Isn’t it surprisingly shocking that AT&T with all the same technologies as its competitors in other regions, delivers significantly lower speeds than the said competitors, roughly using about the exact same technologies as the competitors are using?
Right now:
BPON @ Verizon FiOS: 15/5, 25/25 and 50/20. (real speeds are actually higher than advertised)
BPON @ AT&T U-verse: …, 12/1.5 and 18/1.5. (yes, there’s no 24Mbps package on AT&T FTTH)
GPON @ Verizon FiOS: 150/35 in print, 150/75 in reality. :-)
GPON @ AT&T: trials? still 18/1.5?
VDSL2 @ CenturyLink: 40/20.
VDSL2 @ AT&T U-verse: 24/3 for single pair, or 18/1.5 for bonded pair (yes, in that order).
Threads about future plans:
CenturyLink:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r26533877-CenturyLink-offers-100mpbs-
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r26643724-Qwest-Pictures-of-100MBps-and-PRICES-Look-Here
Summary: 100Mbps at rather affordable prices (competitive with FiOS), coming soon, official prices and materials leaked from multiple sources.
AT&T U-verse:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r26433752-45-MB-internet-service
Summary: 30/3 and 36/6 for FTTH customers only (http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r26644272-45-MB-internet-service). Still merely an unconfirmed rumour, replaced some other prior unconfirmed rumour about entirely different plans, no solid proof whatsoever for neither the old nor the new info.
Will AT&T ever catch up to its ILEC competitors? Why AT&T’s future plans are lower than the existing plans from its competition? Not even talking about Verizon FiOS 150/75, how could CenturyLink be delivering 40/20 over copper, whereas here in this forum it is claimed that AT&T would have problems with the 3.0 upstream on those bonded VDSL2 lines that are seemingly easily capable of much higher speeds than that?
For the record, although fibre is obviously the future, I think copper still has a lot of life in it left. Just one more proof that it’s not what you have, it’s how you use it, AT&T.
Written for, and discussion at, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r26671109-How-does-CenturyLink-offer-40-20-when-AT-T-max-is-24-3-
