AT&T U-verse vs Cox Cable

dont do it

All I know is my comcast cable internet at my apartment absolutely shits on my parent's U-verse.

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This I do know, AT&T U-verse is fiber optic.

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Nope, the sales reps tell you that because it's fiber to the node, but it's still copper from the node to all of the residences in your area. But of course it sounds good to say it's a fiber optic connection, since as long as they are vague about it, it's not technically a lie.

I used to have 18mbps U-Verse internet. It was extremely reliable. Never had a single outage for 2 and a half years. But part of that reliability was that it reliably throttled streaming video, and reliably had a higher ping. The ping issue will affect competitive online FPS gaming. U-Verse uses an adsl2+ interleaved connection which gives it inherently higher ping. Lowest pinging servers in any game were 70-80ms.

I had to switch back to Cox for Internet, for the speed increase as well as the lower ping.

U-Verse TV, on the other hand, I still use. Much better value than Cox, and again, very reliable.

But I hesitate to say it's an overall more reliable service because people all have horror stories. Based on everything I've read on these forums alone about Cox vs. U-Verse vs. DirecTV vs. whatever other options, reliability varies in different areas. Hell, it might even vary from house to house because there are so many variables, like the age and quality of the line to your house.

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AT&T U-verse is fiber optic

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Not really

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good lord, I hope this shite gets better before I move back

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It won't. Our shittastic government is holding the lube while the ISPs go in dry.

uverse internet is slow and more expensive

if you have cox you can call and ask for the promotions department and they can help lower your bill without losing anything

I have Cox in OK and the speed is good, very few outages. It's a crap shoot IMO based on where you are at.

I've had Cox for years. In 2011 I switched to u verse because it was all the new rage and I like having the latest and greatest.

I had people over at my house to watch the Arkansas LSU game. It was un watchable. I called and demanded someone come fix it now. They showed up, "fixed it", and left. 30 minutes later it was all frozen and pixelated again. Un watchable. U verse didn't last 3 months in my house.

I have lived in two different places and had two different providers (Cox/Uverse) because one wasnt offered at the other.

Cox - Was great for a couple years and when a storm came and messed up the node in our complex, it never was the same. I hadnt called once in 2 and a half years for service and I called 3 times in a 3 month period because it would spike to horrible levels. They would schedule a crew to head out there during the week and send me an email "confirming the request was finished and service restored" but the problem would always show up again within a week.

Uverse - I have had zero complaints thus far. TV is set up a little differently than I'm used to but internet is the most consistant I have seen. It isn't "lightning fast" or will blow you away, but I find it reliable. It seems like it's on the exact same ping everytime (I play MMOs like WoW, GW2, SW).

This kind of debate is pretty much based on opinion. People have had different experiences and it's really preference. I'm actually surprised to see the negative comments about U-verse since I have had a pretty positive experience so far.