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 Jun 18 2008, 07:50 AM
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I'm giving it a shot, will report on it once installed next thursday
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Jun 18 2008, 08:48 AM
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Oh I can hardly wait!
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Jun 18 2008, 08:52 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
well you're gonna have to, sorry
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Jun 18 2008, 10:19 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 2,329 Joined: 20-June 07 Member No.: 1,243 |
Oh I was being totally sarcastic. I don't even know what Uverse is, nor to I give a shit frankly
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Jun 18 2008, 10:20 AM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
what is it? I'm curious
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Jun 18 2008, 10:38 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
uverse is to AT&T as Fios is to Verizon
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Jun 18 2008, 11:35 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Oasis @ Jun 18 2008, 11:19 AM)  Oh I was being totally sarcastic. I don't even know what Uverse is, nor to I give a shit frankly i know 
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Jun 18 2008, 11:38 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Jessica @ Jun 18 2008, 11:20 AM) what is it? I'm curious fiber to the home internet + TV service. I wanted to try it last year but had heard it was a little buggy and they only allowed 1 HD stream at a time, but my boss recently got it and said it works great and that you can do two HD streams now. not to mention I'm finally getting fed up with the cable service here... HD channels get hiccups and dropouts, the equipment & software is crap, channel offering is lagging behind other providers, etc. |
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Jun 18 2008, 11:48 AM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Jun 18 2008, 12:38 PM) fiber to the home internet + TV service. I wanted to try it last year but had heard it was a little buggy and they only allowed 1 HD stream at a time, but my boss recently got it and said it works great and that you can do two HD streams now. not to mention I'm finally getting fed up with the cable service here... HD channels get hiccups and dropouts, the equipment & software is crap, channel offering is lagging behind other providers, etc. What cable provider do you have? Is it Comcast there in Houston? Oh and does TimeWarner own Comcast?
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Jun 18 2008, 12:01 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Comcast and Time Warner shared markets. Time Warner ran Houston, Comcast ran DFW. Well through some business deal at the end of last year, they split up, and Comcast took over Houston and Time Warner took over DFW. I currently have Comcast, and am getting pretty bad service lately. I'll have whole HD channels drop out, stuttering/etc, and this is on pre-recorded stuff not just live sports. Also lost internet a few times recently, one time for about 45 mins the one damn day I decided to work from home. I figure since neither Comcast or AT&T Uverse has contracts, it's worth a shot to try it out.
Comcast also implemented some new architecture to their signal, cramming a forth HD channel into a stream that should only carry 3. As a result they've had to increase compression which degrades the picture quality quite a bit. They've just all around been pissing me off. |
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Jun 18 2008, 12:07 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Jun 18 2008, 01:01 PM) Comcast and Time Warner shared markets. Time Warner ran Houston, Comcast ran DFW. Well through some business deal at the end of last year, they split up, and Comcast took over Houston and Time Warner took over DFW. I currently have Comcast, and am getting pretty bad service lately. I'll have whole HD channels drop out, stuttering/etc, and this is on pre-recorded stuff not just live sports. Also lost internet a few times recently, one time for about 45 mins the one damn day I decided to work from home. I figure since neither Comcast or AT&T Uverse has contracts, it's worth a shot to try it out. I've personally always been partial to Time Warner. I have had some really good experiences with them. In Savannah, though, they have Comcast which is why I ask. Hopefully Comcast in Savannah isn't shitty like it is there.
Comcast also implemented some new architecture to their signal, cramming a forth HD channel into a stream that should only carry 3. As a result they've had to increase compression which degrades the picture quality quite a bit. They've just all around been pissing me off. |
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Jun 18 2008, 12:10 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Well cable providers are pretty location based. Comcast here will probably be completely different than there. Most cable companies used to be extremely localized, and have only over the past 10 years or so been bought up by larger companies.
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Jun 18 2008, 12:12 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Jun 18 2008, 01:10 PM) Well cable providers are pretty location based. Comcast here will probably be completely different than there. Most cable companies used to be extremely localized, and have only over the past 10 years or so been bought up by larger companies. Yeah, I remember when Time Warner bought El Paso's cable company. We were a test market for their high speed internet and a bunch of their cable shit. It sucked for the first year and then they got way better.
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Jun 18 2008, 02:02 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Jun 18 2008, 11:38 AM) fiber to the home internet + TV service. I wanted to try it last year but had heard it was a little buggy and they only allowed 1 HD stream at a time, but my boss recently got it and said it works great and that you can do two HD streams now. not to mention I'm finally getting fed up with the cable service here... HD channels get hiccups and dropouts, the equipment & software is crap, channel offering is lagging behind other providers, etc. it's actually FTTN as opposed to FTTH. -------------------- |
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Jun 18 2008, 02:08 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
uverse does it both ways. there is a node in my neighbor's back yard so I might get the actual FTTH. not sure though.
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Jun 18 2008, 02:17 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,566 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 66 |
My roommate and I have it. It's pretty nice. The main unit wirelessly sends information to the two remote boxes or some shit like that.
I was able to hook my Airport Extreme upto the box and create a second network for myself. I like it! |
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Jun 19 2008, 12:46 AM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
lemme know how you like it impala, i'm moving apartments and may not have fios in my area. plus microsoft fuels the uverse tv, and that makes it cool simply by association.
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Jun 19 2008, 08:35 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
well when I messed around with my friend's box that had it, it looked nearly identical to the windows media center guide. All I want is a TV & internet service that's reliable, hopefully this will fit the bill.
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Jun 26 2008, 11:45 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Got it this morning. First impressions: awesome. HD looks great, although I haven't watched any sports yet. The interface guide looks just like windows media center, 10x better than that crappy SARA software the cable co used. Can set the DVR from a website, has the ability to put this bar overlay on the screen with whatever you want on it, sports ticker, stock ticker, news ticker, weather, etc. The install used all our existing coax, so no new drops necessary. Speed tests show exactly the speed I ordered (6Mbps) and the guy said it's about 30Mbps to the house (obviously for the TV streams and such too), and that if I wanted to upgrade to the 10Mbps I should be fine. More HD channels than I had with Comcast, and more channels in general. Overall, very nice so far. Now just to see how the reliability works out.
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Jun 26 2008, 11:49 AM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Jun 26 2008, 12:45 PM) Got it this morning. First impressions: awesome. HD looks great, although I haven't watched any sports yet. The interface guide looks just like windows media center, 10x better than that crappy SARA software the cable co used. Can set the DVR from a website, has the ability to put this bar overlay on the screen with whatever you want on it, sports ticker, stock ticker, news ticker, weather, etc. The install used all our existing coax, so no new drops necessary. Speed tests show exactly the speed I ordered (6Mbps) and the guy said it's about 30Mbps to the house (obviously for the TV streams and such too), and that if I wanted to upgrade to the 10Mbps I should be fine. More HD channels than I had with Comcast, and more channels in general. Overall, very nice so far. Now just to see how the reliability works out. Yeah, I really wonder about sports. When I had HD through the cable company in Lubbock in '04, it was really choppy and almost pointless to watch.
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Jun 26 2008, 12:21 PM
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Dang it... No Fios or U-verse available where I'm moving.
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