Anybody got the U-verse?

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:58 pm

I've noticed that we have a ton of AT&T trucks around my neighborhood and it is because they are rolling out U-verse in our part of Charlotte. anyone have it? Thoughts?

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:07 pm

Gave it some thought, but now that Friday Night Lights renewed for two more seasons on Directv, I'm sticking with them for the time being.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:43 pm

I have DirecTV.

I used to have Comcast High Speed Internet.

I signed up for UVerse then canceled the TV portion after a couple of weeks.

You have to sign up for the TV in order to get the free installation.

I now pay about half for the data portion as I used to for Comcast.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:53 pm

Didn't like the TV? I have DISH Network right now. Like their DVR but hate not having MLB Network and GolTV.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:57 pm

Didn't plan to keep the TV when I signed up.

Wasn't going to give up DirecTV because it has more HD options and each DVR can handle two HD channels.

I think at the time, the U-verse only allowed 1 HD channel per household at a time. So that was a non-starter, because I have two HD-DVRs which can each record 2 HD channels at a time.

rayray00 · Post by **rayray00** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:16 pm

I would advise you to go read up on how UVerse works before making a switch. They just rolled it out in my neighborhood and I've been bombarded with discount offers and such and nearly bit.

There are some SEVERE limitations on how they've implemented HD 'streams' and how many you get at a time. If you only have 1 or 2 TV's in your house, then it probably isn't a big deal, but once you ge to 3 or more, their service doesn't scale very well.

Do some googling on "How UVerse works" and read both sides of it. Basically, you're limited to 4 or 5 "streams" of data inbound to your house. Each TV consumes a "stream", as does the GUIDE and DVR service.

You can easily see how that could be problematic once you get to 3+ TV's.

-Ray!!!

LAking · Post by **LAking** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:49 pm

wco81 wrote:I have DirecTV.

I used to have Comcast High Speed Internet.

I signed up for UVerse then canceled the TV portion after a couple of weeks.

You have to sign up for the TV in order to get the free installation.

I now pay about half for the data portion as I used to for Comcast.

How is the data? How much?

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:15 pm

I'm paying $35 for about 5.7 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up.

I was paying $60+ to Comcast for the same download but only 300-something upload.

But it's strange, I would say torrents are about the same but iTunes downloads of some longer podcasts seem to be slower than it was on Comcast.

Or it could be that I'm pulling a lot of BBC podcasts and their servers are slow.

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:22 pm

I had U-Verse when my wife and I lived in LA. The installation was probably the most annoying part as it took the install guys the better part of two days to get everything working. We'd have fairly frequent interruptions in internet service (1-2x/wk) which got annoying very quickly. The TV channels including the HD worked without any major hiccup. A good overall selection of HD programming too, including all major sports except the NFL Network I believe. Maybe they've added that since? Personally I wouldn't get u-verse again due to the internet problems.