AT&T Launches GigaPower Internet Service in Decatur

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2. Wonderful. But doesn’t $180 month seem like a hell of a lot of money?
   Or am I showing too much of my age and income? 😉

4. Note that not all of residential Decatur will be able to get these services. AT&T has chosen to not install the necessary infrastructure in some areas, so some folks will not be in “eligible areas”.

   1. Ah, you’re right. Doesn’t look like my home is eligible.

      1. I wish there was a coverage map rather than a single-address check. I’m not eligible either. Makes me wonder who is. (Probably all our downtown folks in high-volume, easy access buildings.)

         1. Totally agree. Until I see a map or someone actually posts here that they’re eligible, I’m calling shenanigans on AT&T. We’re in a brand new place and already have AT&T U-verse but still show as ineligible for Giga. Maybe we all need a new flux capacitor.

   2. Not eligible at my older house on Adair Street. Which I expected since I haven’t seen AT&T ripping anything up lately. Wondering if the new town homes going up around the corner are getting it. AT&T knocked out service for my neighbor several times in the past couple of months digging trenches on her street. I don’t need faster internet since I no longer work from home, but I’d consider switching to get rid of Comcast.

   3. I wonder if Google Fiber will look at this when they plan their build-out? They could get business from locations that AT&T doesn’t serve.

6. I tend to agree with what some other people have wondered about here: why do regular consumers need this much speed?

   1. “why do regular consumers need this much speed?” – That’s what I keep wondering. I recently asked AT&T to offer me a better deal as incentive not to switch to another provider (after my 12-month intro rate expired). They knocked the monthly rate down and doubled my speed. I can’t tell the difference. I think these blinding speeds are an artificial arms race designed to create perceived value. At least it won’t lead to an epidemic of obesity and diabetes the way super-sizing soft drinks did.

      1. One reason you may not be able to tell the difference is that, despite what they say, you’re not getting anywhere near double the speed. You or someone else should check the modem to see what the actual “synced up” speed is, and it will vary from time to time.

         1. So is the problem that they are lying about what the actual speed is, or is the Uverse gateway not working properly?

            1. The speed they quote is the maximum they will provide to you. At any given time, the actual might be less than that due to network usage, weather, etc. Checking the modem would tell you what you’re getting at the time you look. Also, if you have a speed checking app on your phone, you could do it that way.

               1. Yes, thank you, I understand all of that. I’ve run speed checks and they are delivering the additional speed as promised. My point is that it doesn’t make any difference in my user experience. For my particular needs, anything 6 Mbps or faster does just fine. Therefore, they’re making me pay for something that’s of no value to me. The only reason to do it is to avoid the disruption of switching providers.

                  1. Same here. I’ve used the speed check apps and it’s usually on target. I’m guessing the lower level speeds are going to get bumped up so they can justify charging more.

   2. You’ll need this much speed for video streaming.

      You may not be doing much video viewing currently online, but you will soon enough. Online is the future of video. What you once paid for all those channels via cable, you’ll soon pay for pipeline capacity into your home.

      And you’ll need that Giga pipeline when you’ve got a couple or more persons in the household streaming simultaneously.

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      1. I watch streaming video all the time. I already don’t pay a bunch of money for access to big swaths of cable channels. As a single, middle-aged, childless person, I’m unlikely to ever have multiple users streaming simultaneously. If somebody’s sharing my tiny residential space with me, we’re gonna be content to watch the same thing, together. Therefore, while I understand others’ needs differ, I am frustrated by how the ISPs are successfully creating a reflexive stampede. They will justify higher rates by offering bigger, faster pipes and those of us who have no need for that will get screwed because we have no choice. (Similar thing has happened in cellular phone service. I have one phone and there is a limit to how many minutes of talk and Gigs of mobile data I can consume in a month. But it’s extremely difficult to find a service plan that doesn’t vastly oversell me.)

8. No G Buck. You are right – that is ridiculous – and you still have to pay for content on top of that? I’m ineligible, not because of location but because I have better ways to spend $2000 a year!

10. I live on Sycamore Street. Response was “not available,” then clicked I’m a business, “voila.”

    I’m not sure they have their product marketing worked out on this, yet.

    1. Hmmm… Didn’t make any difference for me.

    2. Clicking “business” changed the answer for us, too.

    3. Clicking “business” changed the answer for us too. Are ANY residences in COD eligible?

12. Available for me on Drexel without having to select business. Perhaps they do not have all addresses loaded yet. I had this problem when I first tried to get U-Verse. Neighbors all around me had it, but I could not – came down to being that my address was not in their system.

14. Gigapower not available on Superior Ave according to the site.

16. Goes with the GigaKroger.

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