EXCLUSIVE: AT&T HomeZone First Look

**ChetK** · 07-19-2006 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by token

It is stupid you must be a NEW Dish customer, thru ATT, to get this. So the entire installed base of ATT/Dish customers have to cancel there service for 6 months to use this new service, or go without.

Makes no sense...none.

Yep. I'm thinking about cancelling for 6 months just to qualify. If E* wants to play hard ball, I'm game.

They'll lose more money on me not being a subscriber for 6 months than they would if they just let me subscribe via AT&T after they pay AT&T their percentage.

**Poke** · 07-19-2006 05:53 PM

Well between the two if I was to change I would go to the AT&T HomeZone before I would the AT&T UVerse. Mainly due to your still getting Dish service and you going to get more HD. Also your not pushing all of your data and tv service across one connection. To where you basically would be doing this with Uverse and if something was to go wrong with your net connetion you would loose everything. Your net would be down and your TV also at the same time to where on HomeZone your still getting your TV service from Dish. So I can see where HomeZone could do really well.

**ChetK** · 07-19-2006 05:56 PM

I'm also confused about that web site. It doesn't even mention HD. In fact, it mentions the SD version. At the same time, it says it only has 2 tuners. Is that just the SD version? Why no details about the HD version?

**Poke** · 07-19-2006 06:01 PM

Which Site the UVerse or IPTV?? Well 1st its new and Im sure as they add things more to their site as they get them in.IPTV will take longer probally to add HD due to it will eat up more bandwidth and they probally will half to do more testing. Due to on IPTV your trying to push HD video but folks will surf the net at home also which will put more stress on your connection. They did mention that they will have NFLHD and I think DiscoveryHD sometime. Thats why for now if I was going to do something the HomeZone would be the better choice. Due to your getting your TV Service from Dish and your broadband or Internet from AT&T. Plus the 2wire box is wireless and its MPEG4 for HD.

**cosmo_kramer** · 07-19-2006 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by token

It is stupid you must be a NEW Dish customer, thru ATT, to get this. So the entire installed base of ATT/Dish customers have to cancel there service for 6 months to use this new service, or go without.

Makes no sense...none.

Especially when I've been trying unsuccessfully to get a 622 out of SBC/AT&T/DISH since February and was told that Homezone would be released in the summer and to wait for that. Now, new customers only??

**GaryPen** · 07-19-2006 07:45 PM

Originally Posted by token

It is stupid you must be a NEW Dish customer, thru ATT, to get this. So the entire installed base of ATT/Dish customers have to cancel there service for 6 months to use this new service, or go without.

Makes no sense...none.

That is weird. You'd think that existing ATT/Dish/DSL customers would be eligible. That's just stupid.

Another thing I notice is that on the ATT/Dish terms of service, it no longer says that you must not have had Dish service for 180 days. It now says you must be a new, single-family residential subscriber. That would suck if previous Dish-only subs were ineligible.

I guess I'll find out when it hits San Jose, if I even decide to switch back from Comcast.

Also, I just noticed that the HomeZone receiver is leased from Dish, not ATT. (even though Dish had nothing to do with it's development, design, or manufacture.) I'll bet the legal wrangling is what took this thing so long to be released.

**GaryPen** · 07-19-2006 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by Poke

Which Site the UVerse or IPTV??

U-verse is IPTV.

**GaryPen** · 07-19-2006 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by Poke

Well between the two if I was to change I would go to the AT&T HomeZone before I would the AT&T UVerse.

You don't get a choice. HomeZone is being rolled out in areas that won't have U-verse. It was designed just for that purpose - To fill in the non-U-verse areas.