AT&T Internet vs Charter Spectrum

AT&T Internet OVERVIEW

AT&T offers fiber optic and hybrid DSL internet connections. They offer a variety of plans with bundles including tv, home phone service, and internet.

AT&T Internet TECHNOLOGY

AT&T offers fiber optic and hybrid DSL internet connections. They offer a variety of plans with bundles including tv, home phone service, and internet.
They offer DSL, marketed as AT&T U-verse, a technology that leverages fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) layout where the fiber optic cable terminates at a specific point near customers. The final stretch to the subscriber’s residence will be reached through telephone, ethernet and coaxial cable. This network is thought as a hybrid fiber network and it has allowed AT&T the advantage to offer high bandwidth plans than would be traditionally expected from DSL plans.[1]

The best scenario is if the consumer service address is located in an area where AT&T offers fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) in some areas. FTTH is considered the “gold standard” for strong, fast, and reliable home internet connection.

AT&T Internet RATINGS AND REVIEWS

41.0% recommendation rating according to 92,952 verified users.

Charter Spectrum OVERVIEW

Charter Communications offers broadband Internet, TV, and phone service to consumers via their hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) network.

Charter Spectrum TECHNOLOGY

Charter Communications offers broadband Internet, TV, and phone service to consumers via their hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) network.

Hybrid Fiber Coaxial is an infrastructure that uses the fiber optic combined with the coaxial cables. The fiber optic cables join a node called an “optical node” where all fiber cables from a network rejoin and then serve the customer using slower bandwidth to serve the customers at their residence or business.

The interesting element of HFC is that it generally uses existing cable TV network to transmit internet broadband. The translation from optic signals into electrical signals (to be transported by coaxial cables) occurs at the optical node. The average node will serve between 50 to 2000 households.

This type of connective technology is more so often referred to as “cable internet connection” due to the fact that the network uses existing coaxial cables that were originally used for “cable TV.”

Charter Spectrum RATINGS AND REVIEWS

50.8% recommendation rating according to 48,654 verified Spectrum users.