So the money saving quest is back on in full force. The latest luxury to feel the warm light of interrogation is Cox. High speed internet and digital cable is delivered monthly with an accompanying $130+ bill. The funny thing is that I bought this package because it was less than $100 at the time. I don’t even remember what happened there. Guess I should have paid more attention.
For the longest time there haven’t been any justifiable alternatives to this set up. DSL was sketchy at best and didn’t deliver the same up speeds as cable, even after they matched the down speeds and Dish Network screwed up the Superbowl so they would never do.
Enter AT&T’s latest attempt at taking my paycheck, U-Verse. In researching I’ve noticed a lot of good in switching but also an obvious point of little or no savings versus a comparable package from Cox. They point out that for that matching price I get receivers for each of the three bedrooms but you must remember that you NEED the receiver to get any channels, unlike with Cox, where you get basic in the rooms in which you don’t have a receiver so I guess it’s a wash if you don’t go with all three receivers.
On a marketing note there was a good and bad in my research. Let’s lead with the good. They’ve got a website called UversUsers.com that has a full on forum and they direct most of their questions from the AT&T forums to that one to be answered by the masses. Very progressive for the big old phone company. Let the satisfied customers sell the product.
The bad news, you might ask? The site had to be moved to another server because of slow response due to heavy traffic. Do you really want the company that can’t keep their stuff working right handling your data? I would think that in selling technology and data such as they do, they might make sure to dot all t’s and cross their i’s before launch, but then, that’s why I’m a marketer now and no longer an IT guy.
Either way, I’m not convinced one way or the other and I’m out for your opinion. I’ve twittered the question as well and now I’m giving you a couple more options. You can leave a comment or vote in the poll below. Help me decide! U-Verse or Cox?
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I vote Cox, as it’s what I have, and so far, no other company has given me *enough* of a reason to switch. They’re ‘safe’, if you will, despite jacking up the price when we weren’t looking, of course.
I think its settled that I’m switching to AT&T. Along with the steady increase in price over the last 2 years, I’m now having internet service drops every day, like clock-work right about the time I start work at home. It’s frustrating. Plus, for the same money, AT&T gives you a DVR you can watch from any of the other boxes/bedrooms.
I’m sold.