At&T U-Verse Sucks...................

[nathanm]

Hmm, I must have missed the notice.

[nathanm]

Apparently Uverse is still slowly expanding, but this is this really something we allow here in Tulsa?

[sgrizzle]

Apparently Uverse is still slowly expanding, but this is this really something we allow here in Tulsa?

Even underground power has an above-ground component. You don't want 3 crews, a safety inspector, street closure and a ventilation system just to turn your DSL on.

[nathanm]

Yeah, you kinda missed the point, which is that the box is in the middle of the freakin' sidewalk, when they could just have easily placed it in the strip between the sidewalk and the street or even back where the existing cross connect box is. Too much trouble, I guess. It's hard to tell from the pic, but there's not really enough space to get a wheelchair between the box and the edge of the sidewalk due to the depth of the cabinet and the taper of the concrete area.

If I had a problem with the cabinets themselves, I'd be up smile creek, since there's one next door. It is not in the middle of a sidewalk, even though they had to dig out part of a slope and build a small retaining wall to put it there.

[Hoss]

Apparently Uverse is still slowly expanding, but this is this really something we allow here in Tulsa?

Nope.  AT&T has said U-Verse expansion is done.

http://www.ntca.org/new-edge/video/att-no-more-u-verse-build-out

Makes me wonder whatever happened to Tim H....

[patric]

Nope.  AT&T has said U-Verse expansion is done.

http://www.ntca.org/new-edge/video/att-no-more-u-verse-build-out

So I guess the only one interested now is Google, who wants to get into the Fiber-To-The-Home business:

"We'll deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. We plan to offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000, and potentially up to 500,000 people."

[Red Arrow]

So I guess the only one interested now is Google, who wants to get into the Fiber-To-The-Home business:

"We'll deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. We plan to offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000, and potentially up to 500,000 people."

Tell me again, what is the population of the USA?

[Hoss]

Tell me again, what is the population of the USA?

Think he's talking about the coverage in the pilot city (KC).

[Red Arrow]

Think he's talking about the coverage in the pilot city (KC).

Sometimes a few details make a difference.

[Townsend]

Makes me wonder whatever happened to Tim H....

Now you've done it.  Now he'll talk about you on his blog.

[godboko71]

Instead of starting a new thread...

The SO and I moved back to town at Chistmas, ordered U-Verse internet.

Seems to have turned out to be a mistake, we should be at 12 Mbit (what we ordered), we are at 3, supposedly 3 is the highest they offer in Oklahoma. Even though I have a 9 mbit line in Soper Oklahoma from ATT. How the freak is a town of maybe 600 people have a higher line available then here?

To top it off, the speed test by ATT at the pole and in house is an easy 10 spiking at 15. The modem is what is capping us at 3, people at support think 3 is as high as it goes in OK. pancakes. Add to it we are paying for the top teir U-Verse every month they fixed the bill, next bill guess what, no credits and no lower charge.

Who works for ATT? I mean they all can't be so dumb.

If you ask why we are not with Cox, billing issues in the past and contract are a no go.

[nathanm]

You're not on uverse. Uverse minimum is 18Mbps sync, although they offer slower internet tiers if you want them...

[heironymouspasparagus]

Instead of starting a new thread...

The SO and I moved back to town at Chistmas, ordered U-Verse internet.

Seems to have turned out to be a mistake, we should be at 12 Mbit (what we ordered), we are at 3, supposedly 3 is the highest they offer in Oklahoma. Even though I have a 9 mbit line in Soper Oklahoma from ATT. How the freak is a town of maybe 600 people have a higher line available then here?

To top it off, the speed test by ATT at the pole and in house is an easy 10 spiking at 15. The modem is what is capping us at 3, people at support think 3 is as high as it goes in OK. pancakes. Add to it we are paying for the top teir U-Verse every month they fixed the bill, next bill guess what, no credits and no lower charge.

Who works for ATT? I mean they all can't be so dumb.

If you ask why we are not with Cox, billing issues in the past and contract are a no go.

Sounds like Windstream!!  They sell a "12mbps" speed, and then when it only goes to about 7, they say that they only really "promise" 65% of the stated speed.  And they can't even make that - it would be about 7.8 mbps.  GTE used to be bad, but Windstream makes them look like a breath of fresh air.

[godboko71]

You're not on uverse. Uverse minimum is 18Mbps sync, although they offer slower internet tiers if you want them...

Oh but In my area they only offer Uverse *rolls eyes.* They only offer Uverse even though you can't get Uverse  Phone or TV.

Trust me I know I am not on real Uverse, though I had to pay for the bleeping modem to get blistering fast 3 Mbit speeds.

[Red Arrow]

Sounds like Windstream!!  They sell a "12mbps" speed, and then when it only goes to about 7, they say that they only really "promise" 65% of the stated speed. 

Pay only 65% of your bill.