As Spring said, we have u-verse and have been very happy with it. There will be a VoIP option at some time (u-verse voice), but it is not available in California yet.
There was an article in last July's Home Entertainment magazine comparing u-verse with Time Warner cable: http://www.hemagazine.com/node/U-verse_versus_Cable. It was published before AT&T raised the available Internet download speed to 18 Mbps.
As for the bandwidth caps, my understanding is that they are separate; the tv signal and the Internet signal use different frequencies along the copper wiring from the neighborhood node to your home.
We had been using Dish Network satellite prior to u-verse becoming availalbe, so I can't compare it with Comcast. With Dish, we were able to record two shows simultaneously, although we could not watch a third show while the two were recording. U-verse limits you to two simultaneous HD shows, whether viewing or recording. Like Dish Network, you can watch recorded programs on any TV in the house, although you can only set up recording from the main u-verse box or through the Internet.
Our download speed averages 2.9 Mbps for the 3 Mbps we're paying for (the DSL Pro level, although it may be worth raising this to the 6 Mbps for the extra $5 per month) and our upload speed exceeds the advertised limit by quite a bit.
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Date: 2008-12-29 05:19 pm (UTC)There was an article in last July's Home Entertainment magazine comparing u-verse with Time Warner cable: http://www.hemagazine.com/node/U-verse_versus_Cable. It was published before AT&T raised the available Internet download speed to 18 Mbps.
As for the bandwidth caps, my understanding is that they are separate; the tv signal and the Internet signal use different frequencies along the copper wiring from the neighborhood node to your home.
We had been using Dish Network satellite prior to u-verse becoming availalbe, so I can't compare it with Comcast. With Dish, we were able to record two shows simultaneously, although we could not watch a third show while the two were recording. U-verse limits you to two simultaneous HD shows, whether viewing or recording. Like Dish Network, you can watch recorded programs on any TV in the house, although you can only set up recording from the main u-verse box or through the Internet.
Our download speed averages 2.9 Mbps for the 3 Mbps we're paying for (the DSL Pro level, although it may be worth raising this to the 6 Mbps for the extra $5 per month) and our upload speed exceeds the advertised limit by quite a bit.
Hope this helps,
Dave