Upgrading internet: UVerse or XFinity?

[IVB]

All this Netflix & Hulu Plus has me needing to upgrade my current 6Mbps DSL internet service. If you take cost off the table (I can figure that out, but I need time to wade through the myriad of options & offers), what would you think?

Note: I only do OTA, this will NOT be used for TV. Unless GoogSage...

[IVB]

crap, meant to include other, forgot.

[samgreco]

Comcast Business Class (don't know if they call it XFinity). No caps. And it doesn't cast much more.

[IVB]

oh yeah, forgot about that. Will look into pricing for that too.

[samgreco]

I've had it for about 4 years now. It has been great. As much as I dislike them as a company, they have been rock solid since day one. Of course, my love for AT&T is even less.

[Skybolt]

Originally Posted by samgreco

... As much as I dislike them as a company, they have been rock solid since day one. Of course, my love for AT&T is even less.

+1000

Definetly the lesser of 2 evils. You will get nowhere with AT&T and well, atleast you know what your going to get with Comcast.

[panteragstk]

U-verse is decent, but I've heard way too many of my friends complain that they don't get their advertised speeds. Comcast may be cable, but it's better than u-verse AFAIK.

[IVB]

Comcast has a deal for XFinity - 20Mbps (PowerBoost)/15Mbps (after powerboost) for $30/month for 6 months, $45/month after that with no contract in my area, so i'll try that. There's a 250GB/month bandwidth limit. Biz Class is $70/month. Hence, i'm going to try out XFinity, and if I hit the limits I can just move over to biz class or some other option in 2-3 months.

[GbrNole]

They probably won't enforce the 250 cap for a little while.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by GbrNole

They probably won't enforce the 250 cap for a little while.

This is the note I got on my Comcast Account

Note: enforcement of the 250GB data consumption threshold is currently suspended.

[drewg]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

This is the note I got on my Comcast Account

Note: enforcement of the 250GB data consumption threshold is currently suspended.

My understanding was that their long term plan was that they were going to increase the cap to something like 350GB, and then institute overage charges.

BTW, we moved a year ago. Before moving, we had 10/1 service from Time Warner business class. They were great, they rolled a truck on a Sunday morning when my neighbor clipped my cable line when gardening. Total outage was ~1 hour. No caps (at least in our area). We paid $40/mo (deal through my wife's former employer).

When we moved, our only choice was Comcast. No DSL. No U-Verse. Nothing but Comcast. We signed up for something with a silly name that was 25/5, and we've nearly always gotten the advertised bandwidth. The price recently increased from the introductory $39/mo to $59/mo. But they also doubled our bandwidth to 50/10. Working from home, a 10Mb/s uplink is very nice to have.

Drew

[IVB]

Originally Posted by drewg

But they also doubled our bandwidth to 50/10. Working from home, a 10Mb/s uplink is very nice to have.

Drew

Holy crap! Either the wife or I work from home 2 days/week, a 10Mbps uplink would be awesome. I currently only get ~500Kbps, reduces me to tears at times.

[drewg]

Originally Posted by IVB

Holy crap! Either the wife or I work from home 2 days/week, a 10Mbps uplink would be awesome. I currently only get ~500Kbps, reduces me to tears at times.

Exactly.. If they would have just upped the download speed, I would have dropped down to the next lower tier and saved money. But the upload speed is key.

Drew

[IVB]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

This is the note I got on my Comcast Account

Note: enforcement of the 250GB data consumption threshold is currently suspended.

heh. And this is the note I just got today:

Dear AT&T High Speed Internet Service Customer,

We previously notified you that your AT&T High Speed Internet service includes 150 gigabytes (GB) of data for each billing period.

You have reached 65% (or 97.5 GB) of your 150 GB data plan.*

If you exceed your data plan this billing period we will waive the charge for additional data. However, if you go over your data plan in subsequent billing periods, we'll provide you with an additional 50 GB of data for $10. You'll be charged $10 for every incremental 50 GB of usage beyond your plan.

Scary bit is that I did that in 11 days. AKA, trending right now to about 300GB, although admittedly thats higher due to being in summer with kids home and watching TV during day so me or wife can work at home in peace.

Thank god Comcast is coming tomorrow to install the XFinity. (Self-service not an option in my 'hood)

[panteragstk]

That's what happens when you cut the cord. Data usage is going to go WAY up (as you have obviously noticed). Hopefully comcast works out for you.