AT&T U-verse

[Timkin]

I think it might be beneficial to De-consolidate.. turn the urban areas into their own little "towns"  Sort of like the Orlando area... Orlando in itself is not a large town.. METRO Orlando is pretty sprawling now.

[JaxNative68]

I have had U-Verse in Neptune Beach for a few months now.  It is definitely cheaper than comcast, and the on-demand actually works.  The only issue I have noticed is the HD picture doesn't seem as crisp as it did with comcast, but that could also be my tv being a few years old.

[yapp1850]

whats the differece from AT&T U-verse and verizon-fios in tampa we have bright house and verizon-fios

[spuwho]

whats the differece from AT&T U-verse and verizon-fios in tampa we have bright house and verizon-fios

AT&T U-Verse delivers video to the home using fiber to a node or remote CO, and then uses VDSL (video over DSL) to complete the delivery inside the house using old fashioned copper pairs. When you use your remote to change channels, the box is actually telling the node to send a different video stream to your home. At the moment U-Verse only supports 3 "streams" of video at a time. If you have a 4 TV house and they all want to watch different channels, well, you are out of luck. If you DVR more than 3 at a time, then U-Verse is not for you. If you want all of your internet bandwidth available all the time, then U-Verse is not for you as it uses part of your internet bandwidth to support the video streams.

Verizon FIOS is fiber completely into the house. FIOS uses different frequencies of light to carry the video, voice and data streams directly into the home. Since the overall bandwidth of fiber currently exceeds coax (Comcast) and DSL (AT&T U-Verse) the capability of FIOS is more extensive. Like Comcast they can deliver all channels at all the time, so there is no technical limit to the number of TV's or DVR's you can use, (just what your budget can tolerate).  Internet bandwidth is very high and is not impacted by your TV use. Technically it is considered superior because it has more long term uses and is more flexible in application.  The downside is that if sign up for FIOS, Verizon will rip out your legacy copper so you can't go back. You have to show a need for an alarm phone line or something to be able to keep it.

[yapp1850]

i love fios since i switch from bright house i had for about a year now.