Uverse internet vs. Road Runner

mackielee · ‎02-20-2007

Does anyone know how uverse's internet compares to time warner cable's roadrunner? I'm thinking of switching but not if it's not worth it.

Thanks!!

randyl · ‎10-25-2007

mackielee03 wrote:
Does anyone know how uverse's internet compares to time warner cable's roadrunner? I'm thinking of switching but not if it's not worth it.

Thanks!!

guess it depends on the rr speed u get now etc

at&t 10 megger is rock solid and u get 1.5 up (rr will give u less up for sure ?? )

my take

randy

showtime48 · ‎01-16-2008

mackielee03 wrote:
Does anyone know how uverse's internet compares to time warner cable's roadrunner? I'm thinking of switching but not if it's not worth it.

Thanks!!

pretty much apples and oranges...

Dennis

mackielee · ‎02-20-2007

thanks.

does anyone have windows vista with this internet service? i'm chatting with a person at att and she just said you cant have vista and this internet service???

randyl · ‎10-25-2007

vista runs fine fyi

showtime48 · ‎01-16-2008

wireless laptop with vista works just fine...

Dennis

Desertnate · ‎08-07-2008

I had Time Warner/Oceanic in Hawaii. I have found that my U-Verse internet serverice is FAR more consistant. Not only is my upload speed better, but my download speeds are much more stable...no more slow periods when everyone in the neighborhood was on.

RCSMG · ‎12-10-2007

My wife just bought a laptop that has Vista Business vs. and it works great. I even set it up to connect to our printer wirelessly. I think you need to end that chat and connect to a different csr.

Desertnate · ‎08-07-2008

I too am on Vista Home Premium with no problems at all. No problems printing wirelessly either. Connecting to the network over wireless was very simple...

Koolkid1935 · ‎07-27-2007

Can't have and don't support are two different things. Though I don't know their policies on supporting particular operatings systems (as in tech support and other help), I can tell you that as long as it has a TCP/IP stack it will work with U-verse.

Desertnate · ‎08-07-2008

Koolkid1935 wrote:
Can't have and don't support are two different things. Though I don't know their policies on supporting particular operatings systems (as in tech support and other help), I can tell you that as long as it has a TCP/IP stack it will work with U-verse.

Despite all of the great features, benifits, and customer service we get from U-verse, I have noticed that if your computers aren't running Windows XP, you are out of luck when it comes to technical support. You should have seen the installers face when they came to my house. One laptop ran Visa and the other MacOS...poor guy scratched his head and actually had me SHOW HIM how to establish the wireless connections.

I'm really surprised they don't train their folks a little better. Its not like Mac and Vista are low volume OS's like LINUX.

RCSMG · ‎12-10-2007

I don't see why they have to install the network adapters, the computers should detect the wireless network and all they would have to do is type in the password. Or am I missing something? I had a laptop that had a wireless network adapter and it worked fine. But the installer removed it and replaced it with the 2wire adapter.

MarkShadid · ‎09-27-2007

They didn't seem to have a problem installing on my Vista machine.

RCSMG · ‎12-10-2007

My wife just got a laptop that has Vista Business Edition. It detected the network and I put in the password and away she went. When I set it up to be able to print, the Vista software detected my network. I clicked on it and I saw the printer, I selected it and it did a test print. It has been working great. So I don't see why the techs would have a problem. If I can and have brought other wireless laptops into my home and connected to my 2wire network, I don't see why the techs have to change the adapters that are in the laptops of the Uverse subscribers.

hpmsrm · ‎09-14-2009

Likewise. Both of our notebooks....one XP and one Vista....detected the connection and all we had to do was type in the security key. Our desktop runs XP and is connected via ethernet cable.

Phil

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Desertnate · ‎08-07-2008

hpmsrm wrote:
Likewise. Both of our notebooks....one XP and one Vista....detected the connection and all we had to do was type in the security key. Our desktop runs XP and is connected via ethernet cable.

Phil

My set up was equally easy. However, the technician that did our install had no idea on our Vista or our Mac where to even look for the available networks or how to establish the connection.

I brought out the Mac first, and I don't think the rection from the installer would have been any less of a surprise if I had just shown him an alien space ship. He had absolutly NO idea how to operate a Mac. He did seem to recocgnize my Vista machine to the point he admitted he didn't know his way around the OS, but the Mac was totaly foreign.

formercanuck_1 · ‎09-18-2007

I had DSL (DSL-Extreme), and now have TWC/RR.

DSL (haven't tried Uverse): Reliable, low latency, consitant rates. VDSL has ~10ms higher latency

RR: Higher data, lower price (bundle), varying latency, but nothing bad. LOTS of hops to get out of SoCal (AT&T/Uverse has this issue to.. both send traffic all the way down to Orange County - Irvine or Tustin depending on carrier). RR appears to have a lot of network issues (routers/backbone) in SoCal though (eg. 8 hour outage in SoCal due to a bad router ~60 miles away in the OC)

Uverse has a gateway to deal with, which might not always be fun.

Message Edited by formercanuck on 08-27-2008 01:43 PM

Vtr_Racing · ‎01-16-2008

What canuck said. If you game you may want to read the other thread on that. Latency issues....If thats not a big deal for you then you will be pleased with what Uverse has to offer for the TV. I love the TV part.

Sick_Puppy · ‎07-29-2008

mackielee03 wrote:
Does anyone know how uverse's internet compares to time warner cable's roadrunner? I'm thinking of switching but not if it's not worth it.

I'm happy!

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formercanuck_1 · ‎09-18-2007

I would have (and may yet) consider AT&T Uverse... but will probably cancel TV service, and use Vonage for voice (POTS too expensive, Uverse Voice not available in the Los Angeles area).

TWC analog cable is decent, digital phone is great, RR is a mixed bag (8 hour upstream SoCal peering router outage this week), and digital cable is non functional at night (freezes). I must have been spoiled on DirecTv.