I originally went with the 3mb plan because it was cheaper than the regular AT&T DSL service I had. And faster. However, I was told I could get the 12mb promotion (which is cheaper than the 3mb) for the next 12 months and I could switch back to the 3mb at the end of the trial with no fee or anything, so that's what I'm running at right now. I get some nice down speeds, but I have to agree with you that the up speed is rather lackluster compared to Comcast. (I get about 1mb up whereas my folk's get almost 5mb up on their cable.)
But it works well enough for what I want it for. Plus, I can remote desktop to my home boxes and it isn't a slideshow! :D 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] > >
