FarmerTy Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Topic says it all. I am currently using Uverse and was just wondering what everyone else is using and their experiences with it. I am happy for the most part but wouldn't mind finding a better value for now until Google fiber gets here in 2014. -Ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I like time Warner, but I am sure it is not cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Uverse is tops in terms of what you get for the money IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I reluctantly use time warner, which is a 20Mbps downstream speed here, but I've used ATT as well. They are all pretty bad around here. For some reason the best uverse I can get at my house is less than 1Mbps. We haven't had cable for 8 years now, so downstream speed is important, since we watch netflix, amazon, and hulu fairly often. 1Mbps doesn't anywhere near cut it. As long as you don't ever have to use anyone's tech support and you don't mind their price unilaterally creeping up every year, they're all about the same. I would go with whatever has the best speed for the money. You're 3 options are TW, ATT, and Verizon FIOS if it's available at your location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I reluctantly use time warner, which is a 20Mbps downstream speed here, but I've used ATT as well. They are all pretty bad around here. For some reason the best uverse I can get at my house is less than 1Mbps. We haven't had cable for 8 years now, so downstream speed is important, since we watch netflix, amazon, and hulu fairly often. 1Mbps doesn't anywhere near cut it. As long as you don't ever have to use anyone's tech support and you don't mind their price unilaterally creeping up every year, they're all about the same. I would go with whatever has the best speed for the money. You're 3 options are TW, ATT, and Verizon FIOS if it's available at your location. A friend of mine was on uverse and they throttle her speed down to around 1Mps. She called tech support and was told they are slowing it down to drive people to ATTs new fiber optic or whatever. Unfortunately, they won't be installing the fancy network on her street. She switched to TW. I don't know anything about the super high speed stuff (50 Mbs) services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Wait for fiber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogdan Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 TW is not so bad, 13Mbps for $40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 TW is not so bad, 13Mbps for $40. Really? I am paying Uverse $40 for 6Mbps! Let me check them out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 That pricing is generally tied into a multi service discount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dustin Blevins Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I loved uverse until I had to deal with their customer service. I mailed the boxes to the wrong facility (but the address the lady on the phone told me) and a year later got a bill for $800 because they never received it. Had to go through a bunch of nonsense and show receipts of it being sent to the facility the lady (that barely spoke English) told me to send it to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Capt. Obvious Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I love how ISPs act like their equipment is gold... Those boxes are worth nowhere near that much, for $800 (less actually) I could setup an entire Cisco lab 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Right now I pay $60 for 12mb at ATT. Based on speed tests averages I'm right about 11.5mb. Back when I lived in Dallas we used to have Verizon fios and we paid $30 a month for 15mb download and 5mb upload. Ohh the good ol days. Note: Having the 5 mb upload was awesome for gaming. Back when I owned an xbox... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogdan Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 That pricing is generally tied into a multi service discount. Not really, since the internet service is the only one I have, no phone no TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Just ran a speed test; we're on TW. Got 14Mbps up, 0.9Mbps down. (according to the website, this was between me and a server at the University of Houston). Ours is bundled with TV and Phone and runs $40 for just the Interwebz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Try a speed test on the FCC website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 wait for fiber, but I currently run TW Business class at the house. The SLA (Service Level Agreement) for BC is 99.8% uptime guaranteed. And honestly, in two years, its NEVER gone down. It also gets me 4 static IP's, two dedicated channels of prioritized voip and 2 ports of POTS support. The price is higher than standard TWC but again, the quality of service is outstanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Try a speed test on the FCC website Hrmmm. Needs an address AND Java to run it. No thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Try a speed test on the FCC website Hrmmm. Needs an address AND Java to run it. No thanks. That's fine but your twc/AT&T sponsored speed checks are extremely bias and set to show you what your paying for not what your actually getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Try a speed test on the FCC website Hrmmm. Needs an address AND Java to run it. No thanks. Try speediest.net? I think they have a non-mobile version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I used speedtest.net the first time. Ran it tonight on: speakeasy.net; 18.48Mbps down and 0.98 up going to some server in Dallas cnet's: 15500 kbps down verizon: 21.2 Mbps down, 0.97 up TW: 24.51Mbps down, 0.98 up testmy.net: 19.6 down, 771Kbps up speed.io: 25.367Kbps down, 259Kpbs up (http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/11/a-reliable-broadband-speed-test/) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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