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05-14-2012 04:06:33 PM
I've been chugging away for years on the 3 meg internet as my home backup internet with my Netgear N300 ADSL2+ and wifi router. Recently, I was about to cancel due to the price increase, and I was offered 6 meg Uverse if I'd not cancel my service.
The Uverse service arrived with a nice $100 charge for a gateway, $49 for activation, and I thought: No big deal! I don't need their gateway!
Or do I?
I can't seem to get the N300 to work with the 6 meg Uverse service. The modem stays in the "negotiating" stage. The wizard that would normally detect the type of DSL you have simply has no connection.
Am I missing something here? I'm an IT guy so I'm not non-technical, though Googling the matter lands me with very little useful info.
Thanks for any insight. I'm not sure if $149 is worth keeping the service when I have 30 meg cable for $40 a month and this was just my backup. For $24 a month I was willing to keep it around but I'm not sure if it makes sense if I'm required to buy & use their gateway.
Re: Moved to Uverse 6 meg: Is the ATT Gateway required?
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05-14-2012 04:09:31 PM
thatchman1 wrote:
The Uverse service arrived with a nice $100 charge for a gateway, $49 for activation, and I thought: No big deal! I don't need their gateway!
Or do I?
Yes, you need to use the gateway provided by U-verse.

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05-14-2012 04:22:45 PM
Re: Moved to Uverse 6 meg: Is the ATT Gateway required?
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05-14-2012 04:37:53 PM
Which gateway did you receive?









