[TriLUG] U-Verse for us

Chris Merrill chris at webperformance.com
Fri Nov 1 14:37:08 EDT 2013


I switched from TWC and DirecTV to UVerse a few years ago. I did it
primarily for better upstream bandwidth -- I also run a Linux server
at home.

My upstream bandwidth increased dramatically over TWC. From <1Mbps
to > 8Mbps, IIRC.   I recall having to talk to UVerse tech support
to open outgoing ports for my mail server.

I did not intend to keep the TV service, but I found the DVR to be
superior to DirecTV DVR, which was superior to the top-of-the-line
TWC DVR I had before that. So I kept the TV service, dumped DirecTV
and have been a (mostly) happy customer.


The big caveat, however, is the massive UVerse outage that happened
last spring. Our service was out for many days (a week?).  We got
a financial credit for that from AT&T without asking, but that was
still a pretty horrendous failure.  I had TWC/RR internet for about 11
years before that without a outage more than a few hours.

Chris


On 11/1/2013 11:28 AM, Brian McCullough wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> My AT&T store has been trying to pursuade me to change from my old DSL
> and POTS line, to U-Verse for Internet and Phone, for "less."
> 
> Well, it is less for the first year, but they forgot to include the
> static IP address that I currently have, and want to charge my $15 per
> month for that, so that will make it much more than I am currently
> paying, after the year.
> 
> In any case, the question has to do with other people's experiences with
> this service, particularly for a Linux user with servers running on the
> DSL line, and your own suggestions on this subject.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
> 
> 


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