What is the difference between Uverse and dsl.?

Question

I have had issues with my Uverse ever since it was installed. It is down at a present I was on the phone talking to my dad and then all of sudden the line dropped. I came over to my modem and the phone line was green but still no phone every time I picked up the phone it would give me dead air no dial tone. I have had ATT over to the house multiple time in the past for service issues -(they were just here last week). And since the phone line is tied to the modem and the internet if the modem goes down I have no phone service. I am thinking about just getting rid of the whole thing. If i get dal is the phone tied to the internet. Thanks kevin

Answer 1

U-Verse is supposed to be "fiber" everywhere. But in reality, it is a weird hybrid of fiber to the node (usually green boxes you see in some people's front lawn) and copper (phone line) to the home.



Ideally, every U-Verse customer would have fiber running to their home/building, but that is very, very expensive. I know in some cities, AT&T does do that, but I don't think they do in most cities.



AT&T U-Verse is a replacement of AT&T DSL where available.



So you have a VOIP system. Your phone goes through the AT&T gateway. They refer to this as "Digital phone service" or something along those lines.



Does your Internet also go down when your phone service stops? I also have AT&T U-Verse and fortunately haven't really had these issues other than the fact that it isn't as fast as I'd like.



The thing is that if AT&T is installing U-Verse in your area, they probably won't have AT&T DSL anymore, so you'd need to find a DSL provider if one even exists in your area. If you get DSL, AND your phone service isn't digital, then you will simply plug in your phone to a wall outlet. Of course, you will need a DSL filter so that your DSL modem and phone will work properly.