U-verse comes to Tulsa with a "bang"

[sgrizzle]

U-verse is building out in the Tulsa area... please stand back.

quote:
AT&T replacing U-Verse IPTV batteries in cabinets that go boom

AT&T has to sort this one out seeing as these U-Verse IPTV equipment cabinets all over the country have a growing concern that they may explode, with this in respect AT&T are looking at replacing over 17,000 backup batteries in U-verse equipment cabinets.

So far to date there have been four incidents since October 2006 in where explosions have occurred in Houston, Wisconsin and Cleveland.

The incident that happened in Wisconsin was so strong when it exploded it had enough force to blow the 50 pound cabinet door off its bolts, this is pretty bad for AT&T seeing as the battery manufacturer "Avestor" filed for bankruptcy in October 2006 and of which are now out of business.

From: http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=143185&f_src=lightreading_section_5

[Renaissance]

What in the world is an IPTV equipment cabinet, and how close are they to my front door?

[dbacks fan]

quote:Originally posted by Floyd

What in the world is an IPTV equipment cabinet, and how close are they to my front door?

Intenet Protocol Television.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPTV

AT&T currently has 300 channels on it's service. It's competition for for Cox Comcast and others.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by Floyd

What in the world is an IPTV equipment cabinet, and how close are they to my front door?

These would be placed near major streets just like the similar boxes for phone and cable service. We're talking 3' square or so, not a backyard size.

[bluelake]

That must have been one heck of a pr0n movie that was playing

[TUalum0982]

quote:Originally posted by Floyd

What in the world is an IPTV equipment cabinet, and how close are they to my front door?

its a bundled service of internet, cable tv and phone  through fiber optic lines (traditionally) They are putting fiber in the new neighborhoods around town.  It uses mpg4 compression so it uses less bandwidth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-verse

the link above explains u-verse in more depth.

[Ibanez]

So when is this coming? I would love to throw my dish in the trash and sign up for this. Assuming of course they would offer it here in South Bixby.

I'm so sick of my only choice for HDTV and Internet being Bixby telephone or one of the satellite providers.

[mrhaskellok]

In Iraq we called these IED's.  (Improvised Explosive Device)

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[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by wavoka

So when is this coming? I would love to throw my dish in the trash and sign up for this. Assuming of course they would offer it here in South Bixby.

I'm so sick of my only choice for HDTV and Internet being Bixby telephone or one of the satellite providers.

They are hiring install technicians right now and expanding some of the AT&T stores.

[Ibanez]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by wavoka

So when is this coming? I would love to throw my dish in the trash and sign up for this. Assuming of course they would offer it here in South Bixby.

I'm so sick of my only choice for HDTV and Internet being Bixby telephone or one of the satellite providers.

They are hiring install technicians right now and expanding some of the AT&T stores.

I really hope they come South quickly. The day I can get rid of the satellite dish and tell Bixby Telephone to take a hike will be a happy day.

[patric]

The standard to meet/beat in land-based internet/TV is Verizon's FiOS (Fiber on site) but the downside is you have to deal with Verizon.
at&t U-verse is barely a close second with their fiber-coax hybrid.

[Ibanez]

quote:Originally posted by patric

The standard to meet/beat in land-based internet/TV is Verizon's FiOS (Fiber on site) but the downside is you have to deal with Verizon.
at&t U-verse is barely a close second with their fiber-coax hybrid.

I have Verizon Wireless and have had great luck with them. Far better than Cingular. I wish Verizon would move into this area with their other services.

[ttownclown]

Does anyone know what parts of Tulsa, Jenks or Owasso this is available?

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-07-2008/0004844040&EDATE=

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by wavoka

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by wavoka

So when is this coming? I would love to throw my dish in the trash and sign up for this. Assuming of course they would offer it here in South Bixby.

I'm so sick of my only choice for HDTV and Internet being Bixby telephone or one of the satellite providers.

They are hiring install technicians right now and expanding some of the AT&T stores.

I really hope they come South quickly. The day I can get rid of the satellite dish and tell Bixby Telephone to take a hike will be a happy day.

highly unlikely.  they have a near impossible time getting into areas where they dont already provide phone service.

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by ttownclown

Does anyone know what parts of Tulsa, Jenks or Owasso this is available?

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-07-2008/0004844040&EDATE=

I checked my address in southern Jenks and it's available now.