AT&T's 'Expansion' of 1 Gbps to 100 Cities is a Big, Fat Bluff

Re:AT&T's 'Expansion' of 1 Gbps to 100 Cities is a Big, Fat ... by iOsyss on Monday April 21, 2014 @04:13PM (#7623458)

AT&T has made it their goal to trick the average consumer by having their reps go around telling everyone in Austin they now have fiber in their area!

The reps won't even give the speed of the line until asked and the majority of responses when asked are Download Speeds of 15-30Mbps. Time Warner has cable options doubling this and the price is better.

AT&T is basically trying to confuse their customers before google fiber hits Austin and it's the most immoral thing I've seen in a long time.

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Re:AT&T's 'Expansion' of 1 Gbps to 100 Cities is a Big, Fat ... by bradknowles on Monday April 21, 2014 @08:35PM (#7624995)

I live in Austin, and I have had U-Verse for months. I've got ~40Mbps down, and that's pretty reliable and with low latency.

I had AT&T sales reps come by the house a few weeks ago to try and sell me U-Verse, and I was able to tell them more about my service that I already had than they were told to offer to anyone else in my neighborhood.

The only thing they had to hook me on was TV, and I told them we were getting rid of all TV service.

And no, I didn't really feel sorry for them at all. Three nice young people out for a neighborhood walk where they will probably make a years worth of sales commissions in just a few hours. They don't deserve any pity or sympathy from me.

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