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join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI | interesting i have never heard of this service; but i am surprised att offered it in 2006; they had to know about uverse deployment then. | |
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 | DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX | Re: interesting basicly
the left hand doesn't know what the right foot is doing | |
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WhiteWizard
Premium
join:2005-07-04
Madison, WI
clubs: | Re: interesting Anything on the right has no idea what the right hand is doing 
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dforan
join:2000-12-09
Willoughby, OH
1 edit | U-verse Something else only being offered to the close in residents
or is it close residents | |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO | Never know about AT&T's involvement in this Though I have heard about MobiTV. Pretty low quality stuff since it was made to run over a 2.5G connection. Not really worthwhile.
SprintTV on the other hand actually looks decent, since it's made for EvDO-equipped handsets... | |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| Re: Never know about AT&T's involvement in this I think they have a broadcast / TV service which works better, but in more limited markets.
This kind of reminds me of how AT&T killed Call Vantage (available everywhere) for Uverse VoIP (Uverse Voice) which is only available with Uverse in those limited areas. | |
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| | ISurfTooMuch
join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL | Re: Never know about AT&T's involvement in this They do. It's a service from MediaFLO, which is owned by Qualcomm. It uses spectrum that had been used to broadcast UHF channel 55. Actually, both AT&T and VZW resell the same service. | |
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Selenia
join:2006-09-22
Pittsfield, MA
·Verizon Online DSL
·RoadRunner Cable
| Former Subscriber here The quality was actually pretty good, generally. It couldn't work over GPRS but worked respectably over EDGE(very acceptable quality) and excellent over 3G. It dynamically adjusted to network conditions. Interruptions, even on EDGE, were none-minimal, unless in a very congested area for EDGE. I cancelled service last month out of frustration with billing for my new handset(being double-billed for the old and new, even after the rep assuring me that would not happen). There could have been more variety on many of the channels, but it was a good service to have in a pinch at the airport and such. Shame to see it go. | |
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Bell System
Premium
join:2005-12-04
Strongsville, OH | Uverse solution? Maybe they have a uverse product they will release to take its place. Kinda like when they sunset callvantage. | |
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manfmmd
Premium
join:2003-01-14
Earth
clubs:
| U-Verse?? I can barely get 1.5/384 DSL..no RT's in the area, nothing..
I didn't mind it too much back in 2003 when I signed up for the service, but now my area is completely under-served and going to cable is not a feasible option..
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DataRiker
Premium
join:2002-05-19
Metairie, LA
clubs:
| Re: U-Verse?? said by manfmmd  :I can barely get 1.5/384 DSL..no RT's in the area, nothing.. I didn't mind it too much back in 2003 when I signed up for the service, but now my area is completely under-served and going to cable is not a feasible option.. That is, literally, the worst cable broadband provider I have ever heard of ( 3 GB down / 2 GB up).
You would be better off with cellular service. | |
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| patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | Do they still use dialup return for cable internet? | |
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manfmmd
Premium
join:2003-01-14
Earth
clubs: | Re: U-Verse?? No, but you would think so... | |
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CompUser
join:2001-11-07
Ada, OH | Re: U-Verse?? +1 funny  | |
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k1ll3rdr4g0n
join:2005-03-19
Homer Glen, IL
| This was expected I had it on my AT&T phones but wanted me to pay for it, so I never used it.
But, it was funny because on the Blackjack 2 smartphone version, the "trial" was for a couple of days rather than for a few minutes of viewing. The funny part is that someone figured out the "timer" file that kept track from the time you launched it so MobiTV would read said file to figure out when it was first launched. Well, if you deleted said file it would reset your "trial" so you could watch it for free indefinitely. They fixed it in later versions by making it so you could only watch it for a few minutes each time you launch it.
The channels were nothing spectacular. I would have bought it if it was really live streaming TV channels.
To be honest I don't care for any pre-installed applications unless they are completely free. | |
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mcbigham
Premium
join:2004-10-10
Huntsville, AL | MobiTV I used it on my ATT tilt for about 2 months. It was not really worth the $10 a month extra for low quality TV. I had it during the football season. Games were delayed by serveral minutes. | |
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Brazbit
Randomness Personified
Premium
join:2003-10-22
Port Orchard, WA
·wavebroadband
| Re: MobiTV Yeah I did the same on my Tilt. It worked great for TV in the car as we drove around the western states and we were able to keep tabs on the Olympics but once we got home I cancled it as it really served little purpose in a non mobile environment.
About half the channels were just podcast length recaps and highlights of shows on the actual channel that just repeated in a cycle. Very few channels were actual streams.
Interestingly even when not subscribed the Disney Channel still works on this service, too bad it wasn't CNN or Discovery.
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joker5656
join:2006-06-23
Dallas, GA | Not surprised Hell they want to charge 10$ for voice on the gps. Hope they die. I should get voice direction included with the gps feature. Greedy bastards. | |
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AT&T Shutters MobiTV Service
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