[RFI] AT&T U-Verse RFI?

[Alan NV8A]

At least some of the DirecTV DVRs allow one to connect an eSATA external 
drive, but it *replaces* the internal drive rather than adds to the 
internal one's capacity. And the external drive cannot then even be 
transferred to another DirecTV box, because the drive is "married to" 
the original box and will be reformatted if detected by another box.

73

Alan NV8A


On 12/19/12 09:34 pm, Joe wrote:
> No problem installing U-Verse at my location..and I can run a high RF
> output consistently if need be. I have no interference what-so-ever.
>
> U-Verse, on the other hand, is a crappy service, well documented with
> failure upon failure with their AT&T U-Verse access points. Degradation
> of video and audio is common place, failure of their DVR's is common and
> although not a failure point, AT&T's parochial, paranoid attitude about
> piracy is unfounded and ridiculous. (They will not implement the USB
> feature on their DVR boxes so we can connect an external hard drive to
> store season long shows for viewing at our own time frame.) Cable allows
> it, DISH allows it, and I suspect Direct Tv allows it...the formatting
> on the external hard drive is proprietary so it cannot be hooked up to a
> computer and the content viewed. In fact, if you have to have your DVR
> exchanged, the programs on the attached external hard drive will be
> lost. In short...piracy of programs would be very difficult.
>
> Needless to say, as soon as my contract expires, I am out of here..as
> far as U-Verse is concerned. The 24 MBps of internet access is just not
> worth it.
>
> Joe - Reno, Nevada
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "KD7JYK DM09" <kd7jyk at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [RFI] AT&T U-Verse RFI?
>
>
>
>> They played with U-Verse in Reno, Nevada, specifically their
>> TV/internet/fiber service, it absolutely was NOT compatable with Ham
>> radio
>> and I saw an on AT&T site when a friend was researching it recently, AT&T
>> stated that they wouldn't install U-Verse where two-way radio
>> equipment was.
>> This was in late September.
>
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