RSSAT&T: U-verse gets speed boost, broadband customers get free Wi-Fi
By Tim Conneally | Published January 23, 2008, 12:46 PM
AT&T announced today that its U-verse fiber-to-the-node Internet service will begin offering more bandwidth and higher speeds to top-tier subscribers, and free Wi-Fi hotspot connectivity to all of AT&T's broadband customers.
The AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Max tier will cost $55 a month when bundled with U-verse TV, and will now have downstream speeds of up to 10 Mbps, and upstream speeds up to 1.5 Mbps.
Broadband customers, no matter which package they choose, will now also be given free Wi-Fi connectivity at the over 10,000 AT&T hotspots nationwide. Free Wi-Fi access was originally provided only to the company's highest speed subscribers last year, but now the offer is extended to all new and existing customers.
Since a qualifying broadband plan is needed to obtain the free AT&T Wi-Fi connectivity, this offer appears to be incentive for iPhone users to expand from just cellular plans to AT&T broadband plans as well. After all, the iPhone -- reported to be AT&T's most popular handset in Q4 2007 -- is readily compatible with those very hotspots. It could substantially increase AT&T's broadband subscriber base if even a fraction of iPhone users added broadband connectivity to their services.
And what difference will this speed make if the amount of data is capped?
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|"The AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Max tier will cost $55 a month when bundled with U-verse TV, and will now have downstream speeds of up to 10 Mbps, and upstream speeds up to 1.5 Mbps."
Funny how it still doesnt even compare to the speed of Verizon's FiOS.
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|I live in a rural community with 6.0 DSL with service at 6.0 about a year,but NO Tv. Ive been a user for over 3 years. What about us? Am paying 42.95 for the DSL in addition to a phone that i only can use local (inTown) for local calls no long distance call aloud. AT&T has no wireless service in this area. All long distance on Skype out. Saving over AT&T over 60.00 per month. Thanks AK
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|I live in a big city and we still dont have fiber internet.
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|if only my dsl would stay up for more than 48hrs at a time, or while it rained...sigh. i miss you comcast, i really, really do.
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|we have the bellsouth/att fastaccess dsl deal. i take it this means we are included?
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|Only if you have Uverse which is their TV. I have it so I guess I'll have 10Mbps and Wi-Fi.
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|I dont know about that. It doesnt exactly say that we have to have the uverse tv package to have the wifi.
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