I've been suffering internet wise for 6 years since we moved to this country town but right now AT&T is installing their Uverse with gigapower on our street. So there's finally some light at the end of this tunnel. Anyone with any experience with this version of Uverse? Is it worth the money? I mean I really have no choice but was curious since I've been stuck with DSL for years.
1. "Is "gigapower" their gimmick term for fiber optics? " In response to Reply # 0
Funnily enough, I'm actually ditching Cox (after being a customer over 5 years at two addresses) this weekend and the DirecTV/ATT installer is coming on Saturday. Cutting $55 off my bill for just internet/TV (fuck a landline) and bumping up my internet d/u speeds to 75/75.
Besides the price, the biggest selling point for me was going from Cox's cable line to ATT's recently installed fiber optics in my area. I received an email if I have interest in Google Fiber some time ago but I have an inkling I'm just outside the range for their Irvine installation.
I'll let you know how it goes. If I were you though, DSL is brutal and I'd explore any means possible to get off it.
24. "The installation was delayed for a week, but just got it done" In response to Reply # 3
There was no clean way to install a dish on my house without it being on the front and/or needing to put a ladder in my neighbor's yard, so they killed the DirecTV and signed me up for U-Verse. Pretty sweet, because it dropped my bill to about 110 for TV and internet.
Connection so far is great; hardwired I hit speeds up to 85 down and Xbox wifi gets me up to 55 down. Definitely better than Cox so far.
>if you are getting gigapower, you have a direct fiber drop
>into your home and you can either get 300 mbps or 1 gbps
Dedicated access vs shared access
AT&T is only offering shared access to residence, meaning
sharing bandwidth with the neighborhood
Dedicated is simply none shared access and generally comes
with symmetrical speeds (same speed up & down)
12. "I had it for about 2 months. Fine product, horrible customer service." In response to Reply # 0 Fri Jun-03-16 03:26 PM by Wonderl33t
I ended up quitting and eating the cancellation fee because the salesman lied to me about what my bill would be.
edit - I didn't have gigapower, but I had one of the faster-tier fiber optic ones, and it was really fast. ______________________________ http://i.imgur.com/Gj5Wy56.jpg
22. "sales fucks up a lot of deals" In response to Reply # 13
for my team too. I work for att also.
I need to figure out if I want dtv. I have u-verse, which is cool for my household. we don't really do a lot movies or games, so I'm not sure if we'd benefit from the extra speed. it couldn't hurt tho. I've been reluctant to get a dish on/near the house. I might change my mind once I look at pricing tho.
18. "RE: yeah, before my girl moved her landlord switched from comcast" In response to Reply # 17
Talk about the worst two options on earth...Comcast are straight up crooks. I'd probably go AT&T if I had to choose. ______________________________ http://i.imgur.com/Gj5Wy56.jpg
23. "I work for the Death Star so I have qualifying questions" In response to Reply # 0
Rjcc nailed it...the only thing you need to really worry about is the price point.
Gigapower is simply the sales term they are using to bring people on board...so you need to get qualifying questions about how fast they are guaranteeing your speed to be, etc.
if it is FTTP...then I'm assuming if they are marketing Gigapower in your area that you are near a L3 Ethernet switch that will allow you to get the speeds you need. Just off that ALONE I probably have a general idea of where you are....
You need to factor in how close you are to the CO...most FTTP has a max reach of 44.6 kft to your Remote Optical Line Terminal. Farther away degrades speeds a bit.
The only major competitor I see to AT&T on that front is Google Fiber...and even they are reselling facilities out of our CO's.
I hope that helps but, to answer your question in the short version...welcome to the 1st step of what the company is trying to do nationwide.
26. "Those UVerse VRADs you work in? I design and install them" In response to Reply # 25 Wed Jun-15-16 08:33 AM by DVS
44.6 Kft from the ROLT is the distance limit on all fiber.
There is no such thing as non-regenerative signaling. Even delivering on Single Mode fiber...you are going to hit a distance limit and have to regenerate...meaning you are going to get SOME dispersion.
We aren't LightGig enabled in my region yet but I'm humping overtime to get Remote OLT's peppered around CO's so that we can start offering competitive speeds in our market.
But don't take my word for it....Go check Apex, my G. Alcatel 7342 specs will tell it all.
28. "I dont think its about being mad, your just wrong" In response to Reply # 27
I just dont think it worth the head ache to debate it. The info you are denying is right there, as he stated, in APEX. Gigapower has restrictions because ALL fiber (single or multi) has a distance restriction. I dont care if it's 5mb circuit or 10GB ethernet circuit, there is a distance restriction.
>and i dont know why you sound mad > > >you said gigapower has distance restrictions > > >it doesnt > >you are either in an area that has gigapower or you arent > > >you can be fttp-gpon and not have gigapower available to you
GriftyMcgrift Member since May 22nd 2002 20414 posts
Wed Jun-15-16 11:18 PM
29. "When you call in to order service " In response to Reply # 28
They are gonna say you either have gigapower available or you dont. If you do have it available you can choose either 300meg or 1 gb.
THey arent looking at your distance from the co or anything like that. Its gonna be a screen and its gonna show them what service is availble. Thats it
I don't see how anything you said other than the pricing is gonna be crucial helps this guy Its clear that you know about the network but its also clear you have minimal experience with the actual process of ordering service. which is fine but seriously. Relax
30. "The ordering process is based on distance restrictions" In response to Reply # 29 Thu Jun-23-16 11:30 AM by DVS
So...your simple "LightGig or Not" was determined by people like myself who actually set up the Distance Restrictions for your FSA.
All Gigapower is not the same. The only reason I mentioned distance restrictions is because, if you take that line over to DSL Reports....your neighbor two blocks down and closer to the PFP serving your area may get better speeds.
In short...this is the High Tech board. I try not to speak about shit I don't know backwards and forwards. Your statement was false. I can SEE why it seems true to you...but its false.
And like you said...this is some silly shit to argue about. Facts is facts. Another real talk moment...99.9% of our customer base don't have the equipment to maximize that GigaPower. It's just a pretty marketing tool.
GriftyMcgrift Member since May 22nd 2002 20414 posts
Thu Jun-23-16 01:56 PM
31. "i know that, this post was from the standpoint of a" In response to Reply # 30 Thu Jun-23-16 02:00 PM by GriftyMcgrift
potential customer
none of that shit about distance does him any good in any part of the process of obtaining service
this wasnt a "demonstrate your knowledge of networks post"
this was a guy asking for information that would assist him in making a decision on whether or not to get gigapower
*edit*
again just to make this clear
zero you said about distance, restrictions, none of that will be mentioned once in the entire process of obtaining uverse gigapower
i am intimately familiar with the process of ordering, provisioning, and troubleshooting uverse and i can tell you without a shadow of a doubt, from the customer standpoint(which was the whole purpose of this guys post) will distance be mentioned once to him.
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