[BC] OT, anyone with UVerse yet?

[Dana Puopolo]

I have not had direct experience, but there's a lot of discussion at
www.broadbandreports.com in the At&T forums there.  How well it works
apparently depends on how close to the SLIC your house is. One thing that I
know is true is that only one TV can receive an HD signal at a time-the rest
get SDTV. Suppositely, they are working on this...

It does have a lot of channels available though and they offer pretty fast
conenctions.

It should soon ba available here where I am and I'll probably going to try it
then.

The 66 mbps number is probably correct. I have heard that number on the low
side and 100 mbps on the high side.

-D

------ Original Message ------
Received: Mon, 12 May 2008 09:01:37 PM EDT
From: Tom Bosscher <tom at bosscher.org>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: [BC] OT, anyone with UVerse yet?

    I have to make a decision on how I waste my time with television. I 
currently am using Comcast Basic +, along with their Internet, and use 
Vonage for phone service. I have 3 Panasonic DVR's that work very well. 
The Panasonics lock onto the VITs of a particular educational signal, 
and give me a TV Guide. Works very well. my wife and I love the DVR.

    But, come Feb, that VITs signal disappears, and, anytime now, 
Comcast will convert my neighborhood to all digital. This obsoletes my 
Panasonics. No working DVR's.

    So I'm looking at alternatives, and one of them is the new ATT 
Uverse. The pricing is on par with everyone else, but, I just wonder. 
ATT is a telephone company, and they have not been in the cable business.

So the big question is, has anyone fired up with Uverse yet? I heard one 
person state that they saw significant pixelation on a sports feeds. I 
was also told that the fiber node to home copper pipe is a 66 mb/s, 
which is divided by your 4 or 6 TV signals and your Internet feed.

    Just curious if anyone has a real life experience with Uverse yet.

    And I thank you

    Tom Bosscher