Ok, my six month price lock on my DSL ran out so I"m making my semianual call to get the price back down again and lo-n-behold, the rep up and tells me Uverse internet (internet only, no VOIP or TV) is available.
HOLY CRAP!!!!!
Yet I never once recieved an email from the quarterly requests for notification of availability. 
Now for the guts of the post.
I went online to check for myself and yes, it comes up as available, but oddly, if I pick the 12Mbs plan, it allows self install, but if I pick the 18Mbs plan, it requires a tech install. Could this be because the 18Mbs would require pair bonding, whereas the 12Mbs would not?
After checking it appears that both speeds use the same IG51X modem/gateway. I wonder if this is replacing the NVG510.
IIRC there were issues with the stability of the 18Mbs teir. Did they clear those issues up?
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How can you be in two places at once, when your not anywhere at all?
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I really want to become a procrastinator, but I keep putting it off.
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There are three kinds of people, those that can count, and those that can't.
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“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature has made them." :Bertrand Russell
Well, it was fun while it lasted, but the euphoria is over.
I called retentions this afternoon to start the transfer and confirmed that in fact Uverse "IPDSL" is available, but the best they can manage is 6Mbs, which is no better than the "ATMDSL" I already have. The only advantage I'd get would be no caps, if they treat ADSL2+ Uverse like they do VDSL Uverse.
I feel like Charlie Brown, and Lucy (AT&T) just yanked the Uverse football away... again.
I am so freakin' close to calling comcrap.
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How can you be in two places at once, when your not anywhere at all?
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I really want to become a procrastinator, but I keep putting it off.
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There are three kinds of people, those that can count, and those that can't.
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“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature has made them." :Bertrand Russell
So close...