Oh no! U-verse rollout slowing down

June 5th, 2009, 11:53 am · 5 Comments · posted by Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress

Noted: From a report at GigaOm, UBS Research analyst John Hodulik told clients that AT&T has scaled back the number of homes it had hoped would have access to its alternative-to-cable TV service to 4 million to 5 million this year, compared to the initial 11 million. As writer Om Malik points out, that’s a significant cut.

Malik asked for more details, to which AT&T said it didn’t know where the UBS analyst got his numbers and it had previously said it was scaling back — to a mere 30 million living units by the end of 2011, or one year later than planned.

BroadbandReports.com chimes in adding that this is an unusual move, especially because broadband service seems to be recession proof.

But as I reported last month, AT&T isn’t the only one scaling back. Verizon, too, has slowed its rollout, at least in California (Read the earlier post, “Verizon’s FiOS TV rollout slows in So Cal.”)

Hmm … the AT&T U-verse folks have been noticeably quiet in recent weeks. …

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Cliff says:

June 5, 2009 at 5:36 pm

Maybe costs?

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OhBoy says:

June 5, 2009 at 7:47 pm

Because ATT & Verizon are not competitive.

My house is new enough that ATT has ran a fiber directly to it (nearly all FIOS and U-verse services run fiber to a panel in a neighborhood and then use the existing copper). Yet, the ATT service is FAR from compelling. Plus ATT has a bad reputation with me!

Verizon is just a mini-ATT.

Jim says:

June 5, 2009 at 9:57 pm

Well, I guess CDM will never see broadband competition - guess we’re stuck with Crime Warner for the forseeable future.

Brian says:

June 6, 2009 at 7:37 am

Stick with Direct TV, U-Verse is not ready for prime time. Guide software bites, limited HD. Poor channel line up. I would rather be back with satellite.

Tustin Guy says:

June 11, 2009 at 10:17 am

I’ve been with U-Verse for a few months. I’m ready to go back to Direct if only because I hate the poor usability of their DVR box and the image freezing that happens too often. And at the end of the day, I didn’t save the money I thought I would.


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