I wasn't aware of the latency issues with U-Verse. I will say that the upload speed is the sole reason I have pretty much no interest in the service though.
IMHO once you get to around 10mbit speeds download, more is unnecessary (though that figure will grow as we find more ways to consume more data) and a bigger upload is far more important. Also, latency is important, but so long as I'm getting less than 100ms response time I'm generally not too upset. I'm not sure if it's related to routing, and further not sure if U-Verse is affected, but I've noticed speedtest.net doesn't give very good results when I run it. Of the ones I've tried, speakeasy.net/speedtest (atlanta server) tends to be the most reliable one. I would suspect this is somehow related to the old bellsouth having been headquartered in atlanta, but that's purely speculation. At any rate, really really really want FIOS here :( On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 4:18 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Paul Spicer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> (I previously had >> > regular DSL through AT&T, but recently 'upgraded' to Uverse and the 2Wire >> > gateway is a bit more stubborn than my ole' Westel DSL modem.) > > Which plan did you go with? > > I recently switched from Comcast/Xfinity to At&t's U-Verse. Mostly for > TV purposes, which seems to be superior to Comcast's TV services. Due to > specials and other fees, I ended up getting U-Verse Internet as well as > U-Verse TV. > > You end up with two routers, one outside your premises HomePNA 2Wire > i3812v, and one inside 2Wire i38HG. The one inside is used for U-Verse > Internet and has wireless. The one outside is for all services, > Internet, TV, and Voice. They do not give you access to the external > one. It seems to create an internal LAN since the Cisco set top boxes > (IPN4320 & IPN330HD) have IP address 192.168.1.x. They are also running > Windows CE :( > > With regard to U-Verse Internet I went with the Max Plus, 18Mbps > down/1.5Mbps up. Its definitely faster than regular ADSL being VDSL, > bonded. But the upload speed stinks, and it has massive latency compared > to my Comcast Blast Internet connection, 20Mbps down/4Mbps up. Which I > believe I will keep Comcast and drop At&t U-Verse at some point. > > Here are some speed tests I ran day U-Verse was installed. Its still > here, just not using it, though might run some more tests. > http://dev.obsidian-studios.com/~wlt/images/speedtests/ > > Interestingly enough running the same speed tests on my G1 running > Cyanogenmod via T-Mobile. I got about the same upload speeds via my > phone as via U-Verse Internet. Download was much less, but still better > than most ADSL. Here is the speed tests I ran on my G1 using the Android > app from speedtest.net > > Date,ConnType,Lat,Lon,Download,Upload,Latency,ServerName > "2011-05-13 13:08","Hsdpa","28.61850","-81.43360",2974,704,875,"Jacksonville, > FL" > "2011-05-13 13:05","Umts","28.61850","-81.43360",2998,591,972,"Jacksonville, > FL" > "2011-05-13 13:02","Hsdpa","28.61850","-81.43360",2508,1332,145,"Orlando, FL" > "2011-05-13 13:00","Umts","28.61850","-81.43360",1780,1164,164,"Orlando, FL" > "2011-05-04 20:10","Hsdpa","28.61850","-81.43360",2432,730,484,"Orlando, FL" > > I ran these tests from here in Jacksonville, but got better latency > using a server in Orlando vs Jax. Something to do with T-Mobile's > routing. > > Anyway U-Verse Internet is definitely faster than ADSL for download. But > upload is not much more impressive. Latency all around is the biggest > deal breaker for me. Comcast still has much faster speeds and > considerably less latency. But U-Verse TV rocks, and I am rather > pleased. Even if the set top boxes are running Windows CE :( > > P.S. > The U-Verse set top boxes have a feature to pull media from your home > network. But seems to require Windows Media Share, a feature of Windows > Media Player 11. Not sure if there is any Linux alternatives. Haven't > had time to look into that, but would be nice to be able to pull media > from Linux machines, not just Windows. Not sure about Apple's OS X. > > -- > William L. Thomson Jr. > Obsidian-Studios, Inc. > http://www.obsidian-studios.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > Unsubscribe [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
