ATT U-verse (Alamo: house, subdivision, prices)

[cwh]

Originally Posted by ged_782

Yeah, the consensus among the pundits seems to be that Verizon's FIOS absolutely blows U-verse out of the water, due primarily to FIOS' fiber-to-the-home infrastructure.

I doubt that we'll ever see FIOS in San Antonio, though.

And oddly enough U-verse added 100k more subs than fios did last quarter.

And is it is about freaking time that the phone company figured out how to do caller id on screen!

[firstclassflyer]

Probably more areas available with U-verse than FIOS due to the node issue.
Wonder what the stats look like where there's direct competition.

[ged_782]

Originally Posted by firstclassflyer

Probably more areas available with U-verse than FIOS due to the node issue.
Wonder what the stats look like where there's direct competition.

You mean where both FIOS and U-verse are available? Some upscale Dallas-area suburbs are the only areas I've heard of where both services are offered.

The reason I speculated in an earlier post that it is unlikely San Antonio will ever see FIOS is because AT&T already has a stronghold on the local market. Their U-verse operations are still headquartered here, and some San Antonio neighborhoods were among the first to be offered U-verse service.

[cwh]

Originally Posted by firstclassflyer

Probably more areas available with U-verse than FIOS due to the node issue.
Wonder what the stats look like where there's direct competition.

That is probably part of it. I think at this point u-verse has passed 20m units, whereas fios has passed only around 16m units. Fios usually has over 200k new subs a quarter, but only got 150k last qtr. Their marketing dept must have been asleep.

[gwrober]

We had our U-Verse install completed last Monday - so far so good. Everything seems to be running well.

[Steel Man]

Originally Posted by gwrober

We had our U-Verse install completed last Monday - so far so good. Everything seems to be running well.

I live about a mile from you in Westcreek and I just checked and it says our area does not have u-verse.

[pr57001]

Originally Posted by ged_782

Yeah, the consensus among the pundits seems to be that Verizon's FIOS absolutely blows U-verse out of the water, due primarily to FIOS' fiber-to-the-home infrastructure.

I doubt that we'll ever see FIOS in San Antonio, though.

You won't see FIOS in San Antonio, nor in *MOST* places where you will see U-Verse.

That said, from my experience, I don't think FIOS blows U-Verse out of the water. It has the theoretical advantages of fiber to the home, but the set-top experience is much more "cable like" than u-verse, which has some more innovative features. You can get faster broadband with FIOS, but I think that is an overrated feature...most people don't use what they get with their dsl/cable/broadband provider today, it is just another proverbial d*** measuring contest.

[loves2read]

FIOS and U-Verse both are contract companies--the city awards a non-compete contract and it depends on the infrastructure--Verizon/FIOS is not starting from scratch --but has to have some infrastructure already in place to make costs feasible...

I don't think there are any cities that offer BOTH U-verse and/or FIOS (and I am in DFW area)

[pr57001]

Originally Posted by loves2read

FIOS and U-Verse both are contract companies--the city awards a non-compete contract and it depends on the infrastructure--Verizon/FIOS is not starting from scratch --but has to have some infrastructure already in place to make costs feasible...
I don't think there are any cities that offer BOTH U-verse and/or FIOS (and I am in DFW area)

There is a section in DFW that has AT&T as incumbent telco, but has had FIOS over build the area.

To your point, its not quite as simple as one can/one can't service in a given area, but it works that way in practice almost every time.

[gwrober]

Hey rd, how long did it take you to get your card?