AT&T may bring U-verse to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Although you may not have heard much about Bay St. Louis during Hurricane Katrina, it too was ravaged by the storm. As the city continues to pick up the pieces, AT&T has announced that it may be going head-to-head with Mediacom by offering up its U-verse TV service in the area. This isn't the first (nor second) time that we've noticed AT&T ambling for position in Mississippi, though a deal here seems much closer than in other areas. AT&T has already pitched its services to councilmen and it already agreed to pay the city the same rates as Mediacom. Still, the deal isn't quite nailed down just yet -- a number of bigwigs still have to sign off, and there's nothing to say that the two parties will eventually meet on terms. Fingers crossed, though.

[Thanks, Robby]

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 24th 2008 11:02PM]

Okay, wth AT&T? Can we get some UVerse love in NC? I'm going to give up and start courting Verizon for some FiOS soon.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 25th 2008 7:14AM]

It would be nice if they would bring it to Atlanta. Oh, wait a minute, they already claim to have. Yet, as an employee I do not know one non-beta person (e.i. consumer) that actually has it. So much for that report to the FCC, which is 100% joke and 0% delivery.

[dramanebila80 Posted Aug 25th 2008 8:19AM]

Man, this is one of the few times i heard Mediacom mentioned on this website, as you can imagine i have the as service provider and they blow big times. too bad qwest is the competitor as far as wired cable service and internet and they are equally slow bringing new services and lowering prices in the heartland........Go U-VErse shake those guys feathers. wish we had FiOS.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 28th 2008 3:26PM]

Indiana Review of AT&T U-verse

Although there are no contracts for AT&T U-verse, the installation can be lengthy and ineffective, resulting in a lot of wasted time (and our internet didn't work properly for 2 weeks). They are treating potential customers as beta testers without their consent. Reliable internet service is just as important as television service for us.

(AT&T U-verse: A Consumer Report Indiana http://att-consumer-report.com For potential AT&T U-verse customers, you might want to check this site for further tips to consider before allowing AT&T U-verse to take up your valuable time. If you have a simple set up, with just a couple TVs and don't need a wireless internet for your computers, it may still be worth trying.)

AT&T started the installation process for our Carmel, Indiana (Indianapolis) home 8/6/2008 and they abandoned us on 8/20/2008. It was quite frustrating to have them give up when we were ready to wait it out while they finished. After fixing many other problems, they finally said they couldn't fix the internet.

We had many problems with the AT&T U-verse Gateway and the wireless home network provided by AT&T. The internet speeds were so inconsistent that even reading e-mail became a burden (speeds varied up and down randomly from 350 kbps to 5.7 kbps and back down within very short time periods)

Playing games on the internet was impossible.

AT&T told us they couldn't deliver reliable, consistent internet speeds via their wireless network. I thought they could have fixed the problem, but I guess not.

-Long, ineffective installation process
-Slow, slow internet speeds (when using wireless network)
-Internet lags and disconnects
-When the going gets tough, AT&T quits and walks away

It was not worth the trouble and the internet just didn't work. In the end, AT&T gave up.

AT&T U-verse: A Consumer Report

http://att-consumer-report.com