BigSqwert Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I'm currently using AT&T DSL and they blow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 10, 2010 -> 04:50 PM) I'm currently using AT&T DSL and they blow. ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogan873 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I dropped AT&T a few years ago because, yes, they blow. I've been using Earthlink DSL since then, and it's pretty solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 I'm waiting for that one vote for dial up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 10, 2010 -> 05:11 PM) I'm waiting for that one vote for dial up. 7 months ago and I was (not that I was paying for it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 10, 2010 -> 04:13 PM) 7 months ago and I was (not that I was paying for it). Ouch. I don't think I'd have the patience to even bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 You can't get faster than cable, so I go cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 (edited) QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 10, 2010 -> 03:50 PM) I'm currently using AT&T DSL and they blow. We had AT&T DSL than switched to the U-Verse cable wifi. It's much better. Edited May 10, 2010 by Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 10, 2010 -> 04:11 PM) I'm waiting for that one vote for dial up. texsox hasn't voted yet probably Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 QUOTE (mr_genius @ May 10, 2010 -> 06:07 PM) texsox hasn't voted yet probably Well, it takes a while to load polls on dial-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 10, 2010 -> 05:08 PM) Well, it takes a while to load polls on dial-up. Here he comes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 AT&T UVerse (DSL) and I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 QUOTE (Brian @ May 10, 2010 -> 05:00 PM) We had AT&T DSL than switched to the U-Verse cable wifi. It's much better. U-Verse Internet is technically still DSL I thought. Am I wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 You left off fiber, fiber > cable. I have Verizon and I am on 25 mpbs, the difference is the upload speed is also 25 mpbs. Why a home user would need more than that is beyond me actually. What's taking AT&T so long to get Uverse out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 10, 2010 -> 07:11 PM) U-Verse Internet is technically still DSL I thought. Am I wrong? The wifi I have from them goes through the cable. Thought DSL was phone line signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Fiber optic doesn't go through a phone line... it's its own thing. Actually the phone line and the coax line come from the same box. Insert southsideirish at some point in this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Zelig Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Whatever UVerse is, I'm not really sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 So no one's going to admit to "borrowing"? haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 11, 2010 -> 08:18 AM) So no one's going to admit to "borrowing"? haha We did for a bit when I was staying at my wife's apartment before we got married. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 QUOTE (lostfan @ May 10, 2010 -> 07:23 PM) You left off fiber, fiber > cable. I have Verizon and I am on 25 mpbs, the difference is the upload speed is also 25 mpbs. Why a home user would need more than that is beyond me actually. What's taking AT&T so long to get Uverse out? I totally agree. 25 megabits is more than enough to stream 1080p HD video. With a 25 megabit, you can download one 3 megabyte file a SECOND. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 (edited) I have Sprint's 3G/4G MiFi and its great. Fast and reliable. Edited May 11, 2010 by EvilJester99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 This is actually a big topic for me right now since my fiance and I are moving out of the city and have to decide what to get. We currently have RCN. They were fine until recently when we had a few nights without cable, and the internet has been really spotty during peak times (the 5mbps service). I'm looking to get away from RCN if at all possible. Comcast is so over priced it's ridiculous. 50% off for 6 months and then they jack up the price, not to mention all the "extras" (hd service, dvr, etc) are all more than everyone else. I'd love to get DirecTV (my preference), but then I'd be forced to get slow (3mbps) DSL for 50 bucks a month. The only other option is AT&T Uverse, which I guess is a decent deal. Good channel selection, 6mbps internet, HD/DVR service (and 3 extra HD recievers...all hooked up to the same DVR). My only question is since it basically creates it's own network, if my fiance is watching a DVR program in one room (using bandwidth), and I'm playing Xbox or watching TV in the other, how much does that slow down our interent? Anyone with Uverse have these issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 11, 2010 -> 10:08 AM) I'm looking to get away from RCN if at all possible. Comcast is so over priced it's ridiculous. 50% off for 6 months and then they jack up the price, not to mention all the "extras" (hd service, dvr, etc) are all more than everyone else. As soon as your "special rate" expires, call them and cancel because its too expensive. They will give you another half off deal for the next year again. Been working that for over 4 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 11, 2010 -> 08:18 AM) So no one's going to admit to "borrowing"? haha I freely admit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 QUOTE (lostfan @ May 10, 2010 -> 07:23 PM) You left off fiber, fiber > cable. I have Verizon and I am on 25 mpbs, the difference is the upload speed is also 25 mpbs. Why a home user would need more than that is beyond me actually. What's taking AT&T so long to get Uverse out? QUOTE (lostfan @ May 10, 2010 -> 07:38 PM) Fiber optic doesn't go through a phone line... it's its own thing. Actually the phone line and the coax line come from the same box. Insert southsideirish at some point in this thread LOL The simple answer is sure, Fiber > Coaxial Cable. However all things are not simple when it comes to broadband. In the end, due to costs and as frequencies start to open up my personal opinion is that wireless technologies such as WiMax or LTE or Wifi will wind up providing the last mile of service some day. The problem is costs, flexibility and sheer time to provision physical medium services will prove to be a waste at some point. Right now, from a user standpoint there isn't a whole lot of differences between current speeds of cable/FiOS ( Fiber to the prem ), and UVerse ( Fiber to the block ). As far as how they provision stuff and the future of what they can do, thats a whole different animal. UVerse uses VDSL2 as its technology. Fiber is pulled into these large cabinets call VRADs. These VRADS take a while to provision, lots of power and some space. Once a VRAD becomes operational then it uses either the existing phone copper or a WiFi signal as the last mile. Everything in UVerse transmits over IP including the TV signal which is based on IPTV. FiOS on the other hand is fiber to the house. Services are provisioned over separate wavelengths in the optical spectrum. Here TV is provisioned over its own wavelength and uses more traditional protocols. Only on demand is run over IPTV. The fiber is singlemode fiber which is lit to the block and then split to 32 nodes on the block. Cable, cable uses coax as the medium and the signal is split amongst frequencies transmitted over this medium. DOCIS 3.0 allows for high speed signalling over and utilizes DOCIS 3.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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