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On 2011-11-04, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> wrote:
>
>>There was some discussion recently about the Uverse service from AT&T and
>>areas where ONLY the internet part of it was available, no phone or
>>cable/video service.
>
>>It's just marketing.
>
>>They appear to have re-badged DSL, calling it Uverse. 
>
> Plus higher prices. But if a DSL subscriber changes to Uverse, he needs
> new equipment for the same tier price and discounts go away, and he's put
> on a different Internet provisioning system. I don't know if the Yahoo
> mailbox goes away, not that I use it.
>
> I think the POTS phone line goes away and he's on overpriced VoIP from
> then on.

Not if he's on the 'net only plan.

>>Because of some changes at Casa del Ripco I'll cover later, I went recently
>>back to their website, looking to see if there was a clue if Uverse was
>>anywhere near Albany Park. Was somewhat surprised to find out "ITS AVAILABLE
>>NOW!!!!".
>
>>Everything was labeled Uverse, but only the "Internet" portion of the
>>program was clickable. Selecting that shows the 3 common DSL packages, the
>>1.5mb, 3.0 and 6.0mb speeds, along with the same 150GB a month cap, which is
>>odd since Uverse customers are supposed to get 250GB a month.
>
> But they weren't offering 6 meg speed tier under DSL, at least not in
> my area. They've told me specifically that if I want a higher tier,
> they'd reprovision me under Uverse and make me buy a new DSL modem.

They offer it; I'm on it, and have been since 2003. For a short time before 
the subdivision was built out, I was getting close to 8.



> btw, make Comcast replace all your inside coax, 'cuz the satellite companies
> use cheap shit. Also, Comcast will bitch about pulling two wires to the
> room I want the cable modem in and the main tv viewing room, but it costs
> them a minor amount in additional material and labor is about the same.
> I'd make sure I had a home run to the point they ground the drop (I'm
> spacing out on what that's called) because it means fewer splitters.

RG-6 is cheap shit? My builder used cheap shit, but Dish, at least, tends to 
do better than that. I don't they ever ran less than RG-59.

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Kristian Zoerhoff
kristian.zoerhoff@gmail.com