Here's what a friend near the Detroit area told me about ATT's Uverse a
while back:
"It's a long story, but after AT&T techs threw in the towel on my rig
scrambling the brains of the residential gateway (fancy modem) I built a
faraday cage around the box with aluminum window screen and a very good
ground and it solved the problem. "
73
Roger (K8RI)
kd4e wrote:
> Have you forwarded this info to the ARRL and FCC as well as to
> AT&T?
>
> The sooner the clock starts running on investigating and
> resolving
> the problem the better. Bureaucracy grinds slowly.
>
>
>> I'm not a Uverse subscriber -- it's not in my neighborhood -- but I
>> can relate an incident that happened today.
>>
>> I sometimes listen to a weak AM BC station on 820 kHz. While driving
>> around town, I noticed the signal "weakened" quite a lot in a certain
>> area. It sounded like my Rx was being de-sensed by something. After
>> a bit, I noticed a Uverse "VRAD" box on the side of the road. Coming
>> back the other way, I verified that the 820 kHz problem was centered
>> on that box, but extended about 1/4 - 1/2 mile as I followed the phone
>> lines on either side of the box. Now, I'll have to check other VRADs
>> in the area.
>>
>> I've had no identifiable issues with my AT&T 6 Mb/s DSL service, but
>> Uverse uses at least 10 x that bandwidth, so I would not be too
>> surprised if there were troubles in the lower HF bands. I'd like to
>> hear from real Uverse users.
>>
>> 73 Martin AA6E
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Kelly Johnson<n6kj.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm considering switching to ATT U-Verse (VDSL technology). Are there
>>> others out there that can confirm that they get no RFI from this
>>> system?
>>>
>
>
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