At&T U-Verse Internet 12mbps $25 per mo YMMV

Quote from napnap : Are people still using landlines !! Traditional Land Lines !! Wow !! I mean wow...

Home Security system usually require Land lines. And if you live in area that has power outage often or live in Earthquake, hurricane area, it may be better to have Land Lines.

Based on this study, about ONE in Four US Homes have mobile phone and no landline. Meaning the rest probably has traditional landline
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news...-study.htm
I am surprise people would be surprise when someone mentioned they use land lines. Since 3 out of 4 households supposed to have landline.

Quote from MozartA : Home Security system usually require Land lines. And if you live in area that has power outage often or live in Earthquake, hurricane area, it may be better to have Land Lines. Based on this study, about ONE in Four US Homes have mobile phone and no landline. Meaning the rest probably has traditional landline http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news...-study.htm I am surprise people would be surprise people have land lines when 3 out of 4 households have landline.

I don't have landline but I agree with you. I'm not surprised at all. Of course many people still have land line

actually there is 'overhead' with DSL, so you will never get 100% of the speed. when i had the old school DSL I was getting 70-80% of my max speed.

now with cable, you not only get your max speed, but also it can go well above.

i seriously doubt that i will ever go back to DSL.

the landline is on its way out too as its days are numbered. Basic landline with choice basic package (unlimited local, caller id, call waiting [no call waiting CID]) and no long distance is cheaper then just having unlimited local calling and CID. although with the $10+ in taxes its almost cheaper to get a $40/mo unlimited cell phone! just a few dollars more and the landline goes.

Quote from MozartA : Home Security system usually require Land lines. And if you live in area that has power outage often or live in Earthquake, hurricane area, it may be better to have Land Lines. Based on this study, about ONE in Four US Homes have mobile phone and no landline. Meaning the rest probably has traditional landline http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news...-study.htm I am surprise people would be surprise when someone mentioned they use land lines. Since 3 out of 4 households supposed to have landline.

1 in 4 households use "only mobile"

this translates to...

3 in 4 households use "landlines"

interesting...

we are assuming
a) 4 out of 4 households in USA have a telephone of one kind or the other
b) VOIP is not invented yet and landlines means traditional landlines.

very very interesting..

Quote from swedrows : i think your speed depends largely on how far you are from the main service station...mine is less than 2 miles from me and i was getting 5Mpbs on a 6Mpbs DSL service. it seems for me (probably varies per person and location) they seem to give me 1Mpbs less than my max...when i had the 3Mpbs service, i was getting 2Mpbs consistantly...i don't expect to get 11Mpbs on my new 12Mpbs service, but even if i get somewhere in the range of 8Mpbs I will be happy since i am getting 5 now, and i will be paying $15 less per month now

There may be some overhead, but in most areas it shouldn't be a problem. My GF's family lives literally across the street. They consistently get 11Mbps, whereas I could not get 1Mbps. The wiring in your house needs to support it, and ATT will charge you up to your eyeballs to set it up so that it supports U-Verse, which is why it makes no sense unless you already have it set up.

also, to whoever replied about the modem, I had a brand new modem+router which I got from AT&T, so that definitely was not the problem

Quote from Fleetwoodmac : Oh, and I had to sign up for 1 year

are you sure you had to sign up for one year? if you go through their website, all the options for U-verse internet show no contract...but that is for internet only, i don't know if you have any other services with AT&T. i only have dryloop dsl, so this is replacing the DSL and ordered it online...also had a chat window open for a service rep and they said they would waive my $100 modem fee once i gave them my order info so i did that also.

Anyone know what the upload speed is?

Google for "att dsl overcapacity" or "add dsl oversold" before you make a decision. Their DSL is becoming horrible, have been a loyal user for over 8 years and now just switched over to cable.

If anyone is thinking about signing up for U-Verse service, please PM me before you sign the contract.

Thanks

Be forewarned, your service will vary by area.

I had to "upgrade" to keep my "business speed" rate, which was around 6 or 8 mb/s. Afterwards during any peak times my speed would consistently drop to 1 or 2 mb/s. I even had a period of several hours where my internal router was reading 56kps!

Also, you can no longer use your own modem or router to connect. They force you to use their proprietary one, which is worthless. My service dies every couple of hours and I have to power on/off, which literally takes 5-7 mins (how does a modem take that long to power up?). No issues before using my own vastly superior router+modem.

I would switch to anyone else if there was any competition at all in the area, besides cable

Quote from kcaj32 : Are you sure? I wasn't told of any caps... hmmm... It still is not too bad... that equates to 2 dvd downloads per day.

DVD ?? Who does dvds these days ??

Anyway DSL sucks too

I'm pretty happy with UVerse internet wise. I just upgraded from 12 to 18 and it's been nice. Also have TV and phone and I miss getting east coast channels here on the west coast, but the TV isn't bad. Paying $114 for the three. U300, 18mbs down internet, and unlimited voice.

Quote from arenaninja : also, to whoever replied about the modem, I had a brand new modem+router which I got from AT&T, so that definitely was not the problem

Because new equipment always works and is never bad?

I have ATT DSL over 10yrs but now want to change to TW~~ especially, ATT customer service is terrible and now have internet data cap:
http://www.att.com/esupport/artic...hipx_6X4XK

Anyone knows time warner has data cap too?