tad2020
join:2007-07-17
Orange, CA | Well...
Well I'm a little surprised by how well it actually ended up reaching 18Mbps. I was expecting like 12-14.
But I'd still like to know what they plan to cap this tier at. |
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TKJunkMail
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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|  Question about STB on & tuned to channel but TV off
I know most people leave their STB on all the time and tuned to the last channel they watched before turning the TV off. If you have a couple TVs and are not actually watching them but leave the STBs on, won't that then impact the internet speeds?
Does AT&T recommend some procedure to TURN OFF the STBs when not actually watching TV to keep internet speeds at max capability?
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jchambers28
join:2007-05-12
Alma, AR | att
att has some screwed up shit. watching tv affects your internet speeds that's a bunch of bull shit. |
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Harddrive
Premium
join:2000-09-20
Norwich, CT | I want U-Verse.
i want U-Verse so bad, i could dump water on a cat.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Question about STB on & tuned to channel but TV off
I wonder if its possible to 'sense' if TV is actually in use (i.e. different voltage/resistance/current level) and adjust accordingly.
Eg. If the TV is off, the STB 'should' be smart enough to know that the TV isn't in use, and power off itself, and save bandwidth.
I have a 'cheapo' universal DVD to TV connector which does just that... and its only $15. |
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Smith6612
Premium
join:2008-02-01
united state | reply to TKJunkMail
I don't know what AT&T recommends at all, but certainly even though I'm a Verizon user with satellite TV, I switch off my STBs when they're not in use. No particular reason other than to let the receivers update thee software and guide. |
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Ikyuao
Pro. debian Linux
join:2007-02-26
Wichita, KS | reply to jchambers28
Re: att
Yeah. ATT really sucks big time. |
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jca2050
Premium
join:2002-02-04
Lewisville, TX
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Harddrive
Re: I want U-Verse.
Wow that's pretty ghetto, lol. Honey my download dropped from 1mb/sec to 600k/sec! Turn off the TV I don't care what you are watching!
What percentage of their U-Verse customers can get this speed package? Doesn't one's phone line need to be very close to the CO to get that kind of provisioning? |
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ht4
@comcast.net | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Question about STB on & tuned to channel but TV off
yes the tv do inpact the speed. my friend got the service. he signed up for the 3mbps plan. but when he turns his hd tv the speed drop in half for him. att came out several time and said they can not do anything about that. |
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Oedipus
join:2005-05-09 | reply to jca2050
Re: I want U-Verse.
Within 3000 wire feet of the VRAD. As long as you're capable of the 25mbps profile (2HD/2SD) you should be able to get it. |
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Ikarasu
join:2004-01-09
Port Coquitlam, BC | reply to Ikyuao
Re: att
Yeah. God forbid an ISP gets into the TV business with IPTV.
Innovation, it sucks big time! |
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NetAdmin
CCNA
join:2008-05-22
| reply to en102
Re: Question about STB on & tuned to channel but TV off
said by en102  :I wonder if its possible to 'sense' if TV is actually in use (i.e. different voltage/resistance/current level) and adjust accordingly. You would have to have the TV connected to a power outlet on the back of the STB, like some cable boxes have. You could then monitor the current passing through to that outlet and could determine if the TV was on or not. However, the box would need an outlet and/or an ammeter.
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daveberstein
join:2002-07-15
New York, NY
| Real data appreciated
Karl
U-Verse was originally designed for 25 meg down, which would be 15 meg for 2 HD 2 SD and ten for data. Several senior at AT&T until recently asked question like "why does anyone need more than 3 megabits." A new team at the top understands more, and there are several moves underway for modest bandwidth increases, although nothing like FIOS is in the budget as far as they are telling Wall Street. I've had my disputes with some of them, but they are proving extremely competent at what they do. Which isn't necessarily a good thing for us, because some of what they say they do are things about how to get the most dollars from the customer while keeping the "headline price" much lower.
De La Vega, AT&T #2, specifically said they would sell the full 25 meg to people who didn't want their TV from AT&T, but that's apparently in the future. db |
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI | reply to Ikarasu
Re: att
Nothing wrong with it, but they should have used a better delivery system than VDSL. |
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etaadmin
join:2002-01-17
Dallas, TX
| reply to Harddrive
Re: I want U-Verse.
Probably the news that you can't get it will feel like a cold water bucket poured all over your head  |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to en102
Re: Question about STB on & tuned to channel but TV off
quote:
I wonder if its possible to 'sense' if TV is actually in use (i.e. different voltage/resistance/current level) and adjust accordingly.
Eg. If the TV is off, the STB 'should' be smart enough to know that the TV isn't in use, and power off itself, and save bandwidth.
The U-Verse receiver itself times out and shuts off if there's no activity for 6 hours (much to the ire of people trying to use it with a TiVo DVR). I have my universal remote programmed to turn the DVR off when I power off.
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
·PHONE POWER
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | reply to imrf
Re: att
Palladia |
said by imrf :Nothing wrong with it, but they should have used a better delivery system than VDSL. Agreed. However, I do give AT&T credit for making each and evey megabit out of the 25 count.
Time Warner Cable, on the other hand, has all sorts of capacity, yet they're delivering poor quality HD video and a piss-poor selection of HD channels in our area. AT&T's highly compressed MPEG-4 video does have its flaws but it never completely loses its composure like what I've recently been getting from TW (I have both services.). It's a shame because the TW PQ was excellent prior to the recent channel additions.
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imrf
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join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
·WOW Internet and C..
| said by djrobx :Time Warner Cable, on the other hand, has all sorts of capacity, yet they're delivering poor quality HD video and a piss-poor selection of HD channels in our area. You know for a fact that they don't have open bandwidth? I tend to think they are out of capacity and haven't fully implemented SDV, and once they do they can remove the overcompression. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to jchambers28
an HFC network likely is capable of tons more bandwidth then we have now, however it needs to be 1ghz and have DOCSIS 3.0
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Reach that cap even faster!
Seriously does it matter if they have stupidly low caps? |
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