Thread: U-verse Coming My way.

Not to be a downer but the guy driving the truck might not be the best source of information. It might not be available in your area for weeks, months, or years.

They claim U-Verse is Fiber optics lol..
I had U-Verse HSI for nearly 2 years now, maybe little less.
Never had an outage, really reliable, very fast, the latency is better than cable.
All in all its really good, plus the 2Wire 3800HGV-B Gateway is a monster, wireless speeds are really good, wired are A+!

Thanks for the info guys!

Originally Posted by IcEWoLF

They claim U-Verse is Fiber optics lol..

It is fiber to the box in the neighborhood. AT&T is starting to roll out VDSL2

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_high_speed_digital_subscriber_line_2"]Very high speed digital subscriber line 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

VDSL2 deteriorates quickly from a theoretical maximum of 250 Mbit/s at 'source' to 100 Mbit/s at 0.5 km (1640 ft) and 50 Mbit/s at 1 km (3280 ft), but degrades at a much slower rate from there, and still outperforms VDSL. Starting from 1.6 km (1 mile) its performance is equal to ADSL2+.

AT&T will do fiber to the premises if it is put in during development of the neighborhood.

The main problem with U-Verse is that it is a bunch of different things in different areas, AT&T has been going with the least common denominator.

They need to get their service to 50-100mbit/sec internet and at least 4HD channels at once to be really competative. They need to get everyone of their U-verse customers closer than .5km from the node. Soon, the cable companies in every area they operate U-Verse in will be at 100mbit/sec internet with all the HD channels you want at the same time.

Originally Posted by IcEWoLF

They claim U-Verse is Fiber optics lol..

You think U-Verse isn't fiber optics lol..

Originally Posted by yorktown

You think U-Verse isn't fiber optics lol..

Uverse is fttn, just like cable. AFAIK, only fios is fttp.