Uverse Availability?

[SatinKzo]

Well, from what I can tell, Uverse is only available in a handful of cities, yet if I punch in my address in Michigan, it says it's available. I tried calling but was on hold for forever (not good for a new sales line).

Is the database screwed up for the availability? I don't see any cities listed at all in Michigan as available.

 

[RandallA]

I've read at uverseusers.com and dslreports.com that the lookup database is all screwed up. Best thing to do is to call.

 

[DirtyTurbin]

Where are you in MI?

 

[SatinKzo]

Where are you in MI?

Kalamazoo for the last 10 years. Originally from northern lower and college in the Keewenaw.

Seems only the address portion is messed up, if I use my old SBC phone number, it says not available. Address portion flips out a bit for me as I "technically" live in a chartered township, but my zip code is a city/township code.

 

[Kirby Baker]

Dont forget, the bill that Jenny signed recently is going to allow AT&T to come in and wire up the state. They said they plan to spend ~ $600 million in the state. I dont know how much of the state will get installed for that amount. I can guarantee it wont include me!

 

[DirtyTurbin]

Have you seen any Vrads poping up in your area?

 

[stimpson]

Have you seen any Vrads poping up in your area?

Are there any images, or do you have any pics as to what a VRAD looks like?

 

[SatinKzo]

all the images I have seen of the VRADs are very inconspicuous (sp?). Nothing that sticks out and says "HEY Uverse in the area". Heck the ones I have seen you would think they belonged to the power company, not a phone company.

But to answer the question, no I have seen nothing locally, but on the uverse sites, they do some some VRAD's in SW michigan, but not my area.

 

[Eva Greczkowski]

I will ask Scott to take a picture of the VRAD down the street
It looks like a big box attached to the telephone pole That is about as technical as I can get.

 

[rad]

I will ask Scott to take a picture of the VRAD down the street
It looks like a big box attached to the telephone pole That is about as technical as I can get.

Don't know about there, but here in Austin, they're all on a free standing concret pad. The box is beige in color, about 5ft tall, 2 ft deep, 3 ft wide.

 

[stimpson]

I will ask Scott to take a picture of the VRAD down the street
It looks like a big box attached to the telephone pole That is about as technical as I can get.

I appreciate it. AT&T is finally starting to upgrade to fiber in my area out side of Little Rock, and they have said UVERSE is on the way. Just wanting to know what to start looking for.

 

[SatinKzo]

Don't know about there, but here in Austin, they're all on a free standing concret pad. The box is beige in color, about 5ft tall, 2 ft deep, 3 ft wide.

Yeah, the pics I have seen are all on the ground on slabs, nothing on poles.

 

[RoyW]

I've had the misfortune to live on a corner lot(San Diego) where a VRAD is being installed on my neighbors side of the property line. The current phone box is on my side and AT&T had initially considered placing the new VRAD on my side also however because of trees opted not to.

Trenching for the fiber down the street was messy but not nearly as bad as tearing up nine sections of our side walk to allow tunneling under the remaining sections. A power line had to be ran from one corner of our lot to the other to supply the newly installed VRAD.

At the present time AT&T is busy connecting up the newly installed VRAD but I have no idea when it might become operational. All I can say is be happy if the new boxes aren't installed to near your property because its definitely a hassle.

 

[RemyM]

It looks like a big box attached to the telephone pole That is about as technical as I can get.

That's what the ones in Stamford and Norwalk, CT look like too. The way you can tell if they are activated for U-verse is they attach a smaller box to the side of it, under the electric meter, and it will have two lights lit on it.

 

[DirtyTurbin]

Vrad Cabnet

The Vrad is the smaller cabnet on the left.

 

[GaryPen]

No wonder some cities are temporarily blocking these monstrocities. Wow that's fugly.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

The Vrad is the smaller cabnet on the left.

That not what they look like here. That monster is HUGE.

Unfortunately when I get out of work its too dark to take a picture.

 

[RIRWIN1983]

Scott,

That larger box with the orange lettering is a RT, Remote Terminal, used to extend the reach of the wirecenter's CO, Central Office. And also helps to lower the loop lengths required for dsl. Most newer developments are RT fed circuts. the less wide, but just as tall box on the left hand side is a 52B box, which is commond indicator of VDSL deployment, a key factor for uverse deployment. i would love to see pics of one of those pole monted as you stated you've seen. i've only seen on in that configuration and it was bairly a foot off the ground.

 

[stimpson]

Thanks for the pic and info fellas. I catch myself driving and scanning all over town. Now I have a good image of exactly what i'm obsessing over.

 

[RoyW]

Until AT&T actually activates the VRAD they have just installed next to our house and begins to offer the service I'm holding off on my excitement.

A few years back our phone provider SBC now renamed AT&T actually trenched and installed Nodes throughout our neighborhood along with running fiber to each individual home. It wasn't easy and I'm sure cost a fortune. At some point SBC must have decided it wasn't going to be cost effect to go the FIOS route and they actually removed the rather large powered Nodes and that was the end of it. I still have the fiber sticking out of PVC right next to the garage, what a waste.

Here is a picture of the recently installed VRAD.