07-17-2007, 09:06 PM
|
#1 |
|
Secretary of the Navy
  
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood
Posts: 34,997
|
WOOT!!! U-Verse is here!!!
Well I finally got on the bandwagon with AT&T U-Verse...
They had been installing in Indy, but hadn't yet come to my neighborhood... however on July 4th, I got a ring at my doorbell and it was a U-Verse rep. Of course he didn't even have to sell me on the service.... Fiber out in the street and they re-wired my house for Cat5 to bring Internet and TV services to my entire house.  Pretty much, I was paying Comcast about $65 for BASIC cable (about 70 channels), however with U-Verse, I could've gotten the 180 channel package for about $54. However I went with the 280 channel package for $74 plus they bumped my internet speed up to 4 Megabits (I had 3 Megabits previously) for the same price that I was already paying SBCGlobal. So much TV to watch... so little time. They even gave me a High Definition DVR along with 3 other recievers plus HD programming free for a year. Life is good... in the U-Verse. So long... Comcast. U-SUCK!!!! 
__________________
 DarkFury's Pimptopia - Don't Hate the Playa, Hate the Game! Home of the Original OG Pimp (accept NO imitations) 
|
|
|
|
07-17-2007, 09:51 PM
|
#2 |
|
Chief of Naval Operations
 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: woah... why is welfareloser here with me so early in the morning and more importantly why am I wearing her clothes?!?
Posts: 13,754
|
wow
__________________
********************************** DCM #1 (Founder)  "Nobody beats Vitus Gerulaitis 18 times in a row." - Vitus Gerulaitis on beating Jimmy Connors after 17 failed attempts. |
|
|
|
|
07-17-2007, 10:06 PM
|
#3 |
|
Admiral
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: You could pick up Lindsay Lohan for less than a intel 990x, and still have money left over to bail her outta jail
Posts: 5,029
  |
not avail here
 im stuck with comcast for now . cant do dish or direct due to trees that dont even belong to me
__________________
You could pick up Lindsay Lohan for less than a intel 990x, and still have money left over to bail her outta jail |
|
|
|
|
07-18-2007, 05:42 AM
|
#4 |
|
Fleet Admiral
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Michigan
Posts: 9,390
|
NICE - let me know how you like it. AT&T has been stringing cable to my neighborhood for this, but no idea how soon it might be available. I would LOVE to drop Comcast.
|
|
|
|
|
07-18-2007, 08:41 AM
|
#5 | |
|
Chief of Naval Operations
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 11,733
|
Quote:
 But I won't want to downgrade to 4mbps from my current 6mbps. (And of course, Comcast has a pattern of upping their basic speeds in areas where faster alternatives are available.)
__________________
stay low... keep moving... |
|
|
|
|
|
07-18-2007, 10:47 AM
|
#6 |
|
Lieutenant Junior Grade
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Orange County, CA, USA
Posts: 159
|
U-Verse is scheduled to hit my neighborhood sometime this year or next. Though I think I'd much rather have Verizon's FIOS. My folks have that and it is AMAZING! D/Ling high-def video content is lightning fast and the numbers you get when running speed tests are just unbelievable (20Mbps down/10Mbps up).
-beatbox32
__________________
-beatbox32  "Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to be the tool by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of men. Blood, whips and guns--or dollars. Take your choice--there is no other--and your time is running out." - Atlas Shrugged |
|
|
|
|
07-18-2007, 11:53 AM
|
#7 | |
|
Secretary of the Navy
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood
Posts: 34,997
|
Quote:
I can bump that up to 7 Mbps for another $10 per month on their "Elite" package ($34.99 per month). But honestly, I don't need the Elite package... as I don't do quite that much downloading of huge files. However one thing to note is.. on both of these packages, the upload speed is 1 Mbps... OHHH how sweet it is!!! City of Villians has never played faster. Low Ping FTW!!!!! It's all about choices... and right now, Comcast has some serious competition. I can't wait for U-verse to push forward and surpass Comcast's speeds (you know that 15 Mbps is not that far off with fiber) for less cost. They already beat the pants off of Comcast in the television services area... Internet will surely be next. Last edited by DarkFury : 07-18-2007 at 11:58 AM. |
|
|
|
|
|
07-18-2007, 12:02 PM
|
#8 | |
|
Secretary of the Navy
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood
Posts: 34,997
|
Quote:
Well when that level of fiber comes to Indy... I'll be on it. But for now, I'll take what I can get. Comcast has pressed their "monopoly status" for long enough... and it's just about time for someone else to give them a legitimate challenge. Maybe now, they will re-think their pricing strategies. |
|
|
|
|
|
07-18-2007, 01:05 PM
|
#9 |
|
aka the keg killer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Ala-effin'-bama!
Posts: 2,738
|
Hatin' DF 'cause I can't get any U-Verse love in the 'Ham...
NOT! Enjoy the speed and selection, my friend! (Not to mention the pricing...)
__________________
"The price of progress is trouble." (C. F. "Boss" Kettering) "50% of the American public has below-average intelligence. 70% of the American public now has regular access to the Internet. Do the math." (unknown) |
|
|
|
|
07-18-2007, 01:10 PM
|
#10 | |
|
Lieutenant Junior Grade
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Orange County, CA, USA
Posts: 159
|
Quote:
Yeah, I'm with you. When U-Verse hits my neighborhood, bye-bye Cox Cable!  -beatbox32 |
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
