[TriLUG] At&t's Uverse comments needed.

[Jim Ray]

AT&T was unable to get their Uverse device to operate in bridge mode necessary to interface with customer premises equipment firewall and bring in block of static IP addresses for business connection. Latency was 40-50ms and higher than Time Warner (may be issue for real time processes like VoIP).

If you just need to get to the Internet and do not need to run multiple IP addresses, Uverse should work fine as long as you do not need to make changes. AT&T customer service is less than desirable.

Regards,

Jim Ray, President
Neuse River Networks
2 Davis Drive, PO Box 13169
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
919-838-1672 x100
www.NeuseRiverNetworks.com


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From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Chris Merrill
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 9:22 AM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] At&t's Uverse comments needed.

On 4/14/2013 8:33 PM, James Jones wrote:
> Are you running Uverse - business class? My subscription is for the 
> residential service.

No -- residential service.

> jcj
> 
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Chris Merrill <chris at webperformance.com> wrote:
>> FWIW, I run my server at home using UVerse.  Mail, web and media server.
>> No problems thus far...though IIRC, I did need to call tech support 
>> and escalate to a higher level to get them to turn off blocking on port 25.
>>
>> Otherwise, everything is fine. Outgoing speed is higher than we could 
>> get on our TWC/BC connection at work...that we pay 4x as much for.
>> :>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/14/2013 7:10 PM, James Jones wrote:
>>> All,
>>>
>>> Many moons ago, my first high-speed internet connection  was 
>>> Bellsouth.net (DSL). Since I used Linux even back then - ( Red Hat - 
>>> before Fedora ), I was warned not to mention Linux when trying to 
>>> get bellsouth support on a internet problem.
>>>
>>> My connection with bellsouth.net didn't last a year. It ended with a 
>>> customer support person refusing to escalate my problem to the next 
>>> level. I was so frustrated with bellsouth support that I was willing 
>>> to return to dial-up.
>>>
>>> After a short period of dialup, I returned to High speed with 
>>> DirectDSL, then intrex.net when DirectDsl cease operation, and now 
>>> -- with Time Warner Business class.
>>>
>>> It's cost reduction time. Doing away with TWBC, putting all my 
>>> server activity in a Amazon Instance, but internet connectivity is 
>>> still need at home.
>>>
>>> I have subscribed to AT&T's Uverse. Installation is next week.
>>>
>>> In preparation for that big day, I began reading some of AT&T's 
>>> material about Uverse. Now I am wondering if they haven't progressed 
>>> much above the days of my bellsouth.net DSL. Their pdf, "AT&T 
>>> Internet System Requirements ", gives requirements for windows 7, 
>>> Vista, Xp, and Mac --- no mention of requirements for RedHat, 
>>> Fedora, Ubuntu, etc. --- not  even recognition of Linux as a possible system!!
>>>
>>> Any Linux using Uverse internet ??? comments??
>>>
>>> I have subscribed to the internet/tv bundle. Comments on the tv 
>>> bundle will be a plus for me.
>>>
>>
>>
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