Friday, May 15, 2009

AT&T's U-verse gets ready for ruckus - Telecom News Analysis

May 14, 2009

AT&T Inc. is attempting an end-around on one of its U-verse service's biggest bugaboos: shoddy home wiring.

The carrier is about to start consumer field trials of its U-verse service using Ruckus Wireless Inc. gear to deliver HD IPTV streams over standard WiFi throughout the home, Light Reading has learned. The drive for AT&T, sources say, is to find ways to shave minutes, maybe hours, off some new customer installations by using 802.11n wireless connections instead of coaxial cable as the home's main video distribution medium...