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UVerse internet vs Comcast internet

Mary Bailey — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 14:14:11 GMT

We had uverse internet before and it was awful. Any one know if it has gotten any better?

I worked at home and I had to get comcast to keep a constant, solid connection. I don't work at home now.

The comcast bill keeps going up. They won't budge on the cost. I called them twice and with their mumble-jumbo I don't same much even lowering the speed.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Re: UVerse internet vs Comcast internet

JustJules — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 14:21:12 GMT

We had UVerse with ATT for our internet and they also did our home phone line. I hated it, like you said the connection would always be dropped without warning, and sometimes it would be out for hours at a time. I was stuck with no internet and no main phone line, and when my dad was ill that was just not acceptable. I would sometimes have to go to the library and use the computers there to contact them and their customer service would just say they were doing upgrades in the area, but could never give an estimate of when the connection would be back. Sometimes it was only for 10 or 15 minutes, but sometimes it was several hours. I hated it. They were supposed to be "bundled" with DirectTV but combined the bills were ridiculously expensive. I finally got rid of them and went with our local cable company Cox Cable and they bundled everything, tv, phone and internet. I love them and have not had a single issue since changing, and the cost is about half.

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Buck-i-Nana — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 14:25:53 GMT

I've got U-verse and have had no problems at all with my internet or tv reception. I had U-verse years ago and only dropped them when they dropped some of my favorite channels while still raising rates. It could be the problems you were having were due to localized issues.

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gidgetgh — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 14:32:51 GMT

We had regular AT&T Internet for years and years with no problems. One day last year, the connection just died. They came out and did something and switched us to Uverse Internet and we've had no problems with it. We've been very pleased.

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knmt — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 16:53:42 GMT

I have AT&T Uverse internet only and never had a problem. Their Uverse phone service was way too expensive so I've used an Ooma Telo for phone service for the past year and a half and I absolutely love it.

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Nuttmeg — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 17:55:07 GMT

I have Comcast for my TV and Internet service. The service is very good in NJ, but it is expensive. This is my go to site for all things cable, internet or wireless phone. http://www.dslreports.com/. This site has very active forums.

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wildcat fan — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 17:59:00 GMT

We have AT&T phone and cell phone services, but they say Uverse isn't available in our area. I used to have Comcast and wasn't happy with it.

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GCR18 — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 18:19:12 GMT

I have uverse internet and land line. No issues. Have always had at&t land line, but added the internet when I moved 8 years ago. About a year ago I called and asked for a better rate, they upgraded me to uverse for less.

My mother has the internet, cable, land line bundle with Comcast and has had no issues either.

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sueinsf — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 22:30:12 GMT

I have UVerse internet and have thought of switching to Comcast. My UVerse is slow. They actually lowered my cost a bit because they weren't delivering on the speed I was paying for. But it's probably still too much for what I get.

Re: UVerse internet vs Comcast internet

Mary Bailey — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 01:35:16 GMT

I guess it depends on the area with Uverse. I just hate paying Comcast so much. I don't know what I'll do.

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ms traditional — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 01:37:57 GMT

love uverse. hated comcast.

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okBlonde — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 14:07:56 GMT

I recently switched from AT&T DSL to Comcast. I was maxed out on the DSL speed at up to 6 Mpbs ($51 a month) and was constantly bombarded with offers for UVerse. Plus the past 6 months I was having constant interruptions in service. I think AT&T was doing it intentionally so I'd switch to Uverse. However, I hear Uverse installation takes hours and I can't put up with that and my 3 cats would go nuts. So I switched to Comcast, they had an offer for 6 months at $19+ and then it goes to $34.95 a month. I'm very happy with Comcast and AT&T can stick it for all I care.

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debcakes — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:18:50 GMT

I have Time Warner which is too expensive and keeps going up. They are merging with Comcast and will be so big they will be able to be even worse. The problem is that the cable service is just better, so we are stuck with their costs or have to settle for less.

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Goldengate8361 — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:23:56 GMT

I've had great success with AT&T. Had terrible problems with Comcast and the service was very, very poor. Been very happy with uverse AT&T .