Comments on: Irvine and AT&T U-verse TV remain at impasse

By: Laurel Hostetler

Laurel Hostetler — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:00:06 +0000

I TOTALLY AGREE! There is something rotten in Denmark, I mean, Irvine! The Irvine politicians are obviously protecting Cox by making rediculous demands of AT&T. I do hope that AT&T sues Irvine – we need an alternative to Cox and their monopoly! ARRRGH! It makes me so mad! Citizens – we need to unite and do something about this – it just isn’t right!

By: Caldad

Caldad — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:04:14 +0000

Last year AT&T sued Mission Viejo for being over-restrictive in regulating U-Verse boxes, citing the Federal Telecommunications Act . A settlement was reached after a few months. AT&T will probably sue other cities or try to use the Mission Viejo agreement as a template for other resistent cities,

By: gossip_girl

gossip_girl — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:38:48 +0000

U-Verse has a DVR that can record 4 shows at once and you can access it from other rooms in your house. We currently have Cox and pay for 2 DVR’s limited access to the room it is in. We also pay considerably more for service than U-Verse is advertising. Cox should step up to the plate and offer these services to their existing customers so we would not need alternatives.

By: BoogerBoy

BoogerBoy — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:19:34 +0000

BTW, my friends have U-Verse and it rocks. Great HD content; reliable, and available in every room. Sadly, Irvine will protect COX at any cost.

By: BoogerBoy

BoogerBoy — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:17:53 +0000

Jousting with AT&T is simply pretense to protect COX. COX has local Irvine politicians in their back pocket.

By: A Tsai

A Tsai — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:23:14 +0000

I just moved in to a Irvine Company apartment in less than 1 month ago and signed up with Cox internet and Cable. Since then, I had 3 cable boxes and 2 service visits. Currently my HDTV service is still down. They’re sending a senior technician over tomorrow. I’ll see what happens and be prepared to move to DirectTV. (uVerse and Fios are both not available)

By: Thatchmo

Thatchmo — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:45:23 +0000

Cox is just fine with me. No major problems so far, especially with the internet and telephone. As for TV, I’d like to know what AT&T or any of the other competitors offer that Cox doesn’t.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:36:59 +0000

uverse is very bad for cox, thats why it wont happen without a fight

By: Ladera Lady

Ladera Lady — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:03:27 +0000

Does anyone know if any more of the AT&T boxes have exploded or caught fire recently? They had a problem with their giant uverse boxes blowing up or catching fire for a while. That would make ME glad that Irvine and the other cities are wanting them to put those things underground!

By: LGT

LGT — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:08:28 +0000

pseudonym, if you had fiber straight to your home, you would certainly notice faster internet.

By: Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress

Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:08:22 +0000

Am working on it!

By: LGT

LGT — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:07:51 +0000

Can you start compiling a list of links, city by city, with the status? It seems nobody has done that so far, and it would be nice to find out.

By: k.o.

k.o. — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:42:04 +0000

pseudonym = Cox plant!

We need more alternatives, it means more competition which is great for consumers. I’m glad that the cable company is getting challenged, whether it is AT&T or satellite TV services, etc.

By: pseudonym

pseudonym — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:31:28 +0000

I’m in one of the new Irvine neighborhoods that offers U-Verse, and I think it’s the fiber-to-the-home kind, since it’s newer construction and there are no boxes nearby. In fact, I just got a U-Verse mailer today….6 months for $90/mo. for 70 channels, 3MB Internet and phone. HD is $10 extra and the whole package goes up 25% after 6 months. I’ve got faster Internet and more channels from Cox for about the same as AT&T’s regular price. Not worth switching.