Looks like AT & T launched U-Verse today in many parts of St. Louis. Anyone planning on trying it?
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Yea I checked for where I live in Affton and its not available in my area also. Hell I can't even get half the speed on internet that I am supposed to get so what is the point of getting this. Now if AT&T can get it fixed and U-Verse does become available I would try it.
Not available in Demun either. At least in the city portion of Demun.
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STL today has a story about it. Says they'd like to wire 1 million
customers by the end of 2008. 30 million by 2010.
customers by the end of 2008. 30 million by 2010.
I don't know what's up with this. AT&T employees got an internal memo today with the details; nobody so far seems to have access, even in the specific areas that have been wired. Several employees did pre-launch testing, and their homes and immediate neighbors can order. Most areas can not. I'm guess they're going for a phased rollout, even in areas that are already wired. It's frustrating because they're realling telling people to sell, sell, sell, but it's hard to find anyone who can get it.
If anything else comes out before it hits the media I'll make sure to post.
If anything else comes out before it hits the media I'll make sure to post.
Afftonguy78 wrote:Yea I checked for where I live in Affton and its not available in my area also. Hell I can't even get half the speed on internet that I am supposed to get so what is the point of getting this. Now if AT&T can get it fixed and U-Verse does become available I would try it.
It is likely that the node you would use for UVerse is new and wouldn't rely on the central office or on existing remote terminals. If you can get UVerse you should definitely have the speed.
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Its available for me in South City. Anyone feel like telling me why its better than the Directv I have now?
South Compton wrote:Its available for me in South City. Anyone feel like telling me why its better than the Directv I have now?
If you've got the DirecTV High Def package: very little. I think the UVerse DVR is able to record as many as four programs at once. Plus I think you can program the UVerse DVR over the internet.
UVerse is a great option though for people stuck in condos or apartments and don't want to suffer with Charter's sucky service and limited channel selection. (No NFL Network, no channel 4 in HD etc.)
dweebe wrote:South Compton wrote:Its available for me in South City. Anyone feel like telling me why its better than the Directv I have now?
If you've got the DirecTV High Def package: very little. I think the UVerse DVR is able to record as many as four programs at once. Plus I think you can program the UVerse DVR over the internet.
UVerse is a great option though for people stuck in condos or apartments and don't want to suffer with Charter's sucky service and limited channel selection. (No NFL Network, no channel 4 in HD etc.)
I think it might also be cheaper and/or contain more channels. If you plan on getting internet from someone else and not having a landline, my first impression from the pricing schedule is that it becomes less and less attractive (more on par with cable or Dish/DirecTV). If you do bundle, though, it looks like a very good deal.
I get UVerse at my house in Northhampton, which I fully expected since the AT&T contractors were running fiber optics up Macklind all summer and fall.
bprop wrote:dweebe wrote:South Compton wrote:Its available for me in South City. Anyone feel like telling me why its better than the Directv I have now?
If you've got the DirecTV High Def package: very little. I think the UVerse DVR is able to record as many as four programs at once. Plus I think you can program the UVerse DVR over the internet.
UVerse is a great option though for people stuck in condos or apartments and don't want to suffer with Charter's sucky service and limited channel selection. (No NFL Network, no channel 4 in HD etc.)
I think it might also be cheaper and/or contain more channels. If you plan on getting internet from someone else and not having a landline, my first impression from the pricing schedule is that it becomes less and less attractive (more on par with cable or Dish/DirecTV). If you do bundle, though, it looks like a very good deal.
Bundling the prices are very good.
But channel wise UVerse is short of DirecTV. This is their current St. Louis HD line up.
1002 KTVI-HD-2 (FOX)
1004 KMOV-HD-4 (CBS)
1005 KSDK-HD-5 (NBC)
1009 KETC-HD-9 (PBS)
1011 KPLR-HD-11 (THE CW)
1030 KDNL-HD-30 (ABC)
1166 Arts & Entertainment HD
1650 Big Ten Network HD
1832 Cinemax HD
1833 Cinemax HD - West
1602 ESPN HD
1606 ESPN2 HD
1748 FSN Midwest HD
1452 Food Network HD
1802 HBO HD
1803 HBO HD - West
1102 HD Theater
1105 HDNet
1106 HDNet Movies
1450 HGTV HD
1362 Lifetime Movie Network HD
1502 MHD
1630 NFL Network HD
1265 National Geographic Channel HD
1852 Showtime HD
1853 Showtime HD - West
1902 Starz HD
1903 Starz HD - West
1112 TBS HD
1108 TNT HD
1270 The History Channel HD
1882 The Movie Channel HD
1104 Universal HD
1470 Wealth TV HD
Off the top of my head DirecTV has (and UVerse doesn't) SciFiHD, SpikeHD, AMC-HD, CNNHD, SpeedHD, the 3 or 4 Discovery Channel HDs, WeatherChannelHD, NHL-HD and NBA-HD. I'm sure there are other as I think DirecTV is up to 57 national HD channels.
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I had a 48" LCD and there were HD channels that didn't even look HD. The noes that were HD were irrelevant to me (food channel in HD, oooohhhh), etc. I couldn't care less about hd.
Juice13610 wrote:I had a 48" LCD and there were HD channels that didn't even look HD. The noes that were HD were irrelevant to me (food channel in HD, oooohhhh), etc. I couldn't care less about hd.
You're right: some just aren't worth it. The Turner channels (TBS, TNT) will simply take standard def programming, s t r e t c h it to fit the widescreen and mark it as HD.
Some of the uber-nerds on the technical HD forums are writing their congressmen about this. x2.Then again programming like "Planet Earth" and Robin Meade on CNN-HD are simply stunning in HD.
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dweebe wrote:Juice13610 wrote:I had a 48" LCD and there were HD channels that didn't even look HD. The noes that were HD were irrelevant to me (food channel in HD, oooohhhh), etc. I couldn't care less about hd.
You're right: some just aren't worth it. The Turner channels (TBS, TNT) will simply take standard def programming, s t r e t c h it to fit the widescreen and mark it as HD.
Then again programming like "Planet Earth" and Robin Meade on CNN-HD are simply stunning in HD.
That's true, I've seen some Discovery-type channel (might have been Discovery, actually) that was so gorgeous/stunning it made me want to kill myself.
You can check availability and learn more about the product at http://uverse.att.com
I know people in Soulard, Clayton, South City, Brentwood Forest and Ballwin who all had or have installation dates for this week.
Also, AT&T will continue to enhance the features of the service, since it is IP based. For example, whole home DVR, you can watch and record from any TV in the home.
You can find almost any information you want on the Uverse forum: http://www.uverseusers.com
I know people in Soulard, Clayton, South City, Brentwood Forest and Ballwin who all had or have installation dates for this week.
Also, AT&T will continue to enhance the features of the service, since it is IP based. For example, whole home DVR, you can watch and record from any TV in the home.
You can find almost any information you want on the Uverse forum: http://www.uverseusers.com
To bad such a horrible customer service company has a decent product coming out.
We currently cant wait to move... no joke... one of the top reasons, to get rid of AT&T. They over charge us every month, have to call them everymonth th fix it.
I pump fist in air everytime i drive home and see the At&t sign.
We currently cant wait to move... no joke... one of the top reasons, to get rid of AT&T. They over charge us every month, have to call them everymonth th fix it.
I pump fist in air everytime i drive home and see the At&t sign.
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Jeff707 wrote:I have never heard of Uverse. What is it?
Think of it as cable over phone lines.
Jeff707 wrote:I have never heard of Uverse. What is it?
Basicly is fibreoptic cable that can handle a lot more bandwidth. Instead of the old copper wire running an analog (your phone) or digital (DSL internet service) a fiberoptic cable runs directly to your house or a switching station providing phone, internet and TV.
Yah. U-Verse typically operates via FTTN or Fiber To The Neighborhood. Copper is then patched to individual homes from the switching stations. Verizon's FIOS operates via FTTP or Fiber To The Premises. Bandwidth is theoretically greater with FTTP although theoretically it shouldn't matter for years.
innov8ion wrote:Yah. U-Verse typically operates via FTTN or Fiber To The Neighborhood. Copper is then patched to individual homes from the switching stations. Verizon's FIOS operates via FTTP or Fiber To The Premises. Bandwidth is theoretically greater with FTTP although theoretically it shouldn't matter for years.
I didn't explain the switching station fully. You are correct the fiber runs to the switching station and then existing copper wire to the house. Though some newer areas are getting fiber directly to the house. But all of us in the city won't get that. You'll have to move to New Town St. Charles for that.
The other difference for TV is that instead of sending every single channel to your box/TV, UVerse sends only the single channel and switches what is coming to you when you change channels. (Charter is experimenting with the same technology.)