade to towers, and purchase of spectrum.
Servicing of POTS/FiOS costs a lot of labor, CO, management, and in the case of POTS regulation.
Verizon (wireless) will wait until 'TV' becomes a full IP stream / usage/subscription based commodity through cord cutting. More profit, less work.
BiggA
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Yeah, they want to focus on the northeast. I really hope that Cox/Comcast/TWC force them to get serious about speeds above 75mbps. They should be offering gigabit at a reasonable price, their infrastructure is certainly capable of it. Any installation supporting 150mbps today can support 1gbps just be re-provisioning.

josephf
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AT&T and Verizon are both selling off their wirelines business outside their contiguous footprint. Verizon is doing so with its former GTE properties (such as the sale announced last week) and AT&T did so with its former SNET property.

Nevertheless, FiOS is a far superior product, both in creation (last-mile fiber versus U-Verse's copper) and in maintenance and upgrading, than U-Verse ever was or is.

Not only does FiOS offer 500 Mbps, AT&T's top U-Verse speed is 25 Mbps across most of its footprint not the 75 it is finally installing in select areas. And many areas can't even get 25!

JasonOD
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And so does AT&T. At this point they've annuitized U-Verse and this upgrade is low cost. 75Mbps is going to look damn nice to future buyers.
etaadmin
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Re: 75 Mbps? FiOS offers 500 Mbps

said by JasonOD :

And so does AT&T. At this point they've annuitized U-Verse and this upgrade is low cost. 75Mbps is going to look damn nice to future buyers.

Not at the current price/speed ratio.

Remember that uverse's top tier is 75Mbps (that is if someone can actually order and get it) while the competition's (comcast, TWC et all) top tier is in the 300's Mbps range all the competition will have to do is to price a 100Mbps tier at a much lower cost than at&t and there they go your future buyers.

AT&T's only way out is to make gigapower available to all its footprint or like Verizon is doing sell their unwanted markets to someone else.
46436203 (banned)
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Oh please. Doesn't Verizon's 500 Mbps tier cost an obscene amount of money? Last time I checked it was over $300/mo. For RESIDENTIAL service.

Verizon's 300 Mbps tier isn't much better - it's over $200 a month even when bundled with over services.

Verizon's 150 Mbps tier is the only one that is somewhat practical, ranging from $115-$175 a month when bundled with TV/phone.

None of Verizon's 'triple digit' speed tiers can be had for less than $100 a month.

This AT&T 75 Mbps tier is $80 a month standalone.

Jesaying
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Actually, ATT offers 1 Gbps in some parts... That's double the 500 Mbps

josephf
join:2009-04-26

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Re: 75 Mbps? FiOS offers 500 Mbps

In 1/10th of 1% of the U-Verse footprint? Meanwhile FiOS is available at 500 in the majority of its footprint whereas U-Verse is no faster than 25 in most of its footprint and even slower than 25 in significant parts of its footprint.
46436203 (banned)
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And it's actually affordable... Verizon's 500 Mbps tier costs over $300 a month.

I never thought I'd see the day but it looks like AT&T will be surpassing Verizon as the fiber king. Verizon obviously wants to kill off their wireline services so they are letting FiOS stagnate as they slowly sell off pieces of it and let it get surpassed by competitors.

josephf
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Re: 75 Mbps? FiOS offers 500 Mbps

What difference is it if 75 is affordable but... unavailable? 25 is max in the majority of AT&T's footprint, and even 25 isn't available throughout the U-Verse area.

Because unlike Verizon's all-fiber network, AT&T cheaply uses copper for the vast majority of its last-mile.

While both are selling off their non-contiguous territories (AT&T-SNET, VZ-GTE), Verizon is still upgrading their FiOS. FiOS 500 itself is less than a year old. But that's no wonder; while AT&T was cheaply building a hyber-copper/fiber network for $4 billion, Verizon from the get-go built an all-fiber network for $23 billion.

trparky
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Re: 75 Mbps? FiOS offers 500 Mbps

said by josephf:

Because unlike Verizon's all-fiber network

Fiber this, fiber that. It doesn't matter one damn bit if Verizon sells the damn network off to the lowest bidder which leaves you up a creek without a paddle.

What part of the idea that Verizon doesn't give a shit about their fiber network don't you understand?!?! THEY DON'T WANT IT! They want to be a wireless company! The faster they can sell it off to the lowest bidder and sink it into their wireless network the better.

josephf
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Re: 75 Mbps? FiOS offers 500 Mbps

Verizon isn't giving away an all-fiber network they spent $23 billion to build. Even repeating it won't make them sell it as much as anyone would love to grab it for a steal.

Verizon spent $23 billion to build FiOS, they support it and are still upgrading FiOS. The 500 tier alone is less than a year old. And they said that a 1 GB tier is in the offing. FiOS is not for sale. The only parts of FiOS that Verizon ever sold were those in former GTE areas that were geographically disconnected from the primary Verizon geographic concentration in the Northeast's former Bell Atlantic and NYNEX regions.

All they need to do to offer higher FiOS speeds is flip a switch. Unlike AT&T which needs to go and rebuild the costly last-mile of any part of the network they want to offer faster speeds on.

KennyWest
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Re: 75 Mbps? FiOS offers 500 Mbps

They are not upgrading except in areas where they had contracts. All of GTE is gone along with all the FiOS in those areas. VZ will unload more as well if they don't kill TV first
Kearnstd
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Re: 75 Mbps? FiOS offers 500 Mbps

And they are shooting their feet just to keep idiots I mean shareholders happy with short term profits from wireless. But wireless is only a part of the always online world and will never be as fast as similar generation wired.

josephf
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They are not expanding to new areas that never had FiOS contracts but they are upgrading existing areas that already have FiOS with higher speeds, etc. 500 itself is new. Verizon hasn't sold any of its non-GTE areas. And they will not kill TV after having invested $23 billion in FiOS.
BiggA
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Their upgrades are very, very, slow, but I get the feeling that they do want to milk the cash cow. I just hope that Comcast or Cox forces them to offer gigabit at a reasonable price, and that they get moving on MPEG-4 to solve their capacity and quality constraints on the video side.

tiger72
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Not sure about FiOS, but $75/mo !promotional! for 75/8 still falls well short of Charter here in Saint Louis. 100/4 for $39.99 promotional. In fact, the promo price for U-Verse is higher than the standard price for Charter's standard 100/4 tier.

quetwo
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GigE Service?

So, no GigE to the home like they talked about last year?
Expand your moderator at work
mrsdrgn
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What about FIBER Customers?

This makes no sense. I have the u-verse fiber FTTP and can only get 45/6 now. Is the 75 Mbps expansion only to the FTTN copper wire customers? When will FTTP see increases?
brianlan
join:2009-10-12
Garner, NC

brianlan

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Re: What about FIBER Customers?

My AT&T Gigapower is working quite nice!


Mystic95Z
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Re: What about FIBER Customers?

said by brianlan:

My AT&T Gigapower is working quite nice!

Good for you but every time they (ATT) come to my house to try and get me to switch I tell em to GTFO when they say max speed is 18mbps... FFS ALOT of uverse foot print is not even considered broadband anymore lol.

KennyWest
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Re: What about FIBER Customers?

They don't sell broadband. They sell HSI so thats moot.
54761437 (banned)
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Re: What about FIBER Customers?

Get outta here with that pedantic shit. It's not like you need broadband, anyway. Your 3Mbit DSL connection is sufficient for your primary activities online which consist of astroturfing and trolling. Shitpost more.

Jim Kirk
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Re: What about FIBER Customers?

Got a good laugh out of your response. Have a "recommended"!
54761437 (banned)
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So you're one of approximately 12 people in NC who can actually get Gigapower?
etaadmin
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etaadmin

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Re: What about FIBER Customers?

LOL In addition in his gigapower TOS it states that he must brag about promote it in every internet forum he visits.
brianlan
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Re: What about FIBER Customers?

haha

KennyWest
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Just like Google with their only one known user in KC. Speaking of him he's not here claiming how GF is better and how all these people have it compared to Uverse.

bockbock
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Uh oh, you have fiber? Just ask the xFITL customers how they felt when AT&T shafted them after 10+ years. After all, you've got FTTP and not copper. AT&T only caters to the copper-based customers for the latest speeds.
brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Tampa, FL

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18Mbs

I still can only get 18Mbps

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camper
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Let me fix that for you... :)

"As with the company's 45 Mbps tier, your copper line quality and length determines whether you'll be able to get this faster offering, meaning that many users won't actually be able to receive these faster speeds.... but you'll pay the full price for the tier in spite of not receiving the advertised speeds."

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hamburglar
join:2002-04-29
united state

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Good Luck

About 1% of their customers will be able to get this. Still 18Mbps max, in most areas.

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Gilitar
join:2012-02-01
Mobile, AL

Gilitar

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I'm sick of seeing upgrades for the same customers

What about those of us stuck with AT&T's fiber to the curb. I can see the fiber pedestal from my window, yet I can only get 6 Mbps. All thanks to the fact that AT&T won't spend a freaking dime to upgrade the equipment! The fiber is in place!!! It would take minimal effort to upgrade us.

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trix2
join:2012-06-11
Columbus, OH

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Not in my Area

Not at my Columbus residence. Stuck at 45/6. What a shame. TW and WOW will get better presumably.

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towerdave
join:2002-01-16
O Fallon, IL

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I guess....

That explains the fleet of AT&T trucks at the local Drury Inn and Suites....Maybe?

TD
meach13
join:2007-04-05
Bessemer, AL

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Business Class

Business Class able to also get?

bockbock
@hcs.net

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Pricing?

"AT&T says the new 12-month promotional pricing for the tier starts at $75 per month standalone, or $40 per month when bundled."

So after 12 months does that price get bumped up to... $91/mo for the 75/8 tier? The 45/6 tier is like $76/mo standalone and $65/mo when bundled. What does the price bump up to after 12 months?
clbowen2
join:2000-10-06
Cleveland, OH

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18 Mbps max here

I'm on the 12 Mbps package but I can only upgrade to the 18 Mbps one here. I'm in the Cleveland area (Parma).

cb14
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Copper on the last mile

The problem is that in spite of all the copper hype and talk about abandoning copper most people have copper coming into their house. So do I. That pretty much limits what can be done.
BTW I have no use for higher speeds if they come for an even more insane price.

chip89
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Columbia Station, OH

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Still only

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Still only 6 MPBS here it's so slow it's not even half of all the other ISPS let alone me on WOW. It's so bad It's not funny!! AT&T Is't even trying! They are irrelevant at that speed they offer me!
Kearnstd
Space Elf
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Re: Still only

I guess you could say AT&T is phoning in their efforts.
tkdslr
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Pompano Beach, FL

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6Mbps, consider yourself lucky.

AT&T keeps sending me their High speed Internet promo.. 19.99 for 768Kbps. (But I know even that doesn't work, canceled my non-functional aDSL service several years back).
rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO

rradina

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December Letter From AT&T

I've been on ATT's "DSL waiting list since 1998. In December I received a letter stating that I finally qualify for up to 6Mbps U-Verse Internet. Really ATT? Now ATT says it's bringing 75Mbps service to my area. Really ATT?

So what's the speed when I have four other TV sets watching a different HD channel (assuming that's even possible)?

No thanks ATT. Charter already provides standard 100Mbps service. However, nice try. Perhaps the 75Mbps service will cause Charter to bump it's speeds to 300 so they can still claim it's many times faster than U-Verse.

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i2Fuzzy
join:2009-02-25
Garland, TX

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U-Verse FTTH customer here

Max available speed for me is 45Mbps. I wonder why?

Oh, right. Because AT&T is the only ISP that services my neighborhood.

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bockbock
@hcs.net

bockbock

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Price Details

Does anyone know what the price of this 75/8 tier will realistically turn out to be, even if bundled with TV? The 45/6 tier is like $76 after the 12 month promo. I can only imagine the 75/8 tier will be around $90 after 12 months. I know it says $40/mo when bundled, but that is only for 12 months. Come on, give us the skinny of how much this service will cost. For that money, you could get 105 from Comcast.
kd6cae
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Stuck on 6/1 thanks to apartment complex contract!

I just moved with a friend to Lancaster, CA, mainly so I can attend my final semester of college here. But the main disadvantage I discovered, is that despite living in a city where Time Warner Cable has service, and 300mbps service at that, I can't get it because this apartment complex has some kind of deal with direcTV or something, and TV and internet are provided only through them. The internet is 6mbps down, 1mbps up, and it's through some network I've never heard of called Consolidated smart systems LLC. Either way, it means I can't even bring in my own TWC cable line, even if I wanted to, which I was hoping to do. It's a good thing I'll have access to 100mbps twice a week when on campus. I want to be able to perform online backups, store large files off site, and the like, so upstream speeds are especially useful to me, and TWC could've provided 20 mbps up if they were allowed in this complex. Oh well, let's continue to provide crap internet. While we're at it, since there are folks that say no one needs faster upload, let's just go back to dialup, since providing the worst technology possible is all the rage these days. OK my rant is done.

cb14
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Re: Stuck on 6/1 thanks to apartment complex contract!

You are not stuck for life in rental. A lease termination letter to the landlord with a proper explanation why including a less than flattering on line review( copy of which you send to the landlord as well) may accomplish something. And if not- well, you will move to a better place.
en103
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Welcome to building management deals. This is similar to what some land developers have done in some parts of the country. Struck private deals to wire up an area - with a newly created company solely for the purpose of making a profit off of new customers (homeowners), while forcing you to pay for it as a 'perk' - typically poor service too.
decifal7
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Bon Aqua, TN

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Being

Being ATT isn't really interested in landline operations any more, at least on areas not already providing broadband (old definition) I wish they would just sell the damn lines and be done with it.. Tired of sitting in the dark internet wise.. Att wireless is fine and all, but price to cap ratios still need work.. I'd love to be able to utilize netflix streaming and other things without blowing my pants off with a ridiculous bill at the end of the month for something that shouldn't cost as much as it does..
Pishi3G
join:2015-02-02
Trabuco Canyon, CA

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Speed tear

Does this mean speed bumps for the other speed tears? I pay for 24mbps bundled for $30 and have been offered 45mbps for $40 a month.

cb14
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Miami Beach, FL

cb14

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Re: Speed tear

combined with a price bump.
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