Comments on: Higher Internet Speeds and Media Convergence at Home

By: At Tale of Two AT&T’s – And a Lesson in Integration! « IT Organization Circa 2017

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:44:26 +0000

[...] feel some justification in this case. It was exactly 1 year ago today that I extolled the virtues of AT&T’s U-Verse service, and exactly 1 month later that I reported my first glitches, which were a result of [...]

By: itorganization2017

itorganization2017 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:14:20 +0000

Careful now, I’ve found speed testing to be addictive! The site I’ve found to be great for monitoring ISP performance (also helped me find a problem with the way my PC was configured) is: http://www.speedtest.net/index.php

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:11:10 +0000

To check if your ISP is cheating you or not I found a graet site http://www.check-speed.com

By: High Speed Internet/Media Convergence - Customer Update « IT Organization Circa 2017

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:58:16 +0000

[...] Convergence – Customer Update Posted on July 1, 2008 by itorganization2017 I recently posted on my excitement about becoming a beneficiary of higher Internet speeds and media convergence… At the time I was a brand new customer of AT&T’s U-verse service. One month later, [...]

By: itorganization2017

itorganization2017 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:03:42 +0000

I really can’t compare because I’m already on the 10 Mbps U-verse line. Also, I don’t tend to watch videos on my computer – my U-verse TV service is routed to a large HD home theater system, so I suspect I’d see a difference if that was coming in over a 1 Mbps serice. But the larger point, I think is, more and more of these offerings are becoming available, and are finding ways to be the traditional limits of lower bandwidth lines.

By: ITGuy

ITGuy — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:04:33 +0000

This Australian based company has just announced what they claim is a revolutionary Video on Demand system that streams uninterrumpted DVD quality content to users over a 1 Mbps connection within a minute or so. I’ve been to their website and have to say I was impressed with the demonstration. How do you think it compares to your U-verse?

Fibre to my home would be great, but for the majority of consumers around the globe, this isn’t going to happen anytime soon. This system looks interesting and it’s the first time I’ve seen continuous, jitter free, high quality video over such low bandwidth.

By: itorganization2017

itorganization2017 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:55:27 +0000

And you get the best smoked salmon and Gjetost to boot! So please excuse my excitement with my new U-verse set up. It was not that long ago that I was suffering the indignities of dial up!

By: Espen

Espen — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:53:17 +0000

Tut tut….I have fiber to my home, 10Mb download rock steady (in reality hovering around 9.5, but who is complaining), and can increase that to 100Mb if I want to. NOK 449 per quarter, with today’s dollar that amounts to about $90. I think 100Mb would be around $100/month, haven’t felt the need so far. TV and telephone runs on same cable (I pay extra for that), have four cabled outlets and wi-fi around the house. Can also surf on all TVs (don’t use that much with all the laptops lying around) and rent movies, which are available instantly (downloaded in background.)

Then again, I live in the cold and regulated north…and Internet connection is just about the only thing that is cheaper here than in the States. So I have to brag when I can!