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 ·Insight Communic..
| Uverse Max I have to sat 10/1.5 isent that bad, just wonder what the distance limit will be on it. Looks like maybe at&t is gonna start delivering, after being thrashed on so much for what they've dont thus far.
P.S. Cue comcast rick in 5.......4......3.......2......1..... | |
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 | RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | Re: Uverse Max If you can get it at all you'll be able to get "full speed" on the broadband Internet part.
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Toolmaster of La Grange. | |
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| | | | Re: Uverse Max Hey Doc, do you know if the avaliability checker is update on the site? I can't find address that are avaliable but I know where boxes are and NONE of the addresses by them are? | |
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| | | RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | Re: Uverse Max The availability checker is up and running, but they are just starting to light up the Chicagoland area so the "yes" responses are quite limited at the moment. None of my numbers qualify yet, but I knew that already since the equipment I've seen around here is not operational yet.
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Toolmaster of La Grange. | |
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| | | | I don't see Harvey getting this at all. Most of the southern suburbs of Chicago are old and have very old telephone copper. Which means high signal-to-noise ratios. I lived in Harvey and it was a nightmare to get idsl let alone some super speed trick vdsl. Until At&t solves the distance problem this is not going to take off at all and Comcast will maintain its death grip on Chicago and surrounding areas | |
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| | | | | Re: Uverse Max Oddly enough there is one I think is in Robins, it could be blue island but it rights near Robins. | |
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| | | RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | said by ossito16:I don't see Harvey getting this at all. Most of the southern suburbs of Chicago are old and have very old telephone copper. Which means high signal-to-noise ratios. I lived in Harvey and it was a nightmare to get idsl let alone some super speed trick vdsl. Until At&t solves the distance problem this is not going to take off at all and Comcast will maintain its death grip on Chicago and surrounding areas The "distance problem" is "solved" by placing the equipment within 5000 feet of the customers. That's the whole point of it. The age of your copper is not the issue...although the maintenance (or lack thereof) certainly plays a role over time. I would guess that most of Harvey is newer than most of La Grange.
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| | | | To add to that, if you can get U-verse at all (as in installed), you can get any internet and TV package you want. | |
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| | | 3000 feet max is the distance limit | |
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 RaptorNot a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON | The name game.... Gah, damn marketing department. Possibly the least descriptive, most confusing naming scheme ever. Pro, elite, max, express? How are you supposed to differentiate between which is which?
And I can see how U100 = 100 channels, but from there, the U-Verse math team fails.
Needs more X's in the name I guess. 
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....where's my fiber? | |
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kaila
join:2000-10-11
Lincolnshire, IL | Finally!!! Hope installs go smoothly and quickly for all you guys ordering service. I live in the town next to Buffalo Grove which AT&T hasn't served DSL, so I'm a bit jealous. | |
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 ztmikeMark for moderationPremium
join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN | Prices? So whats the new prices on the internet side only?
*I feel that atat should give more upload speed for the faster download tiers..but that's just me..
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|  tacomaBleeding Dodger BluePremium
join:2001-05-18
Rancho Cucamonga, CA | Re: Prices? You can't get internet only with this Uverse setup. Bundles ONLY!
At least in my area. | |
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|  morboComplete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
00000 | I've heard that if you order the bundle then cancel the tv portion you get to keep the internet side. no experience, but i think i've read it somewhere. | |
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Reviews:
 ·AT&T Southeast
| Expensive. They just launched Uverse here in St. Louis too. I looked into it. It was about ten bucks more than my cable TV and internet not to mention that the internet speed was slower on Uverse. I was really looking forward to this but its just more of the same... Had it been cheaper Charter would have been given the boot but sadly its not the case. | |
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| | | Re: Expensive. Really? Around here Charter just lowered their prices but up till then their lowest speed tier cost as much as BellSouth's fastest. And their cost for basic TV wasn't exactly cheap either. Now their prices are closer to AT&Ts in this area. | |
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|  en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | I agree that its expensive:
I have what's roughly equivalent to U300/Pro
Uverse = 109
I pay: $61.97 (including tax/fees) for DTV + $24.95 for DSL ($26.88 including tax/fees)
Total = 86.92 AFTER taxes
Ok - to be 'fair', I'll add in POTS/Uverse VoIP
Uverse = 139 for Pro + Voice + U300 (not including tax/fees)
My total = 61.97+24.95+$57 (all include tax/fees) = 143.92
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Canada = Hollywood North | |
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| | | | Re: Expensive. that's not including the $10 bundle discount for Uverse either. | |
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| | | en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Re: Expensive.The bundle _should_ take care of the fees/taxes
Also, there appears to be a discrepency between the pricing posted with the 10/1.5 and existing pricing
From uverse.att.com
The image posted above has higher prices for all the bundled tiers.
U400 + Internet Starting at $114 per month
U300 + Internet Starting at $94 per month
U200 + Internet Starting at $74 per month
U100 + Internet Starting at $59 per month
Ufamily + Internet Starting at $59 per month
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Canada = Hollywood North | |
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| | Or..... You can get fios 15/15 Mbit for 64 a month | |
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| | | Re: Or..... If you are in a VZ area that is...VZ and AT&T typically are not in the same market in direct competition. I wish, but it just isn't going to happen. | |
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|  dslwanterIt's comingPremium
join:2002-12-16
Niles, OH
·AT&T Midwest
| said by pv8man999 :
You can get fios 15/15 Mbit for 64 a month
But this isn't about fios, is it? Heading says U-verse. I'll take the 10mbps bundle any day.
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join:2001-01-03
Chicago, IL | What a joke! Just gives us all fiber and stop with the games already. | |
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 BabyBearKeep wise ...with Nite-Owl
join:2007-01-11
2 edits | Huh? "Monthly $10 HD Technology Fee applies."
$10 just to have HD eh?  Couldn't name it "HD Cost Recovery Fee"?
Come on ditch the f'ing fees already!
" I have an HD enabled TV, I want to purchase HD content $10/month
Each U-verse TV requires a receiver. How many receivers do you need? You get one TV receiver with a DVR and two additional receivers for no additional charge. You can get a fourth, fifth and sixth receiver for $5 each per month."
So 1 HD-TV in your house costs you $10 extra. Pfft. 
Edit: To add total of 42 HD channels available, including locals and info channels.
Edit2: Attach PDF of Line-up for anyone wanting a quick peek. | |
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| RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | Re: Huh? Comcast does the same thing...
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| | | | Re: Huh? Not to mention so do BOTH satellite providers... | |
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| | | BabyBearKeep wise ...with Nite-Owl
join:2007-01-11 | Re: Huh? So if Comcast, Dish & DTV all jumped in a lake AT&T would too eh?  | |
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| | | | en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Re: Huh? You better believe it!
I Comcast and Time Warner charge $40/month for VoIP, AT&T isn't going to charge $30... they also charge $40!
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| | | did you say it was available in BI? I checked online and it says unavailable. I live right near 127th at Western and I thought we would get it | |
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 NowVOIPIn the beginning there was POTS
join:2006-03-05
Round Lake, IL | Damn Uverse Website It says it's not available for my phone number yet, but I have a VRAD just down the road. And when i look at channel line-up for my zip code, 60073. I get a line-up. Bah! | |
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| | | Re: Damn Uverse Website Well you know, that VRAD probably doesn't service your entire zip code. | |
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| | NowVOIPIn the beginning there was POTS
join:2006-03-05
Round Lake, IL | Re: Damn Uverse Website Yeah, but it's only a block away. | |
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| | | | | Re: Damn Uverse Website Fiber doesn't use the shortest path, it uses a looped path to cover as many customers as possible. 1800-288-2020, ask for Uverse Customer service and it will put you through. | |
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| | | | | | Re: Damn Uverse Website You are right about that. I live in Houston (Texas is allowed to tax on internet) and I only pay about 5 dollars in taxes and fees. | |
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| | | | Don't bother calling the 800 number on the uverse site either. THey tell you demand is too heich and call back later. | |
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 jgkoltPremium
join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH | my plan i have the u200 with hd channels and the 6mbps down and my plan is 89 a month. so they raised prices.
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| | Qwest DSL Pricey, I get 6m Down and 1m up for $39 per month from Qwest. | |
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bshellyPremium
join:2002-02-17
Hickory, NC | Not available in Schaumburg??? I haven't seen any VRAD's around Roselle Road and Weathersfield Way or west of Roselle Rd. along Weathersfield Way, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. AT&T, WTH? | |
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|  scoobyPremium
join:2001-05-01
Schaumburg, IL
kudos:1 | Re: Not available in Schaumburg??? There is a vrad in Schaumburg not far from barrington and golf. It does not appear to be live though. It has power but all known addresses in the area show not available.
Those that claim AT&T is "cherry picking" are definitely wrong. Nothing in the parts of Schaumburg I checked, Elgin, Algonquin, Lisle, or Naperville.
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| | bshellyPremium
join:2002-02-17
Hickory, NC | Re: Not available in Schaumburg??? Something I just thought of...
Schaumburg, Elgin and Naperville are served by WOW! Internet & Cable in addition to Comcast. So I wonder if that has anything to do with it. Maybe because WOW! was originally Americast, from Ameritech (now AT&T), perhaps AT&T is not allowed to offer a competing service for a set period of time and that time limit hasn't yet expired.
It's just a thought, not sure if that is the case though. | |
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| | |  insomniacOh YeahPremium
join:2002-09-22
Naperville, IL
·Comcast
·AT&T Midwest
1 edit | Re: Not available in Schaumburg??? said by bshelly:Schaumburg, Elgin and Naperville are served by WOW! Internet & Cable in addition to Comcast. So I wonder if that has anything to do with it. Maybe because WOW! was originally Americast, from Ameritech (now AT&T), perhaps AT&T is not allowed to offer a competing service for a set period of time and that time limit hasn't yet expired. Doubt it. There's a VRAD on the corner by my apartment in Naperville, but I can't get service (yet). I also can't get WOW where I live due to an old landlord exclusivity agreement; despite the fact that agreement is no longer enforceable, WOW isn't expanding right now.
I do know that the Naperville city council fought with AT&T back before the statewide franchise was signed, in a similar way that Geneva did but not quite to that extent. I'm inclined to think there's more than a non-compete clause at work here.
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| | | Schaumburg was one of the communities that banded together to keep ATT from building VRADs in their towns. So, its available in Hoffman Estates (Barrington and Golf is in Hoffman Estates), but, not in Schaumburg, Roselle, nor other places... yet. | |
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| | Re: Charter and raised prices Except with Charter you pay ridiculous equipment fees...$10 for HD content is a standard price across all providers (dish and DirecTV you have to have an 18month-2yr contract to get HD)
They really raise the prices, technically they dropped the bundle discounts as of mid feb. | |
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morboComplete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
00000 |  give me a reason to switch
besides hating Charter, what reason or reasons should I take into consideration when thinking about switching to U-Verse?
-combined bill! who cares.
-faster dsl speeds. plus+
-price. price isn't different enough from what I currently pay.
-risk. new service = i get to work out the bugs.
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| | Must have hired the Comcast Marketing Group. U400: 300 channels, 49 premium channels
300+49=400? | |
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| | | Re: Must have hired the Comcast Marketing Group. The rest maybe filler channels like music | |
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| | | Re: U100 = Good Deal U200 has alot of sports channels. 4 espn + alts as well as NFL and big ten.
and they have a lot more HD channels then wow!. | |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | How much of Lake County? I used to live up there. My dad still lives in Lindenhurst. I have an unlce in Wadsworth. I wonder if they are included. | |
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dslwanterIt's comingPremium
join:2002-12-16
Niles, OH |  Good
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| | Crap Monkies So I called and asked for customer serivce instead of orders and they say that it isn't avaliable. They gave me some guff about not all vrads working and that they have to have 3 months of testing data before they'll start selling it.
I know my phone goes into that closet and I know that the vrad has been there for a while, months.
So...CRAP!!! I'm bummed out, I'm going to go do some work now. | |
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| BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Re: Crap Monkies said by Mr Anon :
So I called and asked for customer serivce instead of orders and they say that it isn't avaliable. They gave me some guff about not all vrads working and that they have to have 3 months of testing data before they'll start selling it.
I know my phone goes into that closet and I know that the vrad has been there for a while, months.
So...CRAP!!! I'm bummed out, I'm going to go do some work now.
At least you should get it soon. Where I live I'll get it maybe in 20 years. | |
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| | | | Re: Crap Monkies where i live i cant get dsl still (thanks at&t). I could forget about either or. | |
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| | | | | Re: Crap Monkies Where are the local sub channels? | |
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