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RE: Actually U Verse is fiber optic system and for once, I've actually gone reasonable period

Posted by Sondek (A) on December 10, 2014 at 10:13:34

In Reply to: Actually U Verse is fiber optic system and for once, I've actually gone reasonable period posted by Road Warrior on December 10, 2014 at 08:00:19:

I think they are being somewhat disingenuous if they're telling you it's all fiber. My terminology may be wrong, but generally they are fiber from the central office to the nodes, but then from the nodes into neighborhoods it's plain old copper. The U-Verse service has gotten better over time. Initially they WAY underestimated the number VRAD's (Video Ready Access Device) needed to make good on their claims of 4 channels at once. That level of bandwidth is only do-able within 1000 feet of a VRAD. That is linear feet of wire from the VRAD. You could potentially be 100 feet from a VRAD on a straight line basis, but because of the way the phone line travels through your neighborhood and to your house you could be 1500 feet away. Anyway, about two years ago AT&T started adding a lot more VRADs to the network. If you have a box somewhere in your neighborhood where all the phone connections come together, look and see if there is not a smaller box nearby with a electric company meter on it. If you see one, that's a VRAD.

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