Hello, Here’s the thing. For what we pay for cable we should be getting much better service, in my opinion. In regards to over the phone techs, I agree. But we’ve also had repair technicians come to the door both back when we had DSL several years ago and also with Comcast support. The problem is this as I see it. Some technicians are sub contracted people, while others represent only certain parts of the network. At one time, we did have a technician who said he was contracted with AT&T but didn’t work as an AT&T employee. However, he did give me a business card. Several weeks later, I called him to ask a question and his phone number was disconnected. Well, I really do appreciate all that has been said. I suppose that I’ll do more research and give things a little more time to see if things change in either direction. If Comcast gets worse, I’ll probably move to u-verse if comcast gets any better, I’ll probably stay with them. Only time will tell, I guess. So thanks a bunch guys for all your input, much appreciated.
> On Feb 26, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Barry Hadder <[email protected]> wrote: > > Att is going to be more consistent. they have a better network than any > cable company. However, cable has faster speeds at the moment, but it’s > mostly burst speeds. I think there is much greater potential from the > telecom offerings, but their rollout of new stuff is still a bit rocky at the > moment. The equipment they provide at this time is an embarrassment, but it > does do what it’s supposed to do no less and certainly no more. > > I don’t know what you were tole about the speedstreme. I looked at the specs > and it is an old ADSL modem. I’m sure you can use the router in some > faction, but there is no way the modem can be used with the new dsl > technology. And, the pwreson you talk to on the phone is hardly ever a real > tech. It has been my experience that they actually know very little. The > person who would come to your door is a tech and many times they will leave > you there contact info so you can avoid phone support all to geather. > > > On Feb 26, 2015, at 11:32 AM, Joseph <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello guys, > This is getting really interesting. And I appreciate all that is being said > here. > I did listen to the Video. Now I’ll look at the other info. > What this all hedges on is if Comcast is interested in making it’s service > more consistent or not. I won’t even go into Comcast customer service. > All I really want is a service that is consistent and comes as close as > possible to providing what they say they will. However, none of the ISPs > guarantee anything. > Oh yea, another thing. A tech at AT&T said that my SpeedStream 5360 would > work with my router on u-verse, but I kind of doubt it. That’s why I’m > examining all I can before making any moves. > >> On Feb 26, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Barry Hadder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Well, I don’t see it as surrender exactly, rather as picking my battles. >> You actually don’t have to bridge any of the residential gateways to use >> back to my mac, but you do have to do some tweaking. I’ve seen a couple of >> methods, one of which is at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3865704. >> If you decide you want to bridge the 510, then there is a good video here: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpYROv9Fjis. >> >> I have ADSL2+ which is what you git if TV isn’t available. I git 6MBPs, but >> you can get speeds up to 24 I believe. >> Also, uverse uses ip based dslms rather than atm based so I don’t think >> just any off the shelf modem will work with it. >> >> On Feb 26, 2015, at 6:07 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I prefer running the AirPort directly facing the Internet, for that way the >> guest network and Back To My Mac features are available. >> >> U-Verse is often just (V)DSL. It might be worthwhile your investing in a >> modem that does the bridging, such as Draytek 120/130. Or, see if you can >> get your modem into bridge mode. >> >> Of course, if you aren’t bothered about guest networking or BTMM, you could >> roll with the easier option of letting their modem do the routing, but meh, >> that’s just surrender. :) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> Barry Hadder >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > Barry Hadder > [email protected] > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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