Ausrufen and I just got uverse set up today. 11.49 Mbps down and 1.47 up based on speedtest.net. Not too bad. The TV is great too. Question though, do you have to subscribe to HBO and Showtime to get the HBO/Showtime on demand? I wanna watch dexter on demand, but not pay for the whole channel.

1/7/2011 2:27:45 AM

I'm pretty sure their agreement with Showtime says that you have to subscribe to the channel for the on-demand content.

1/7/2011 3:42:59 AM

^^ afraid so. But, right now you can log into your U-Verse services at att.com (Log in under U-Verse, click Shop, Upgrade Now, Upgrade Now, then View More TV Offers) and get showtime for free for one month. Seven months ago I did that, and it gave it to me free for six months in the form of the Movie Package, which came with Showtime, Starz, TMC, etc. You can also get HBO/Cinemax free for three months.

But you must remember to log back in and turn it off before it runs out, otherwise they will begin charging you.

1/7/2011 8:48:34 AM

Does anyone know when U-Verse is supposed to be in the Charlotte area? My zip code is 28209.

1/9/2011 8:16:38 PM

^it's in various areas. Just get Time Warner Cable though. They're faster and cheaper.

1/9/2011 8:26:56 PM

Well, slower and cheaper. Or, faster and more expensive, depending on what you sign up for.

1/10/2011 1:08:42 AM

and have shittier CS, TS, TV, and Internet service!

1/10/2011 7:31:14 AM

I would like to reiterate a request. Has anyone ever discontinued their U-Verse service? Did they get a call back with a severance offer?

1/10/2011 6:55:49 PM

I discontinued the TV portion (kept internet). Received no calls or special offers.

1/10/2011 9:10:55 PM

bttt for the same question I asked in another thread, but thought that I might get more answers from AT&T customers if they saw this thread...

For anybody with just AT&T's high speed internet service....what is your general opinion of it?? Do you often lose the signal or is the signal weak a lot? Just trying to get a general consensus.

1/25/2011 1:36:45 PM

I've had the highest speed U-Verse internet since July and I haven't had a single problem with it. Its fast as hell and so far has been reliable.

I tried the TV service, and while I really liked the functionality of the UI, the HD picture quality left much to be desired when compared to my DirecTV.

1/25/2011 2:04:35 PM

im not sure uverse cuts any deals..seems like their pricing is pretty standard. is that true, or has anyone here been able to get some discounts?

1/25/2011 2:05:04 PM

When I canceled the TV service, they tried to keep me by cutting down the price, but I wasn't interested. Its been several months ago and I don't remember the specifics of their offer.

1/25/2011 2:07:09 PM

Quote :

"I've had the highest speed U-Verse internet since July and I haven't had a single problem with it. Its fast as hell and so far has been reliable."

Hmmm...pretty sure my area doesn't get U-verse yet, so I would just be dealing with their regular high speed internet.

1/25/2011 2:07:56 PM

In areas with U-Verse service they still offer basic AT&T DSL service, but they use the U-Verse fiber as the backhaul. As such, if U-Verse is offered in your area, and they say 6mbps AT&T DSL, they mean 6mbps. I believe it is still on special for $19.95/month for the first year. You will need to buy your own modem off ebay or rent it for $4/month. Well worth it for FTTN at crap DSL prices.

However, if U-Verse is not offered in the area, then they are probably still using the old copper up-links which means you must share bandwidth with the whole neighborhood, which means crappy internet, so good luck.

1/25/2011 4:37:59 PM

Any news on bbchd? My top gear experience is lacking

1/27/2011 7:39:48 PM

No BBCHD...inexplicably. U-Verse can handle as many HD streams as they feel like. I guess the BBC is playing fee hardball.

1/28/2011 11:40:41 AM

those of you who switched from TWC, does your internet function better?

Do you like the TV setup better?


Right now i'm just about sick of TWC

1/31/2011 3:37:36 PM

^Yes, on both questions, and by a significant margin. I moved again and had to switch back to TWC. It's miserable, like going back 5 years technology wise.

1/31/2011 9:42:22 PM

^^ Yes and Yes. The internet is what the internet should be, full pipe 24/7. However, the TV is what I would miss if I moved. The TV is fast, can record 4 programs at once, be watched on any TV, and can hold 233SD/64HD hours on the DVR.

Just keep in mind, U-Verse is better and therefore more expensive on a monthly basis. I think it is worth the money, but I am also splitting the bill with others.

2/1/2011 11:07:22 AM

I just get tired of having to reboot my gateway every month or so because of the error/data-loss creep. Don't notice it until a weeks worth of recordings are all artifact-y and sever audio loss/sync issues.

2/1/2011 5:34:05 PM

anyone have uverse around rdu and carmax on glenwood?

2/1/2011 6:19:43 PM

I'm playing around with this now..seems like you can save some $ on your bill.

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2657399

2/10/2011 4:44:32 PM

^^I live in that area and it's not available. It is available a couple miles down the road near where Lynnville and Hillburn intersect.

2/10/2011 8:52:53 PM

Quote :

"I'm playing around with this now..seems like you can save some $ on your bill. http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2657399"

ps, seems like it works...so far

3/1/2011 12:02:30 PM

Wow. I finally managed to get a price concession from U-Verse. Don't know why now but not earlier, but I just got $20 a month knocked off my bill. Maybe it is because our u-verse has now been installed for over a year.

3/10/2011 10:00:55 AM

I'm about to lose Uverse

thinking about going with earthlink and directtv

3/10/2011 6:38:41 PM

FUCK YOU U-VERSE
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/13/atandt-will-cap-dsl-u-verse-internet-and-impose-overage-fees/

3/13/2011 7:18:01 PM

lol. Are you really going to go over 250GB?

3/13/2011 7:25:21 PM

I average 300+GB per month. And my only option for anything resembling high speed Internet is AT&T dsl. I'm not pleased at this news at all.

3/13/2011 7:29:38 PM

This isn't cool. I download a lot of ISOs to play with in VMware and I also do a lot of file transfers between home and work.

3/13/2011 8:46:40 PM

i just did the math

i have the $65 plan right now - 24mbps down.
if i'm capped at 250GB, that means i'd have to get their TV plan and a DVR to stay under that limit.

my new monthly bill would be $125
that's $60 more monthly.

instead, if I used that amount to pay the overage fees, I could get 300GB more, meaning a total of 550GB per month which I definitely won't hit and it's a flexible cost, meaning it won't be the full amount every month, only in heavy usage months.

so while I am pissed off, and am looking to FiOS to see if they have caps and are in my area, it wouldn't be the end of the world if I had to stay with U-verse and pay a bit extra because their overage costs are not too bad.

3/13/2011 11:33:01 PM

According to my 2Wire box, my home has been the nexus of 3.5 terabytes. But I suspect that includes video and there is no hint over what time-frame it is. Either the time since last boot 27 days ago or since first activation 13 months ago.

3/14/2011 10:27:53 AM

yeah anyone know when that counter is restarted? mine says i've downloaded 4.5 TB and uploaded 136.6 GB

and do you know if it includes network transfers (i.e. through dropbox or FTP, etc.)

[Edited on March 14, 2011 at 10:34 AM. Reason : .]

3/14/2011 10:33:12 AM

complete uverse noob here...

I have the opportunity to get it in a potential new condo, but i've never had an opportunity to have it before. I'm also pretty ignorant when it comes to internet speeds. The internet will be used 70% of the time for general web browsing, 20% for netflix or hulu streaming via ps3, and 10% for the occasional ps3 online game (call of duty, something similar). That being said, will the Pro package (3Mbps down) suffice for this? I plan to have the ps3 hard cabled in and not through wifi if that would help speeds.

3/15/2011 10:05:59 AM

netflix would have trouble streaming high-def over a 3mbps link. Everything else you list would be just fine.

3/15/2011 10:13:40 AM

is this one of those issues where we could pause a program, let it buffer for a few minutes (make a bowl of popcorn and pour a beer) and then be ok? I wouldn't mind bumping up to the Elite tier since I could lock pricing in for a year, but the TV portion is only locked in for 6 months and after that it really increases in cost

3/15/2011 10:19:03 AM

Of course - if your netflix player can be locked to the HD stream. Regretfully, in the name of ease of use, most netflix players merely allow you to enable HD, not disable SD, and the player chooses which to use according to its own fancy. In the case of an honestly modest connection, then depending on the player you may never see an HD stream regardless of how much buffering you are willing to tolerate.

3/15/2011 11:17:14 AM

i have no problems with netflix on the ps3/wireless with a 3Mb dsl connection

appears hd to me

3/15/2011 1:16:03 PM

heh.

3/17/2011 8:55:25 PM

If I didn't have to become a fan of U-Verse first, I would "like" that. I really hope they end up coming to their senses before they put that in place.

3/17/2011 9:10:50 PM

i'd be pretty surprised if i came anywhere near that cap, so they are free to go after people that are downloading assloads of illegal shit if it keeps my speeds up

unless of course i am actually near that cap, in which case wtf no uverse

3/18/2011 10:00:23 PM

http://www.myusage.att.com/

Does this web-site work for anyone?

3/19/2011 1:34:06 AM

Nope.

3/20/2011 1:34:01 PM

i wish my shit would stop randomly freezing

3/21/2011 9:44:44 AM

So, I've subtracted my "torrenting," and we're still using 335 GB/mo according to the usage on the 3wire modem. So either I'll be switching to Time-Warner (I will now anyway when the Docsis 3.0 upgrade is here) or I'll drop from the 24Mb to 6 Mbit and cancel Netflix. Good going, AT&T--why would most people pay for 24/3 when they'd run out of bandwidth in less than a day? I might as well save myself $25-30 and just watch my usage. It's not going to make me pay for TV from them, since I only watch ~1 show/night from torrents (which are available streaming, but I like to watch the HD versions). So I'll just stream the regular versions from their websites.

TL;DR: AT&T is stupid. The money-grab will only work for the people they catch unaware--until newer uses emerge (3D youtube streams? etc) and it starts affecting everyone who doesn't just use the internet for email.

Meanwhile, I'll be looking to move to Wilson, Salisbury, or a Fios state.

3/22/2011 9:13:36 PM

As I understand it, the usage reported on the gateway includes streaming to the DVR and TV boxes, which does not count towards your 250GB cap. The only way to see your real usage is for AT&T to tell you.

[Edited on March 23, 2011 at 1:32 AM. Reason : .,.]

3/23/2011 1:31:44 AM

Quote :

"335 GB/mo"

check yo maff

3/23/2011 7:25:53 AM

http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/24/att-broadband-metering-is-shoddy-and-they-know-it/

3/24/2011 8:05:19 PM

how often does U-Verse run sign-up specials? I looked last week and had the opportunity to get a package at around 75 for 6 months, but now those are gone and everything is back up to 90-100.

3/28/2011 2:16:17 PM