aztec
join:2007-07-03
Dallas, TX | 2 HD streams
Just had a U-verse tech support guy tell me that they're working on bandwidth upgrades, and intend to support 2 HD streams by the end of this year. Interesting, if true. |
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ninjatutle
You can keep the change
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | Not this again. This comes up about 2x a month  |
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Flippant
So Much For Subtlety
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join:2000-06-04
Katy, TX
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AT&T Southwest
| reply to aztec
I sure hope it does not stop at 2. While it would make HD more functional it still would not really cover the needs of my current house (3 HD TVs and wildly different viewing habits). Oh well it will eventually improve to where I could use it it I do not find a better alternative in the meantime. Still looking for something better than Comcast and dish though. It is difficult to get very excited about 2 HD streams. |
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MarkyD
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join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK
clubs: | reply to aztec
I'd be VERY surprised if it happened by the end of the year |
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d_l
Barsoom
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join:2002-12-08
Reno, NV
| reply to aztec
Virtually everyone with U-Verse now has the bandwidth at 27 mbps to support two HD streams if you believe the various slides that AT&T has posted at investor presentations. This suggests that the absence of the second HD stream is a Microsoft IPTV programming problem and not a lack of bandwidth. |
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MarkyD
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join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK
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 ·Cox HSI
 ·AT&T FTTP
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| said by d_l  :Virtually everyone with U-Verse now has the bandwidth at 27 mbps to support two HD streams if you believe the various slides that AT&T has posted at investor presentations. This suggests that the absence of the second HD stream is a Microsoft IPTV programming problem and not a lack of bandwidth. doesn't Verizon FiOS use MS IPTV software too? How could this be a software limitation? 27mbps is barely enough to deliver 2 HD streams, 2 SD streams and 6/1 internet... |
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d_l
Barsoom
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join:2002-12-08
Reno, NV
| I don't think Verizon uses MS software. If you believe their slides: »Re: How much bandwidth is available to a VRAD?, then the implication is that AT&T is covering for a MS dual-HD stream software limitation right now. Admittedly this is reading between the lines, but often problems are presented this way -- very subtly. |
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anon2007
@swbell.net
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said by MarkyD :said by d_l :Virtually everyone with U-Verse now has the bandwidth at 27 mbps to support two HD streams if you believe the various slides that AT&T has posted at investor presentations. This suggests that the absence of the second HD stream is a Microsoft IPTV programming problem and not a lack of bandwidth. doesn't Verizon FiOS use MS IPTV software too? How could this be a software limitation? 27mbps is barely enough to deliver 2 HD streams, 2 SD streams and 6/1 internet... Verizon got tired of waiting for microsoft and developed a modified version of microsoft IPTV software.
I seriously doubt that microsoft is responsible for uverse problems. Many other carriers like British, Deutshe and Slovak telecom, Singtel, Swisscom and many other use the same technology including AT&T.
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwvb7v_yckg
The only problems I've seen with microsoft software is with AT&T. Hmmm I wonder why? |
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cwh
join:2006-05-14
San Antonio, TX | So who else has deloyed iptv over vdsl and is supplying more than 1 HDTV stream with ms software?
Why is ATT FTTP locations still limited to 1 HD stream?
IT is possible that this is a MS problem, but i doubt we will ever actually know. |
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MarkyD
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join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK
clubs:
·Cox HSI
·AT&T FTTP
·AT&T DSL Service
| I assume the reason why FTTP locations are limited to 1 HD stream is that AT&T wants to make uverse offerings universal no matter what platform it's being provided over, to avoid confusion. I think it's silly and short sighted. What's the point of rolling out FTTP if you're going to push DSL quality service through it? |
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cableguy619
join:2003-06-24
Chula Vista, CA | reply to aztec
they have alreay reported 4qtr 2008 it was supposed be the 4th this yr..they are slacking |
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cableguy619
join:2003-06-24
Chula Vista, CA | reply to MarkyD
att actuallt does fiber to the home as well in selcect area that are all prewired.. so new build  |
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Enlightener
join:2006-01-28
Cedar Park, TX
·AT&T U-Verse
| said by cableguy619 :att actuallt does fiber to the home as well in selcect area that are all prewired.. so new build I'm pretty sure MarkyD is aware of that considering that he is has posted numerous times that he ( and I ) are served by FTTP.
I also am pretty sure that he would disagree with your smiley face emoticon since the FTTP service frankly sucks. |
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MarkyD
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join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK
clubs:
·Cox HSI
·AT&T FTTP
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| reply to cableguy619
said by cableguy619 :att actuallt does fiber to the home ...but it sucks there, fixed it for you  |
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Enlightener
join:2006-01-28
Cedar Park, TX
·AT&T U-Verse
| reply to aztec
I suppose we should be grateful that it doesn't suck as much as it used to. I rememeber in years past fiber served customers were either stuck with 1.5MB service or no service at all since no copper meant no DSL.
I guess it's an extra hard pill for me to swallow because the house I used to own in Virginia got FiOS about 1 month after I moved to Texas... |
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MarkyD
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join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK
clubs:
·Cox HSI
·AT&T FTTP
·AT&T DSL Service
| said by Enlightener :I suppose we should be grateful that it doesn't suck as much as it used to. I rememeber in years past fiber served customers were either stuck with 1.5MB service or no service at all since no copper meant no DSL. I guess it's an extra hard pill for me to swallow because the house I used to own in Virginia got FiOS about 1 month after I moved to Texas... I'm not grateful for crap. it just defies all logic that AT&T would push such pathetic service over FIBER!!! Why go to the expense...nevermind. You know what I'm going to say, and so does everyone else here.
All I know is this. Linking my in-home lab and my friend's lab via EoIP, even though we both have FTTP via AT&T, is going to just be too slow to be useful. So, I'm bypassing AT&T completely and setting up a wireless link between our houses =) |
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cableguy619
join:2003-06-24
Chula Vista, CA | reply to MarkyD
lol markyD |
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Enlightener
join:2006-01-28
Cedar Park, TX
·AT&T U-Verse
| reply to aztec
Good example. Back in 1996 I had one of the first cable modems ( BayNetworks ) by Jones Internet Channel. While the internet gateway sucked ( 4 T1's for 1500 customers ) the LAN was awesome. I was using WINNT 4.0 back then and you could just browse the cloud. All kinds of `neighbors` had `public` shares and you could easily get 10MB across the cloud.
These days the download to the internet has greatly improved, but the upload and the near host speed has drastically decreased. |
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