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| U-Verse vs. Cable; Bandwidth? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 3 2010, 04:50 PM (455 Views) | |
| George K | Aug 3 2010, 04:50 PM Post #1 |
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Finally
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I saw an ad today for Comcast. They were claiming that U-Verse (ATT) is inferior because of bandwidth issues. If you're watching a couple of HD channels, your internet speeds will suffer. They also claim that there's an issue because it's running over "those old phone wires in your house." Dat true? |
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| Aqua Letifer | Aug 3 2010, 04:53 PM Post #2 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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It depends. Do U-Verse lines suffer from ****ing traffic shaping and bandwidth throttling? If not, it's a bloody lie. |
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| Axtremus | Aug 3 2010, 07:55 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Yes, it's true. But the question is this: AFTER accounting for the reduced bandwidth for watching a couple of HD channels, is the Internet speed still faster than your other similarly priced options? (And, depends on your usage needs, you may want to compare both "upload" speed in addition to the "download" speed. Most advertisements/commercials tout only the "download" speed.) |
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| 1hp | Aug 3 2010, 08:16 PM Post #4 |
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Fulla-Carp
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U-verse uses HPNA, and there are bandwidth issues. If you read the fine print, you can record up to 4 programs in High Def simultaneously, but you can only watch one of them at a time in HD. If you have multiple TV's in the home, only one can received a show in HD, the rest get standard def. There isn't enough bandwidth in the home for two HD video streams. That said, I don't know if that affects your internet speed. Comcast may be using specsmanship as part of it's advertising campaign (ie Comcast may be quoting their peak bandwidth for one subscriber in an area with no others sharing the bandwidth on the cable system; or U-Verse may have sufficient bandwidth, but Comcast has excess so they are bragging about numbers that may both be sufficient). It's like TV manufacturers quoting million to 1 contrast ratios - there is no spec on how the measurements should be performed so it isn't really a figure that you can compare against other manufacturers. For me, the single HD video stream of U-Verse is the issue. |
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| 1hp | Aug 6 2010, 08:21 AM Post #5 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Well, as it would happen, an AT&T sales guy came by the house pushing UVerse. It turns out that I am about 100 feet from the end of the fiber optic termination so he claims I will get screaming internet bandwidth (seems that bandwidth is inversely proportional to distance from the fiber termination). Price was right so figured I would give it a try. I only have one TV in the house so the single HD channel is not an issue - and as I don't have an HD tv set, it really isn't an issue! I already have AT&T for the house phone, and I've been using the old SBC?Yahoo DSL which is now AT&T, so all I am really doing is swapping out AT&T for Time Warner, and getting more internet bandwidth. Oh yeah, I'll finally be getting BBC America - I've been too cheap to pay the extra to Time Warner for the package that includes that. Install is next Friday, so I'll let you know what the bandwidth is after the install. Interestingly enough, the cable and the internet will both come into the house on the same coax that the Time Warner delivers on. So the only missing piece is the connection from the fiber termination to the coax entry point downstairs (I'm in a condo and the 6 units in my block all have a common entry point for coax, phone, electric). I'll ask the installer what the missing piece of cable will be. The install will take 4 hours - 3 of which will be outside, so I'm wondering if they aren't pulling the missing cable? Also, the sales guy stated that communications between a main set top box containing the DVR, and any other set top boxes in the home, would be wireless. I hadn't heard that before, and not sure I believe it. I'll badger the installer about that too. Enquiring minds! |
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| Axtremus | Aug 6 2010, 10:08 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Interesting. Verizon's FiOS TV uses co-ax (MoCA) to transfer stuff between DVR and set-top boxes. Would be curious to know what spectrum/technology AT&T U-Verse use to connect up its DVR and set-top boxes. |
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