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zno
join:2002-01-08
Atlanta, GA
| Re: Very neat said by Matt  :Streaming from your home DVR to an iPhone might be neat for travelers, but they don't offer that yet. The whole house DVR will probably be a huge hit and shouldn't be affected by the limited last mile U-Verse bandwidth. I'm curious how they are going to network all that within the house? Is HomePNA fast enough? just think about it. if they can deliver TV over VDSL(~25Mb), LAN(100Mb) should be more enough to handle the video traffic within someone's home.
one of the wireless integration features is that you can schedule your dvr's remotely.
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join:2002-05-17
Palm Desert, CA
|  Re: Very neat
said by zno :said by Matt :Streaming from your home DVR to an iPhone might be neat for travelers, but they don't offer that yet. The whole house DVR will probably be a huge hit and shouldn't be affected by the limited last mile U-Verse bandwidth. I'm curious how they are going to network all that within the house? Is HomePNA fast enough? just think about it. if they can deliver TV over VDSL(~25Mb), LAN(100Mb) should be more enough to handle the video traffic within someone's home. one of the wireless integration features is that you can schedule your dvr's remotely. The way of the future is to move Voice, Data, and Video throughout your house. It can be done now with Cat5, but with more and more High Definition, Fiber will be needed. Wireless has it's uses, but don't count on this Technology to move HD around your house.
Verizon FiOS has the Last Mile figured out, AT&T has to wake up and change their Infrastructure if they are to compete in this market. | |
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MisterMarcus
join:2001-11-10
San Diego, CA
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| said by zno :one of the wireless integration features is that you can schedule your dvr's remotely. Wow. DirecTV had them beat to the punch on this feature. | |
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| koolkid1563
Premium,MVM
join:2005-11-06
Powell, WY
clubs: | The HPNA link works at 128Mb/s peak with average sustained bandwidth around 80Mb/s. I do think it is shared bandwidth though, but it should still be enough for WHDVR. | |
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Matt
Running Free
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
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| Re: Very neat said by koolkid1563 :The HPNA link works at 128Mb/s peak with average sustained bandwidth around 80Mb/s. I do think it is shared bandwidth though, but it should still be enough for WHDVR. I noticed HPNA 3.0 has drastically improved speeds. I can't find a single HPNA 3.0 adapter for sale however. I'm wondering if the U-Verse deployment is monopolizing all the chips? I'd like to get a hold of two of them. | |
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xtlosx
join:2005-11-02
Algonquin, IL | home dvr That will be very neat to have that much control over your home DVR, and have it be delivered over copper...
Not everyone is lucky enough to get FiOS  | |
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join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO
| Headquarters "Gizmodo hangs out at the company's Atlanta headquarters"
Huh? AT&T headquarters is in San Antonio. They recently announced a move to Dallas. They have employees all over the place, including Atlanta, but headquarters is in Texas.
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zno
join:2002-01-08
Atlanta, GA | Re: Headquarters perhaps they're referring to their wireless division.
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joker5656
join:2006-06-23
Greenville, SC | 360 yeah been waiting for IPTV. just wounder if we will be able to get it here after all, all i can get is phone and internet. Also wounder about the recording tv thing. | |
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join:2004-04-05
Greer, SC | Re: 360 I just saw signs that indicate they are upgrading to provide faster DSL and IPTV. This was at/near the intersection of Hudson and Old Spartanburg. | |
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eric_n_dfw
join:2001-10-22
Euless, TX | Tempting, unless it works as bad as their DVR Left U-Verse after a month or so simply because their DVR sucks SO badly. (details in my reviews if anyone cares) If this stuff is as hacked together as poorly as that thing is then I won't be lining up for it any time soon. | |
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Chicago, IL
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| U-verse is too expensive and slow AT&T is such a cheap and lazy company. They should be rolling out fiber to every home so that when they need it it's actually there. | |
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| tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| Re: U-verse is too expensive and slow said by XBL2009 :AT&T is such a cheap and lazy company. They should be rolling out fiber to every home so that when they need it it's actually there. Now if customer sentiment would just drive home that point to all the U-Verse footprint deployments in terms of subscriber base.. maybe something would change. Possibly if the overlapping footprint of the cable company didn't provide such as non-competitive product we would see REAL competition, and not this love fest over higher prices and less value. There is always room for Verizon to come in and cherry pick some of these choice zones... as much as the industry has already consolidated.. there really aren't SET IN STONE rules as to where a company can set up shop anymore for the most part. | |
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| Uverse is for average Americans. MOST people don't really care about faster than 6mbps/1upload internet. Its going to be rolled out to 400,000 more homes just in Dallas/Ft Worth this summer. And no, I don't work for or sell Uverse.
Its priced right there with other digital cable/sat services when you add the same features (with no promo prices or contracts), but offers sat picture quality with almost no weather probs, and better features like on demand, interactive camera angles for sports, 4 tuner DVR, all HD-ready equip.
COME ON!! It's just good to have another option. AT&T is in business to make money, and using existing wiring in neighborhoods was cost-effective for them as well as customers. I love having no contract just in case, I didn't have to have a little ditch dug in my beautiful yard, and its just plain better than anything I've ever had. I'm just as knowledgeable about this stuff as most of you on this forum, having been a network admin for 15 years.
If you want Verizon FIOS 50Mbps for $140 a month, MOVE TO A HOUSE/APT THAT GETS IT! AT&T doesn't prioritize gaining the very few customers that really want more than 10Mb and have 3 or more HDTVs and want more than 2 streams of HD.
The potential is there if they duplex bandwidth or use better gateways (or additional remote gateways at households who want huge bandwidth) to get better and better eventually. It's a very large undertaking, and hopefully the new territory crossing wakes AT&T up and they have to fight FIOS for new customers with better deals and service features.
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Tying U-Verse and The iPhone Together
Very neat
okay if you say so...
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