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adisor19
join:2004-10-11 | Re: Uverse is dying a slow death Huh ?? The site is on the slide ? Don't know about you but DSLreports is becoming my daily MUST read site. All sites have trolls and shills and other kinds of lame users but that doesn't mean it's going down hill.
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Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA
| Re: Uverse is dying a slow death Cmon it's only because bad news sells. B*tch about caps, b*tch about the US falling behind in broadband speeds, etc etc etc.
Anymore I'm not sure what to believe. It's not gonna matter anyway as I heard Iran plans to have a container ship off our coast and launch a nuke into the atmosphere above our Eastern seaboard causing a large EMP wave that will take out all our electronics from NY to S Carolina.
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join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH
| Re: Uverse is dying a slow death And what if someone complains? Without customers complaining or asking for something more we would never see any upgrades. The companies would assume we were all content and lived the the town of Perfect (Walgreen's commercial). Personally, I welcome 'b*tching' because it's one of many forces that drive innovation and new products and services. It's also supported under Freedom of Speech, but I suppose you are one of those many people today would would rather damn the consumers, burn the constitution, and put the entire world's leash into business' hands.
See, there are extremes both ways. Please don't downplay others.
P.S. - You are b*tching about the 'b*tchers', please don't be a hypocrite.
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The Kapil
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
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| Re: Uverse is dying a slow death No it's not. Not by far, legitimate critism is always a good thing, it keeps things in check.
I think another aspect of this is the response by ATT. If you notice in the forums, they're just hanging up on callers. Clearly this should have been a problem that had a contingency!
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| radougherty
join:1999-07-23
Austin, TX
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| said by jammmin :Goodbye Uverse. Goodbye AT & T and for the nerve of them wanting to take over Echostar. I've seen reports from E* subscribers saying they've lost a number of channels, all at the same time, because of storms at the uplink site, the never of E* building the uplink where they get storms! | |
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join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC | Re: Uverse is dying a slow death They are supposed to have multiple uplink sites | |
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take them on a test drive or take their services, | |
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Monster Rain
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1 edit | I take it this is a all or nothing service. You'd think they would build in some fail safes, or backups? I guess not. Where is the redundancy? | |
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join:2006-05-14
San Antonio, TX
| Re: .. said by Monster Rain :I take it this is a all or nothing service. You'd think they would build in some fail safes, or backups? I guess not. Where is the redundancy? Internet, locals and VOD stayed up. Looks like they just lost the national feeds at the top somewhere. | |
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Tweak
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Oklahoma City, OK | Its surprising that Ma bell has a single point of failure in U verse . | |
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burgerwars
join:2004-09-11
Northridge, CA
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| It didn't cause the end of the world? As far as I know, the sun didn't explode because subscribers couldn't get all their TV channels. But from what I read, subscribers still received their religious stations, so they could get help praying to the U-Verse gods that U-Verse would return before the football game they wanted to watch starts.
But things go down. Same with Time Warner, Comcast, DirecTV, etc. Stuff happens. | |
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Texas
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| Re: It didn't cause the end of the world? said by burgerwars :But things go down. Same with Time Warner, Comcast, DirecTV, etc. Stuff happens. I can safely say that after 10 year of service, my DirecTV has not "gone down".
I don't watch 24/7, maybe we use it 2 or 3 hours a day, and some days go by without the TV ever on, but it's always there, even in our worst weather.
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1 edit | Re: It didn't cause the end of the world? said by Dogwood :said by burgerwars :But things go down. Same with Time Warner, Comcast, DirecTV, etc. Stuff happens. I can safely say that after 10 year of service, my DirecTV has not "gone down". I don't watch 24/7, maybe we use it 2 or 3 hours a day, and some days go by without the TV ever on, but it's always there, even in our worst weather. ======================================
(other then from nature-ie,weather,USE TO have rain fade) i can say that also, but since new ,(2005) equipment, & DTV launching they're new satellite, now even rain fade is gone, signal has been in the mid to upper 90's since new "bird" went up.
but minor problems with the HD programing, but since movies are recorded or burned in SD, SD is fine with me.
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DSLReports Forums -- The Mouse House 2.0
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Danbury, CT
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| Do you have U-verse?
I like the pricing structure. I like the features (for the most part, theres some stuff missing). However, the execution has been pretty abysmal. My wireless fails on a regular basis. It takes 15 minutes to fully reboot the residential gateway. My service was cancelled on me for no reason (I got 4 months free for that). I've NEVER seen Comcast, Cablevision, or anyone else have a major TV outage like this. If the alternative wasnt so damned expensive, Id ditch U-verse in a second.
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
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| Re: It didn't cause the end of the world? I had/have regular disruptions with Comcast. It happens on occasion. I just go off and read a book.
I'm probably ditching Comcast for DirecTV soon. I'm drooling over those 70+ HD channels. Costs less a month, and IMHO, you get more for your money.
I was going to wait until Fios TV came by, that looks like it's more than a few months off.
Used to be Comcast was the only game in town for HSI, then Verizon dropped a couple RT's on both sides of town, and now we have options.
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Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Re: It didn't cause the end of the world? For $50/month ($60/month normally - including all fees), I have DirecTv with 3 STBs and 2 premiums.
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@sbcglobal.net
| Well this is exactly what I am talking about.
My TW bill is $98.17
My U-verse bill was $97.54
Big savings?? - NO
6.0MB internet vs 15.0MB?
same amount of tv channels
Been through 3 STBs and 2 RGs
The only advantage is a 4 channel DVR.
TW limits me to 2 DVR channels (at the moment).
I have had ZERO downtime with cable in over 3yrs.
I cant go 3 days w/o resetting or defaulting my u-crap equipment.
You can see from my domain, I am on AT&T at the moment.
TW is due for install (return) on wed.
Maybe next year I will deal with this. | |
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join:2002-08-03
USA
| said by burgerwars :But things go down. Same with Time Warner, Comcast, DirecTV, etc. Stuff happens. But on a NATIONAL level? I don't think so. | |
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join:2000-09-29
Southfield, MI
| said by burgerwars :As far as I know, the sun didn't explode because subscribers couldn't get all their TV channels. But from what I read, subscribers still received their religious stations, so they could get help praying to the U-Verse gods that U-Verse would return before the football game they wanted to watch starts. But things go down. Same with Time Warner, Comcast, DirecTV, etc. Stuff happens. I have got one time to miss a super bowel or nba playoff game. If that happens ATT gets no more chances. I double dog triple dare them to run a major update during super bowel or playoff season. | |
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Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | Dish Network has never gone down in the 11 or so years I've had it. | |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
·Verizon FIOS
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| Witness the power... Darth Vader voice
Now, witness the power of this fully operational..
What, who? You've got to be kidding me? You mean to tell me I've got to try and rule the galaxy and I can't even get ESPN piped in here on a Sunday?
Someone get me Admiral Motti, he told me this station was the ultimate power in the U-verse....
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The Robot Devil
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join:2005-03-14
League City, TX
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
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| AT&T Uverse isn't ready for prime time Any bet that they try to pass the blame on Micro$oft Set Top Boxes. Just another good reason not to have M$ running my TV, with AT&T in the drivers seat. Windows patching this time ?
This would be one time I wouldn't want to be w/o TV service.
Gotta watch areas burn.
»abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?secti···=5719541
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The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL
| Re: AT&T Uverse isn't ready for prime time There's gotta be a corollary to Godwin about people using $ for S in any post about Microsoft.
Yes, we all know that Microsoft has done some shady things in the past...but A) They are a business doing all it can, perhaps overstepping the line at times, to stay ahead of competition and B) In the grand scheme of things, what Microsoft did or does isn't the most evil of things that corporations get away with.
I mean, sure MSFT bundled IE with the OS...but AT&T is trying to kill the Internet as we know and the reason Net Neutrality is even an issue.
...and as someone who has made a living because of Microsoft technologies, let me be the first one to say that their products work exceedingly welll, by and large...are well suited to large enterprise and small business environments alike.
They are not well suited for EVERYTHING, but for many things, Microsoft is the way to do.
And when things break, I don't have to search forums and mailing lists....there is a central repository with support information and if all else fails, support from the geeks who wrote the software!
The BSOD and M$ jokes are really not warranted.
Their directory services and enterprise messaging offerings are superior to everything else out there. What are you going to use for a 10,000 strong user base? Sendmail? ...or Notes? ...or AD with Exchange?
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Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
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2 edits | Re: AT&T Uverse isn't ready for prime time Touchy.... I suppose that you sell or make a living off of Microsoft products or stock.
I have already had 5 BSOD's and had to roll back Vista premium, so don't tell me about BSOD's not existing. Its so much slower than my W2K PC, which had 1/4 the CPU and 1/2 the RAM.
Personally, I like Sun directory services.
For my back end mailer, I use qmail.
I don't have as much issue for many of the apps as I have for the difficulty in automation with Windows. Windows has a decent gui and lots of front end bells and whistles. The servers have become a lot better (reliably) since w2k3. I still prefer on a server OS level, the stability of a *nix platform. Desktop, Windows / Mac is where its at. Linux works well for me, on that end as well, but media apps / drivers are much more difficult to find/compile.
Also, I personally dislike AT&T or any other ISP attempting to 'own' the Internet
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join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
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I doubt he's very happy with them right now.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Alex···Bell.jpg
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The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL
| N0! Am I the only once not convinced about the need for phone companies to be cable companies...or for cable companies to offer phone service?
Faster Internet, sure. Cheaper VoIP, yes. ...but I think are getting themselves into this without thinking it through.
What are you going to do when all your base are belong to Ma Bell?
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ninjatutle
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join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA
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| Re: N0! Yeah, I hate competition too. I'll be happy to have Comcast as the only cable provider, no need for satellite or telco's offering tv subscriptions. Comcast can raise the rates and own each channel if they want. TV is a luxury, why not.
Just say NO to competition! | |
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL
| Re: N0! That's actually quite the opposite of what I was saying. Having your home phone, wireless phone, internet and TV with the same company is not more competition...it's placing all your eggs in one basket!
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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clubs: | something stinks....
it's telling when a system upgrade goes horribly wrong and as a result there is a nationwide outage. perhaps they should have done the update at 3am during prime porn time? | |
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jammmin
join:2000-12-14
Upper Marlboro, MD | dvr This is not the first time something major has happened with Uverse. When they sent a software upload sometime ago to fix their DVR, it wiped out all recordings on every DVR.
At least, they told their customers ahead of time though. lol | |
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join:2004-01-04
Houston, TX
| U-verse C'mon people!
Yes, U-verse is not perfect. I have it since January 2007 and I like it. Though HD compression makes it not so good.
But I get almost every channel including all premiums and Elite Internet for $135 per month.
DVR is included and I record a lot of HD on it as I do not have time to watch live TV.
I am in Houston and service was out from 9 am till 2:45 PM.
It really did not bother me as it happened the first time. I used to have outages and multiple HD problems with Time Warner too.
When I had Direct TV, I was without the service every time it was raining in my area...
Yet, DirectTV and now Comcast are still in business...
So, one Outage does mean nothing.
I remember 2 years ago Time Warner had problems with the Internet connection in my area for more than a week (it was worse than dial up and with a lot of time-outs), TV portion did not work for the same period of time. Almost 2 week they were trying to fix it!!! They did in the end. | |
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join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY | DeathStar... ? (the lights went out, in the city..) Ok, WHO unplugged the DeathStar? | |
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
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| New Service You can't expect a new service (technology I should say) to work flawlessly. AT&T will learn as they build this network what works and what doesn't. As with anything, bugs and problems arise.
When GM releases a new vehicle, aren't there occasional recalls?
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1 edit | Re: New Service said by dslwanter :You can't expect a new service (technology I should say) to work flawlessly. This is SAME THING that Directv tec supervisors are saying to customers about the new HD service,technology is changing faster then we can keep up,theres going to be some problems & bugs
but EVERYTHING else,ATT, phone,call notes,service,dsl working great. thanks,
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join:2002-04-03
Pacific Grove, CA
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| Phone network never was meant to be up 100% Remember the goodle days of not being able to connect when it was just AT&T? Christmas, Mothers Day, just about any holiday.
Think about how often you REALLY use the phone. That's what they count on - not having to support the capacity of every person picking up the phone at once.
Get total fiber or get out of the pool, at&t
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join:2004-03-19
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| Re: Phone network never was meant to be up 100% 'Think about how often you REALLY use the phone. That's what they count on - not having to support the capacity of every person picking up the phone at once.'
If you think AT&T is the only one who works on that premise then you don't work in IT. Any network would fail if everyone used it all at the same time.
If AT&T was actually pushing their VDSL and ADSL2+ connections people wouldn't have anything to complain about...except its instability. | |
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| ATT has had 3 decades to finetune their udate process, wayback machine on, 1980s, ATT loads new code on tandem switches, national long distance goes down for almost 10 hours. ATT explains that "computer code is complex and they can not do extensive testing" wayback machine off, 2007, ATT "oops, give us another 30 years" | |
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join:2006-11-05
Keller, TX | Re: Phone network never was meant to be up 100% You guys are pretty funny really. Nothing short of perfection makes you happy. | |
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@sbcglobal.net | Re: Phone network never was meant to be up 100% I'm not looking for 99.999%, 99.99, or 99.9, but 99.0 falls outside any of ATT's own numbers for a NATIONAL interruption. | |
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Imagine BBR in 20 years
join:2005-04-30
Scarsdale, NY | coverup I find it interesting that the original forum post was deleted. I wonder why... denying the outage and covering it up to future customers? | |
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@sbc.com | The outage was due... to a major system upgrade that went in this weekend. | |
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@sbcglobal.net | Re: The outage was due... That is the same excuse ATT gave for their national long distance outage. So the telecom gaint is above extensive testing BEFORE rolling out upgrades? In the private sector this would trigger senior management replacement! | |
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National U-Verse TV Outage
