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Written by uvadmin
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Monday, 12 February 2007 |
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According to kurupt17's post in the AT&T forums over at Broadband Reports. Time Warner Houston is paying its employees $50 for every VRAD they locate. This could be very easy money for their service techs that stumble into the right areas. He reports one tech has located 20 VRADs so far. Also for those Time Warner employees looking for VRADs, we have a nice tool for tracking them, so feel free to use it. Maybe you can even cut us a check for the ones we have located in Houston already.
I guess this also means Time Warner wants to market discounted cable deals before AT&T turns the U-verse switch on in Houston. So if you are in Houston and Time Warner comes knocking with a great cable deal, you might want to hold off until you see what AT&T plans to offer in Houston.
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Written by uvadmin
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Monday, 12 February 2007 |
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AT&t has signed more tv content deals over the past couple of weeks. AT&T officially has
The Weather Channel now and that should be no surprise to anyone. The rest of the networks that are part of the new deal all include Video on Demand features.
U-verse is going to offer on demand music video from IMF and well as their normal 24 hour programming.
Sundance is also offering VoD and commercial free programming.
TVN will transform live events into VoD within hours of the event. They will also offer pay-per-view events for boxing, concerts, wrestling and other events.
And finally ViewNow will be offering pay-per-view and Free on Demand content from major motion picture studios. It is looking like U-verse is going to have an impression VoD library in the future. |
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Written by uvadmin
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Monday, 12 February 2007 |
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We have been using U-verse for about a month here at UverseUsers headquarters. Overall, I have been very happy with my U-verse service. The picture quality has been great, the channel selection above average, and I have had very minimal problems with pixilation. The reliability and speed of the internet service has been a welcome change from the fluctuating speeds I had become used to with RoadRunner. On top of that, the 2Wire gateway is a great device. It is very easy to configure, and my wireless signal has been consistently strong.
The most noticeable improvement over TimeWarner is the customer service. Every person I have dealt with at AT&T has been tremendously helpful and eager to solve any problem I was experiencing...once I got in touch with them, that is. The best way to explain what I mean is with a story.
Continue reading to see what annoys me most about U-verse.
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Written by uvadmin
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Monday, 12 February 2007 |
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So, unlike many, I kept Time Warner digital cable, and for 1 main reason: HD. Until U-Verse delivers on that I will keep TWC for my big-screen.
So how do they compare? Well, I have on my big-screen a TW SD DVR, a TW HD box and my Tatung U-Verse. On many channels, I find U-Verse in fact has better quality (try it on 40+in and it becomes more apparent). Also, I have been having massive HD problems with Time Warner and am on my 4th HD box in 3 years. Also, the Time Warner VOD is horrid: pixelation, lip sync messes - I get a lot of the programs free, assuming I can even order them, as 75% of the time, I get an error trying to purchase a VOD program.
Is U-Verse perfect? Surely not, but TW gouged me for Roadrunner ($45 a month for a long time) for years, their VOD has decayed since they have dumb boxes in neighborhood which can't do diddly for CAC, TW's HD VOD is a joke - with 5 titles - as they cannot support many streams, so they have to restrict the content, and I have to generally restart the TW STB after each VOD I buy.
So, was I frustrated? Yes. Is U-Verse the answer? Maybe...they're sure trying...and going at it faster than TW.
Lastly, when I had 5 TVs, HBO, digital cable, DVR, basic HD (DigiPIC) and Roadrunner, Time Warner was costing about $170 a month - considering that I expected more for that price; every time I asked / inquired the best I got was "special deals on adding more channels" (for more money).
(And no, I do not work for AT&T)....
[Submitted by UverseUsers Member edinsanantonio] |
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Written by uvadmin
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Monday, 12 February 2007 |
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 AT&T announced a distribution agreement to deliver GolTV's programming as part of the AT&T U-verse TV channel lineup. GolTV will distribute its soccer programming lineup to AT&T. See
announcement for more information.
[Submitted by UverseUsers Member bl7385] |
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Written by uvadmin
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Monday, 12 February 2007 |
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Real estate mogul, Ed Cross, unveiled his plan this week to build the first high-rise, mixed-use building in downtown San Antonio, and it is coming with U-verse. The Vistana will be a 14-floor, 530,000 square foot art deco building featuring 30,000 square feet of retail space, a four-floor parking garage, and 246 apartments. It will also be the first building of its kind to offer AT&T's U-verse service. Securing this contract could be a big boon for AT&T as they begin to battle Time Warner in the multi-family dwelling space. Time Warner currently has a 90% penetration rate in San Antonio multi-family dwellings, but if this deal sets the precedence of U-verse being considered the superior technology for upscale, urban buildings, the cable company could have a serious battle on their hands.
[Source: Teleclick via SATechBlog] |
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Written by uvadmin
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Monday, 12 February 2007 |
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UverseUsers.com is proud to announce the latest feature of our growing site: The Unofficial U-verse Coverage Map. Our coverage map is populated by user-submitted markers, so we need your help to make it successful. You can add markers for addresses where U-verse is currently available or for the location of a VRAD. Hopefully this will help us get an idea of how the Lightspeed project is progressing and where U-verse may be offered in the near future.
Only UverseUsers members can view the map or add markers to it, so register today and start adding markers. Thanks for helping to make UverseUsers.com the best U-verse related site on the web.
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Written by uvadmin
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Monday, 12 February 2007 |
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UverseUsers has received word from an insider close to AT&T's U-verse project that the launch of the new Motorola set top box is planned to begin on October 25th and run through the end of November. During this time, all of the Tatung boxes will be replaced by one Motorola VIP 1216 for the main TV and the VIP 1200 for all other TVs. The 1216 will contain a 160GB hard drive with the capacity to record both SD and HD content encoded in H.264 format. The 1200s will be diskless, but will be able to stream content from the 1260 towards the end of the year when the whole-home DVR is launched.
Continue reading for more info related to the new set top boxes and HD programming. |
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Written by uvadmin
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Monday, 12 February 2007 |
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 Today AT&T took their first step towards their world-TV initiative planned for U-verse by signing a deal to add TV Japan's Japanese-language programming to the U-verse channel lineup. "TV Japan will offer AT&T U-verse customers quality news and entertainment programs that showcase the rich Japanese culture," said Susumu Tanimura, president and CEO of Japan Network Group Inc. "We are excited to make the latest in Japanese entertainment part of the AT&T U-verse experience and to further expand our customer reach." |
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Written by uvadmin
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Monday, 12 February 2007 |
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According to Internation Business Times iptv is set for explosive growth. IPTV is expected to increase its subscriber base to 63 million in 2010. That is 26 times larger than what is currently deployed in 2006. If AT&T is going to deploy to 18 million homes by 2008, they are going to be taking a large share of 63 million. |
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