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[JC Daxion]

Title kinda says it all. Does anyone have Uverse internet/tv combo? For a long time i have been using just a normal DSL, and i love it. I get about 600 KBS DL speed which takes a bit at times for big files, but other than that it is stable as hell. I NEVER have DC issues, connection issues or any of that. For TV i use Dish, so there is zero interaction with it and i'm typically the only one that really uses the internet outside of a random phone doing web browsing.

Well, I kinda got out voted and they want to switch to uverse to save a few bucks.. (20 to be exact) and i am very hesitant because of the amount of TV that is watched/recorded ect.. I could be up against 4+ shows being recorded at the same time, while i wanna do some gaming.

Will i have issues with that kind of strain on it? It is 4 or 5x faster or so they say.. But with the tons of extra traffic i have my doubts that i will be getting my super stable connect with a 25-30 ping and the random DC maybe once every 300 matches.

am i worrying about nothing, or do i have a point? Anyone in the US use this service and have people streaming like monkeys while you try to game?

BTW, it's not technically uverse, It is frontiers equivalent, its in the New england area.

Edited by JC Daxion, 03 August 2017 - 07:34 PM.

[Kiiyor]

JC Daxion, on 03 August 2017 - 05:12 PM, said:

Title kinda says it all. Does anyone have Uverse internet/tv combo? For a long time i have been using just a normal DSL, and i love it. I get about 600 KBS DL speed which takes a bit at times for big files, but other than that it is stable as hell. I NEVER have DC issues, connection issues or any of that. For TV i use Dish, so there is zero interaction with it and i'm typically the only one that really uses the internet outside of a random phone doing web browsing.

Well, I kinda got out voted and they want to switch to uverse to save a few bucks.. (20 to be exact) and i am very hesitant because of the amount of TV that is watched/recorded ect.. I could be up against 4+ shows being recorded at the same time, while i wanna do some gaming.

Will i have issues with that kind of strain on it? It is 4 or 5x faster or so they say.. But with the tons of extra traffic i have my doubts that i will be getting my super stable connect with a 25-30 ping and the random DC maybe once every 300 matches.

am i worrying about nothing, or do i have a point? Anyone in the US use this service and have people streaming like monkeys while you try to game?

BTW, it's not technically uverse, It is frontiers equivalent, its in the New england area.

Most modern internet connections can handle some pretty hefty downloading and still provide decent stability for other applications (like MWO) but streaming TV can cause issues. Rather than download at a steady pace, they tend to blitz your connection and download as much as possible over bursts, buffering, resting, then hogging all your bandwidth again. Less than ideal.

I've no experience with Uverse (not even in the same country) but if you arm yourself with google and have a decent router, you can get elbow deep in settings set yourself aside a nice slice of bandwidth for your gaming.

Some routers have QoS (quality of service) settings you can tweak, that will let you prioritize certain applications in times of heavy network traffic. If that doesn't work, and you have a DD-WRT router (you can also install DD-WRT firmware on lots of routers that don't have it by default), you can set up your very own internet banana republic dictatorship, which you can then rule with an iron fist.

Edited by Kiiyor, 03 August 2017 - 05:32 PM.

[Wildstreak]

Should use a search engine to look up reviews and ratings for which companies you are looking into too.
Change topic title since Uverse when you want Frontier is misleading.
Frontier has more wired phone services in their area that other companies are shedding for fiber and cable.
Stock has dropped a lot in 2 years.
Who's the competing companies in the area?

[JC Daxion]

well see, it was at&t which is what Uverse is right? but they sold to frontier in this area a few years back.. I'm in CT, which is new England, aka NY-Boston area

But yes, i did do some searches on reviews, but hard to find ones that people streamed TV while gaming. But there does seam to be issues with them. I read a bunch of negative stuff, but that is kinda to be expected. The only competing thing is Xfinity, which i i know has had issues in this areas. Which is why i posted here about it.. figured maybe someone in my area or someone that has used one of the services might have more info. But i kinda figured they are all the same sorta thing anyway right? A highspeed broadband service for TV streaming+internet.. though i guess some might be better than others.

Its rather new around here, i think they just started last year even having the option. I think in my area specifically it just started this year. After reading a bunch of things, i think i convinced them to pass on it for now anyway. To save some cash i think the better option is just to lock into a year contract and save on the dish package.

Besides i friggin hate change.. I've had this system set up since 2003 and never have issues outside of a very bad storm my TV goes out.. but that's why you have "netflix and chill"

Edited by JC Daxion, 03 August 2017 - 07:36 PM.

[Wildstreak]

Well, it doesn't sound like it but if you do have Spectrum available, don't get it.
They have other problems besides that.

[Bigbacon]

how fast is the uverse? same as frontier?

unless you get more than 3mb/sec I guarantee you aren't streaming + playing anything let alone streaming by itself.

Frontier out here used to 1.3mb/sec and it was trash. Could barely watch a youtube video and hell, half the time couldn't even load up a website but oddly i could play MWO (between the hours of 1am and 3pm) with a ping of 50.

Edited by Bigbacon, 04 August 2017 - 06:02 AM.

[JC Daxion]

Bigbacon, on 04 August 2017 - 06:00 AM, said:

Frontier out here used to 1.3mb/sec and it was trash. Could barely watch a youtube video and hell, half the time couldn't even load up a website but oddly i could play MWO (between the hours of 1am and 3pm) with a ping of 50.

It was a 25 MBs connection. I looked up some stats and it was saying each tv stream uses about 4, gaming 5.. So that could run a few tv/recordings and game.

BUT i convinced them to pass on it for now, it seams way to early in the tech phase to be reliable. My DSL is bullet proof solid right now and after contacting dish about a possible cancellation they knocked off 15 bucks and said check back monthly for our existing customer savings plans. So maybe i will end up hitting that 40 dollar savings after all.


Thanks for the info though guys. As always you come through!

[YourSaviorLegion]

Wildstreak, on 04 August 2017 - 05:22 AM, said:

Well, it doesn't sound like it but if you do have Spectrum available, don't get it.
They have other problems besides that.

Comcast and Spectrum don't usually provide service in the same areas as each other, however no matter what ISP you go to you're bound to have some sort of problem.

[Bigbacon]

JC Daxion, on 04 August 2017 - 03:24 PM, said:

It was a 25 MBs connection. I looked up some stats and it was saying each tv stream uses about 4, gaming 5.. So that could run a few tv/recordings and game.

BUT i convinced them to pass on it for now, it seams way to early in the tech phase to be reliable. My DSL is bullet proof solid right now and after contacting dish about a possible cancellation they knocked off 15 bucks and said check back monthly for our existing customer savings plans. So maybe i will end up hitting that 40 dollar savings after all.


Thanks for the info though guys. As always you come through!

25mb/sec would be plenty for all that at the same time. we have that now with frontier (finally) and I can play a game, watch 1080p youtube while the wife streams something on amazon/sling all day.

in this day and age, you should be a giddy school girl to get a 25mb connection when all you had before was 600k DSL. I had faster DSL than you in the late 90s where my parents lived.

Edited by Bigbacon, 05 August 2017 - 01:30 PM.