I guess this explains why they offered me such a sweet deal when I called to inquire about Uverse earlier this week. They must be afraid of FIOS and Docsis 3.0 and just want to amass subscribers. Uverse had been available to me since early last year but I didn't bother with it since they wouldn't allow me to get the service without the TV service attached (I only wanted the quasi-fiber internet). They offered me the service with only the internet (10mb/1.5mb) and waived the installation fee plus they offered the same monthly rate that I'm currently paying for their 1.5mb/384k DSL. I couldn't resist so I signed up. Something to hold me over till FIOS moves in. The only other option was Time Warner which would have been 2x more expensive for comparable speeds and the caps/tier news lately doesn't put them in a good light.
There really needs to be a lot more competition in the broadband space. This 1 to 2 choice per market is why the US isn't number 1 when it comes to speeds.
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mactx @ Apr 23rd 2009 12:07AM
I guess this explains why they offered me such a sweet deal when I called to inquire about Uverse earlier this week. They must be afraid of FIOS and Docsis 3.0 and just want to amass subscribers. Uverse had been available to me since early last year but I didn't bother with it since they wouldn't allow me to get the service without the TV service attached (I only wanted the quasi-fiber internet). They offered me the service with only the internet (10mb/1.5mb) and waived the installation fee plus they offered the same monthly rate that I'm currently paying for their 1.5mb/384k DSL. I couldn't resist so I signed up. Something to hold me over till FIOS moves in. The only other option was Time Warner which would have been 2x more expensive for comparable speeds and the caps/tier news lately doesn't put them in a good light.
There really needs to be a lot more competition in the broadband space. This 1 to 2 choice per market is why the US isn't number 1 when it comes to speeds.