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will uverse tv work with google 1g internet.
I can only get 100mg for $50 from ATT. I like having U-verse TV and want to keep it but, I need more speed. Will my u-verse work if my internet is google fiber?
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I can only get 100mg for $50 from ATT. I like having U-verse TV and want to keep it but, I need more speed. Will my u-verse work if my internet is google fiber?
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baseballisback
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2 years ago
Yes.
Keep in mind you could lose discounts if you unbundle.
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JefferMC
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2 years ago
Yes, you can continue to use U-verse TV while you also have Google Fiber.
HOWEVER, note that the U-verse TV cannot use the Google Fiber connection. You would need to maintain the AT&T network connection for use with U-verse TV. This may create some difficulty for you in having the in-home Ethernet cabling for both Internet service and the U-verse TV IPTV network.
There are also a few U-verse TV features that require AT&T Internet service, and those would no longer function (I believe the music channel app is such a feature.)
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Snowshoeman78
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2 years ago
@JefferMC Making sure i understand what you shared there;
If I cancel my ATT wifi then my ATT wireless cable box will NOT connect to Google Fiber wifi?
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JefferMC
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2 years ago
@Snowshoeman78 Yes, that is correct. Your AT&T U-verse Wireless TV Receiver will continue to connect to the AT&T dedicated WAP. Which must remain connected to the AT&T Gateway, which must remain connected to the AT&T Network; even if you are no longer getting Internet from AT&T. This will cause the two networks (the Wi-Fi Router or Access Point connected to Google Fiber and the AT&T WAP) to have to share the 5 GHz bandwidth when allocating channels. As AT&T IPTV only uses 6 Mbps per stream, the WAP won't be using a lot of bandwidth and this shouldn't be a big deal. You should turn off the Wi-Fi on the AT&T Gateway, because it won't be needed.
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Snowshoeman78
4 Messages
2 years ago
@JefferMC Thank you! follow-ups: How do I redirect the UVerse wireless receiver to pull from the Google Fiber wifi? is that in the ATT cable settings somewhere?
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JefferMC
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2 years ago
You do not. Even if you could, it wouldn't work... the AT&T U-verse IPTV content won't/can't come over your Google Internet connection. The AT&T U-verse IPTV content comes over a private AT&T network, and can share the data connection with AT&T Internet but ISN'T USING the AT&T Internet service. When you discontinue AT&T Internet, you can still use the AT&T Network for the U-verse TV content, as long as you keep all the parts of the network connection there.
The DIRECTV STREAM service does use the Internet, but that's a completely different thing than U-verse.
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Snowshoeman78
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2 years ago
I messed up—please don’t be to frustrated—I have DirectTV Stream. If you are tapped out of assisting I get it :)
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JefferMC
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2 years ago
I would think you'd just set up the Wi-Fi like you did when you got it. I'll refer you to the DIRECTV forums here for further questions about their software and devices:
https://forums.directv.com/
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Snowshoeman78
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2 years ago
Thank you for your help I sincerely appreciate it!
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