AT&T UVerse

Faster then a speeding bullet, more reliable than a rooster on a summer morning, and as clear as one could only previously hoped for, the new AT&T fiber optic Uverse internet and television package was installed last week and is up and running --- dashing --- jogging. Previously a satellite girl, this two dish household now gets more bandwidth at faster speeds then ever thought possible — up to 10 Mbps downstream and up to 1.5 Mbps upstream. Can I see a difference? Is the Pope Catholic?

In addition to speed and reliability, the price is $117 per month less than previous dual satellite coverage. Hughesnet Internet service was expensive for pro quality, at $120 monthly, and Direct TV wasn't cheap at $111 per month for a zillion stations. But help was on the way and for a much lower price of $114 per month, AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Express U-verse U400 comes with wireless home networking, up to 320 TV channels including "the Movie Package (this package includes more than 30 channels of SHOWTIME®, The Movie Channel (TMC)TM, FLIX®, Starz®, and Encore®), HBO®/Cinemax® Package, featuring 18 channels" of TV I probably won't ever watch, and "HBO®/Cinemax® programming), and the Sports Package." But this is not just for one TV, this price includes up to three HD-ready TV receivers, one with a digital video recorder (DVR). Sound good?

This Chicagoland residence was the first home in the northern Illinois area to get Uverse service, which took over 8 hours to install. The first three installers who arrived at noon called for help and soon six installers were everywhere inside and out. Why so long? According to the installation team "this is a very large home," with very thick walls and a large exterior dimension that required the fiber optic installation. Previously a wireless domicile thanks to Blogger Boy, this built-in wireless home network is enabled by Gateway which offers wireless networking capabilities throughout the home eliminating a few wireless deadspots. Give AT&T Uverse a look and see if your service can be as fast as mine. Thanks AT&T.

Photo attribution: somewhatfrank