50% OFF COX cable services!!!

[EricP]

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger

No bashing, I talk to folk who never got good service from DSL as well.  If I was not u-verse 'eligible' I would stay with Cox (and take the discount for threatening to switch). I had times when I went days without service with cable and FINALLY they sent someone out - no more outages but still slow.   Truthfully, since I do not do heavy lifting on the innerwebs I never really noticed it was slow until I did one of them bandwidth tests.

http://192.168.100.1

Check your signal levels. Downstream should be between -10 and +10 for acceptable performance, between -5 and +5 is really good. With all the old wiring in this house I once sat at -9 to -11, now between 0 and -2. Upstream should also be well below 50db. I'm just saying... if you are going to say ANYTHING about internet speed, you can't use your own poorly maintained connection as a reason to blame the provider.

Any time I had a real service problem, Cox has always been on top of it for me and has had people out in the freezing cold at 9pm fixing the tiniest problems for me (which have been next to none.) To lure me away from Cox, I would need something along the lines of 15mbit or higher downstream with 2mbit or higher upstream. Good luck to anyone who wants to try and provide that to me, I would love some competition.

[nathanm]

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger


Apparently those software mods give voice a better sound than cable or other VOIP services. I dunno.

They give it the same high quality that landlines have always had when you're decently near a CO.

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger


Cox is charging me $40/mo for their 6Mbps and I have been getting 1.5 downstream 700k upstream.  DSL and u-verse should provide the promised speed more routinely (more bang for the buck).

Either you have a problem with your drop, or your node is severely overloaded. I can get a solid 12Mbps most any time of day. More if you count Powerboost.

I can't say I ever had a problem with reliably getting the advertised speed on DSL, though. I had 3Mbps service (I tried to get 6, but they couldn't make it work) and almost always got 3Mbps. And for $25 a month, I can't complain. It was $30 a month cheaper, after all.

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger


Have you seen Cox's commercial that misleads viewers? It says 'the phone company charges extra for HD.'

Except that it's not at all misleading. U-Verse has a separate "HD" line item. $10 a month, plus boxes are $5 a month. The boxes are slightly cheaper, I suppose, but who needs 'em? I pay $1.99/mo for a CableCARD, which gets me HD service.

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger


So you still save with bundled services because of the promotional discount, right? Interweb orders for u-verse are offering first month free, so I will save about $104 there, pick up wireless networking 'free' and HD/DVR to boot, still for less than what Cox was charging me.  I am not going to bundle my wireless though BC bundled services are not eligible for discounts on the wireless.

A free month's service is nice, but I've already got two wireless APs and a couple of HD TiVos (which won't even work with U-Verse [xx(]).

If they had a way for me to get only their HD channels for $15 or $20 a month, I'd probably try it out, just because I want HDNet and HDNet Movies.

[sgrizzle]

Color me unimpressed. Two AT&T employees came to my door and stayed 15 minutes trying to convince me that I should switch even with the fact I would have to drop a couple of TV's, only record one HD program, and have slower internet. However, they could (possibly) save me $6

Woo.

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Color me unimpressed. Two AT&T employees came to my door and stayed 15 minutes trying to convince me that I should switch even with the fact I would have to drop a couple of TV's, only record one HD program, and have slower internet. However, they could (possibly) save me $6

Woo.

Not surprising.

And I'm officially not impressed with Dish either.  I have several friends who have it and say 'they have 100 HD channels'.  The reason they do is that they compress them so much they're damn near unwatchable.  I stayed for a couple of hours at a friend of mine's home who just bought a similar size HD set to mine and I was less than impressed with the picture quality.  Hate to think what it looks like during the rain.

Cox may only have about 30 HD channels, but all of them are watchable.

[citizen72]

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger

. . . from one that is overcharging you 100% Sure! Hey, at least call and give 'em a scare.

U-verse offers 4 video feeds per receiver and 40HD channels, which means four sets can access different content at the same time (or, 4 DVR streams).  Plus, it is already rated at 1080 p HD which is crazy clarity.  10,000 movies on demand. Mapquest maps on yer tv screen via yellowopages.com. DVR controls from your wireless phone. The TVOIP is an entirely different deal than DSL.  Plus, no contracts!

I talk to people all the time who are promised a certain speed by cable but in reality are getting far less.  One fellah yesterday even checked his 'Cox 10MPS' and was pulling 1.5! You are lucky to have a consistent speed with Cox!

The difference between what Cox offers and what U-verse offers is the difference between a bag phone and an iPhone.

So, would this indicate our "picture in picture" will be functional with U-verse?

[tim huntzinger]

U-verse has changed my life.  It is awesome! The PIP preview works with any set, and what is kewl is that one may flip between PIP stations with the main set in the background so that one can actually monitor three stations.

The channel feed is a lot faster and I have had zero blocking.  Also, I can hide the kajillion channels I do not watch so that when I surf I do not even have to preview unwanted channels.  Which is good, because with a new channel order I do a lot of surfing.

The web is a lot faster, and is 100% wi-fi.  I am running 5.5 on 6 MBS with zero pauses or slowdowns.

A lot of times I will have all four DVR feeds going at once, and still have my current channel going.  Awesome.

The ground troops made a mistake in positing the product as a cost-saver, though for most people lucky enough to be in the area it will save money (I picked up wi-fi with better sustained web speeds, two premium services (SHO/Encore +), DVR) over Cox. If yer bag is pinching pennies well there you go.  I have people all day decry the iPhone because it is too expensive and they think the extra features are fluff.  SW ('some will, some won't, so what, someones' waiting').  

The TVOIP makes cable look like bagphones.  U-verse makes Cox look like an eight-track player.  If I had to go back to Cox, I would not have TV.  It is that simple.  I am officially spoiled rotten.  The king of all television.  The undisputed lord and master of the remote.  All hail U-verse!!!

For a real-time demo of the U-verse, see the Highland Plaza store at 41st/Hudson.

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger

U-verse has changed my life.  It is awesome! The PIP preview works with any set, and what is kewl is that one may flip between PIP stations with the main set in the background so that one can actually monitor three stations.

The channel feed is a lot faster and I have had zero blocking.  Also, I can hide the kajillion channels I do not watch so that when I surf I do not even have to preview unwanted channels.  Which is good, because with a new channel order I do a lot of surfing.

The web is a lot faster, and is 100% wi-fi.  I am running 5.5 on 6 MBS with zero pauses or slowdowns.

A lot of times I will have all four DVR feeds going at once, and still have my current channel going.  Awesome.

The ground troops made a mistake in positing the product as a cost-saver, though for most people lucky enough to be in the area it will save money (I picked up wi-fi with better sustained web speeds, two premium services (SHO/Encore +), DVR) over Cox. If yer bag is pinching pennies well there you go.  I have people all day decry the iPhone because it is too expensive and they think the extra features are fluff.  SW ('some will, some won't, so what, someones' waiting').  

The TVOIP makes cable look like bagphones.  U-verse makes Cox look like an eight-track player.  If I had to go back to Cox, I would not have TV.  It is that simple.  I am officially spoiled rotten.  The king of all television.  The undisputed lord and master of the remote.  All hail U-verse!!!

For a real-time demo of the U-verse, see the Highland Plaza store at 41st/Hudson.

I want to know how long you've been working for AT&T.

[]

And my internet speed is about 20 down.  Let Uverse match that...

[OUGrad05]

AT&T's sales tactics are dispicable.  I had a U-Verse guy come door to door at my place and basically lied up one side and down the other.  Told him I'd sign up but if I found out he was lieing I'd call the next day and cancel, sure enough he lied.  So I called and cancelled the install.  Beware of the UVerse salesmen.

[patric]

quote:Originally posted by OUGrad05

AT&T's sales tactics are dispicable.  I had a U-Verse guy come door to door at my place and basically lied up one side and down the other.  Told him I'd sign up but if I found out he was lieing I'd call the next day and cancel, sure enough he lied.  So I called and cancelled the install.  Beware of the UVerse salesmen.

What did he say?

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by Hoss

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger

U-verse has changed my life.  It is awesome! The PIP preview works with any set, and what is kewl is that one may flip between PIP stations with the main set in the background so that one can actually monitor three stations.

The channel feed is a lot faster and I have had zero blocking.  Also, I can hide the kajillion channels I do not watch so that when I surf I do not even have to preview unwanted channels.  Which is good, because with a new channel order I do a lot of surfing.

The web is a lot faster, and is 100% wi-fi.  I am running 5.5 on 6 MBS with zero pauses or slowdowns.

A lot of times I will have all four DVR feeds going at once, and still have my current channel going.  Awesome.

The ground troops made a mistake in positing the product as a cost-saver, though for most people lucky enough to be in the area it will save money (I picked up wi-fi with better sustained web speeds, two premium services (SHO/Encore +), DVR) over Cox. If yer bag is pinching pennies well there you go.  I have people all day decry the iPhone because it is too expensive and they think the extra features are fluff.  SW ('some will, some won't, so what, someones' waiting').  

The TVOIP makes cable look like bagphones.  U-verse makes Cox look like an eight-track player.  If I had to go back to Cox, I would not have TV.  It is that simple.  I am officially spoiled rotten.  The king of all television.  The undisputed lord and master of the remote.  All hail U-verse!!!

For a real-time demo of the U-verse, see the Highland Plaza store at 41st/Hudson.

I want to know how long you've been working for AT&T.

[]

And my internet speed is about 20 down.  Let Uverse match that...

it can't...and the Uverse zealots will try to tell you you can't really take advantage of the 20mb anyways...funny, when I'm downloading at 2mbps and you aren't, I think I am taking advantage of it.

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by Hoss

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger

U-verse has changed my life.  It is awesome! The PIP preview works with any set, and what is kewl is that one may flip between PIP stations with the main set in the background so that one can actually monitor three stations.

The channel feed is a lot faster and I have had zero blocking.  Also, I can hide the kajillion channels I do not watch so that when I surf I do not even have to preview unwanted channels.  Which is good, because with a new channel order I do a lot of surfing.

The web is a lot faster, and is 100% wi-fi.  I am running 5.5 on 6 MBS with zero pauses or slowdowns.

A lot of times I will have all four DVR feeds going at once, and still have my current channel going.  Awesome.

The ground troops made a mistake in positing the product as a cost-saver, though for most people lucky enough to be in the area it will save money (I picked up wi-fi with better sustained web speeds, two premium services (SHO/Encore +), DVR) over Cox. If yer bag is pinching pennies well there you go.  I have people all day decry the iPhone because it is too expensive and they think the extra features are fluff.  SW ('some will, some won't, so what, someones' waiting').  

The TVOIP makes cable look like bagphones.  U-verse makes Cox look like an eight-track player.  If I had to go back to Cox, I would not have TV.  It is that simple.  I am officially spoiled rotten.  The king of all television.  The undisputed lord and master of the remote.  All hail U-verse!!!

For a real-time demo of the U-verse, see the Highland Plaza store at 41st/Hudson.

I want to know how long you've been working for AT&T.

[]

And my internet speed is about 20 down.  Let Uverse match that...

it can't...and the Uverse zealots will try to tell you you can't really take advantage of the 20mb anyways...funny, when I'm downloading at 2mbps and you aren't, I think I am taking advantage of it.

Yep, and with Powerboost, I'll see about a minute's worth of 2700 or 2800 down.

[inteller]

which is still a lot more than you'd see with Uverse any given minute of the day.

[tim huntzinger]

And Cox can never ever give me PIP preview.  Never ever.  Ergo, all Cox digital services suck and will always suck and people should not ever waste their time investigating the service.

Cox would not give me a wi-fi modem and now I have one for the same price as I was paying.  Most customers I talk to order the 3mb service so the 20mb demand is ridiculous.

When I went to turn in my decrepit Cox box only one was going out of their dumpy store and everyone else was turning them in.  All the crappy old boxes were piled in a corner like trash.  It was awesome.

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger

And Cox can never ever give me PIP preview.  Never ever.  Ergo, all Cox digital services suck and will always suck and people should not ever waste their time investigating the service.

Cox would not give me a wi-fi modem and now I have one for the same price as I was paying.  Most customers I talk to order the 3mb service so the 20mb demand is ridiculous.

When I went to turn in my decrepit Cox box only one was going out of their dumpy store and everyone else was turning them in.  All the crappy old boxes were piled in a corner like trash.  It was awesome.

You sound suspiciously like an AT&T shill.  AT&T sucks.  And that is not just my opinion.