Here a question ..

JimG248 · ‎03-10-2012

If AT&T Is really fighting for you " Us " then why aren't they working harder to give us all want we really want ?

I mean most all U-Verse customers like my self want the Hall Mark channel back and yet it's been gone since Sep 2010, and it doesn't seem like AT&T is doing anything to bring it back but play the blame the game.

Also if the service was really over all that great why isn't it more stable ? really I went from having Comcast to this messed up service, I mean I like some of the things AT&T has done with there U-Verse service that some of the top cable companys and other companys has yet to have done, that being the true whole house DVR, Comcast & Directv doesn't have that and it bugs me as to why that is companys like U-Verse and Dish Network and WowWay has this, where you can pause, Rewind, fastward, Live T.V off any box. It just makes no sense to me why U-Verse & Dish & Wowway are the only three companys that has this.

Whatever the case is, I have had noting but issues with slow internet & T.v problems since getting U-Verse, I thought I would be happy with U-Verse but at this point in time I am no longer as happy as I once was.

All I can say is when a new company or another company comes in my area and offers nearly the same technology as what U-Verse has with the pause,rewind,fasterward live t.v off any box, then I am done with AT&T.

I mean I just do not get what is taking AT&T so long to make there service better then what it is, sure I understand it cost money and I understand they can't please everybody and all companys has issues etc, but I never know one company not to get a channel back when it's in such a high demand as it seems that both Hallmark and NHL networks are and yet AT&T doesn't seem to care one single bit.

texasguy37 · ‎05-18-2009

JimG248 wrote:

If AT&T Is really fighting for you " Us " then why aren't they working harder to give us all want we really want ?

I mean most all U-Verse customers like my self want the Hall Mark channel back and yet it's been gone since Sep 2010, and it doesn't seem like AT&T is doing anything to bring it back but play the blame the game.

Also if the service was really over all that great why isn't it more stable ? really I went from having Comcast to this messed up service, I mean I like some of the things AT&T has done with there U-Verse service that some of the top cable companys and other companys has yet to have done, that being the true whole house DVR, Comcast & Directv doesn't have that and it bugs me as to why that is companys like U-Verse and Dish Network and WowWay has this, where you can pause, Rewind, fastward, Live T.V off any box. It just makes no sense to me why U-Verse & Dish & Wowway are the only three companys that has this.

Whatever the case is, I have had noting but issues with slow internet & T.v problems since getting U-Verse, I thought I would be happy with U-Verse but at this point in time I am no longer as happy as I once was.

All I can say is when a new company or another company comes in my area and offers nearly the same technology as what U-Verse has with the pause,rewind,fasterward live t.v off any box, then I am done with AT&T.

I mean I just do not get what is taking AT&T so long to make there service better then what it is, sure I understand it cost money and I understand they can't please everybody and all companys has issues etc, but I never know one company not to get a channel back when it's in such a high demand as it seems that both Hallmark and NHL networks are and yet AT&T doesn't seem to care one single bit.

Unless you are under a 12 month commitment with U-verse, you can cancel your service and go back to Comcast without any cancellation fees. Also, based on viewership, the Hallmark Channel and NHL Network are not high demand channels.

JimG248 · ‎03-10-2012

I am not sure how you can say that nither HallMark or NHL networks are not in hight demands. When I have looked at the forums here and even on AT&T Facebook page and both make it seem that they are, not to mention even when I have spoken to customer services from AT&T.

Also if you would have read my whole post then you would have known I would switch to another company but due to the technology U-Verse has and others do not, it makes it tough to switch.

And no I am in no contact with U-Verse, I was only in a 6 month deal with them I believe it was last year when I first signed up for U-Verse but that's done and gone.

But thanks for your respond!.

oufanindallas · ‎02-08-2010

JimG248 wrote:
I am not sure how you can say that nither HallMark or NHL networks are not in hight demands. When I have looked at the forums here and even on AT&T Facebook page and both make it seem that they are, not to mention even when I have spoken to customer services from AT&T.

Also if you would have read my whole post then you would have known I would switch to another company but due to the technology U-Verse has and others do not, it makes it tough to switch.

And no I am in no contact with U-Verse, I was only in a 6 month deal with them I believe it was last year when I first signed up for U-Verse but that's done and gone.

But thanks for your respond!.

It's called ratings. Hallmarks highest rated show had under 1 million viewers, across EVERY provider. AT&T just passed 4 million viewers. AT&T hasn't had Hallmark in over a year and their number of subscribers has increased. What you see on this forum represents less than 1% of UVerse customers and the Hallmark thread is even less than that when you consider the majority of the early posts were made by people who didn't have UVerse to begin with and those people replying to them. So while the Hallmark thread may be lengthy, it's a very, very, very small portion of customers who actually care about a channel that shows 20 year old reruns.

” Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports … all others are games.”- Ernest Hemingway

JimG248 · ‎03-10-2012

I can understand where your coming from, but it's not just these forums, it's others too out there on the net etc. Whatever the case, I said what I had to say and I'm not going to keep going back & forth over this and getting no where because that isn't what I was looking for. Some people like my self are just venting out at how upset we are because of the lack of over all channels and other services given with U-Verse. Sure U-Verse is a newer company but AT&T them self's has been around for years on end, however the U-Verse brand it self is rather new to some people & areas etc. Whatever the case is here I was just saying how disappointed over all I was with U-Verse. Not to mention it would be nice if AT&T would do more then noting.

And yes I understand HallMark does show some older T.v shows, but at the same time they also show newer programs in case you didn't know that.

bugmenot121 · ‎03-04-2012

If it really was a lot of people wanting Hallmark, AT&T wouldn't be without the channel for two(?) years now.

As already said, the highest ratings on the channels were still under one million viewers. Look at this list:

Top 10 Largest Cable Companies by subscribers[5]

1. Comcast Corporation 22,363,000
2. Time Warner Cable, Inc. 12,109,000
3. Cox Communications, Inc. 4,789,000
4. Charter Communications, Inc. 4,371,000
5. Cablevision Systems Corporation 3,264,000
6. Bright House Networks LLC 2,109,000
8. Suddenlink Communications 1,268,000
7. Mediacom Communications Corporation 1,100,000
9. Insight Communications Company, Inc. 670,000
10. Cable One, Inc. 628,000

(Keep in mind that U-Verse isn't on here, since it's not a cable company.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirecTV
DirecTV has somewhere around 20 million
Dish has 14.337 million residential and commercial subscribers.

Let me remind you that fewer than one million subscribers across ALL providers tuned in to Hallmark's most popular shows.

texasguy37 · ‎05-18-2009

JimG248 wrote:

I can understand where your coming from, but it's not just these forums, it's others too out there on the net etc. Whatever the case, I said what I had to say and I'm not going to keep going back & forth over this and getting no where because that isn't what I was looking for. Some people like my self are just venting out at how upset we are because of the lack of over all channels and other services given with U-Verse. Sure U-Verse is a newer company but AT&T them self's has been around for years on end, however the U-Verse brand it self is rather new to some people & areas etc. Whatever the case is here I was just saying how disappointed over all I was with U-Verse. Not to mention it would be nice if AT&T would do more then noting.

And yes I understand HallMark does show some older T.v shows, but at the same time they also show newer programs in case you didn't know that.

Occasion venting is fine. We all do that. It's ok to want certain channels that may not be in the current U-verse lineup regardless of the overall viewership of those channels; however, there is no reason to exaggerate or embellish the popularity or viewership of those channels to support one's case. There are a number of channels that I watch on U-verse that are not highly viewed channels.

Also, I disagree with your position that their is a lack of overall channels on U-verse compared to other TV providers. U-verse has some channels that other providers do not have, and other providers have some channels that U-verse does not have. No TV provider carries all available channels. They are all lacking something. You chose the provider that you feels best meets your overall needs, and you try to be happy with your choice. When you feel that your TV provider is no longer the best at meeting your overall needs, it's time to move on. There is no reason to be unhappy when you have other choices.

JimG248 · ‎03-10-2012

@ texasguy37

I get what your saying & understand everything you have just said . Maybe I went a bit to on in my first post in this thread, however I got a little carried away. Whatever the case is as I mention in my very first post in this very thread that as soon as another company becomes open with the same technogoly then I would be more then glad to switch, but until then I am a bit stuck with U-Verse at this moment in time.

Again I get your view and I was giving my view & opinion here and that is that.

JimG248 · ‎03-10-2012

@ bugmenot121

Those companys you mention all are fairly bigger companys then AT&T. Such as ComCast & Directv for one are both the two biggest companys out there that have the t.v market etc.

And yes I know U-Verse isn't on there & either is Verizon Fios. So I get what your point is. Hopefully you get what mine is as well.

pmaxhen · ‎04-11-2012

Is that how they decided not to show baseball games too?

oufanindallas · ‎02-08-2010

pmaxhen wrote:
Is that how they decided not to show baseball games too?

Which baseball games?

” Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports … all others are games.”- Ernest Hemingway

k9sat · ‎04-23-2012

Acutally, out of the Whole home DVR, directv does it the best. You can have any directv DVR aside from their TIVO and it shows up on any tv at any time. And you can have as many DVR's as you want. The only thing Directv's doesnt do is pause live tv on non dvr units.

texasguy37 · ‎05-18-2009

k9sat wrote:

Acutally, out of the Whole home DVR, directv does it the best. You can have any directv DVR aside from their TIVO and it shows up on any tv at any time. And you can have as many DVR's as you want. The only thing Directv's doesnt do is pause live tv on non dvr units.

In my opinion that alone makes it worst than U-verse's THDVR.

JimG248 · ‎03-10-2012

Yeah.. I was thinking of switching to Directv a month or so ago but when I found out they didn't have the Pause / Rewind Live T.v like U-Verse has then I was kinda bummed out about that.

Also I am kinda shocked Directv doesn't have this type of technology, sense they say there the leader in technology, but yet they don't have the pause / rewind live t.v like U-Verse, unless your recording a program then it can be paused etc.