AT&T discontinuing the Xbox 360 as a U-verse receiver after December 31, 2013

[Curtieson]

AT&T - Article on AT&T's UVerse news site.

Well, this sucks for those of you out there using it...they are giving $99 back for your troubles. I am pretty sure it was $150 to install it in the 1st place, haha.

A previous communication referenced that you would need to purchase an Xbox 360 Gold membership for your Xbox 360 to work with U-verse service. We were planning to issue a $60 bill credit to cover that cost. We will now be issuing a $99 bill credit, which includes the $60, on your U-verse bill within one to two billing cycles.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Does Comcast, Time-Warner or any other cable company allow the Xbox 360 as a cable receiver? I wonder if customers will just switch to cable and drop U-verse.

 

[Keith Wallace]

U-Verse is IPTV, cable is not.

 

[dgr_874]

Does Comcast, Time-Warner or any other cable company allow the Xbox 360 as a cable receiver? I wonder if customers will just switch to cable and drop U-verse.

Yes, time warner in San Antonio has the option of downloading an app through the xbox 360 and watching it through there.

 

[Curtieson]

Does Comcast, Time-Warner or any other cable company allow the Xbox 360 as a cable receiver? I wonder if customers will just switch to cable and drop U-verse.

Verizon does too I believe through this Fios service. I have never used that though, but I think the Verizon app was more of an on-demand service?

This is a costly change for some people...if they have to rent 1-2 more boxes now that is $7 a pop...

I have Uverse and an Xbox but I never used the service because of the extreme installation cost. If they would have just shipped me the disc and kept the remote (I already have one) I would have been all over it...(as it is now, I don't have enough satellite boxes to have a rental charge)

 

[Keith Wallace]

Yes, time warner in San Antonio has the option of downloading an app through the xbox 360 and watching it through there.

Comcast has that as well, but it's ONLY for on-demand/Streampix stuff. You can't watch live TV. Does Time Warner allow you to?

 

[dgr_874]

Comcast has that as well, but it's ONLY for on-demand/Streampix stuff. You can't watch live TV. Does Time Warner allow you to?

This is how my app works.

Xbox 360 - Time Warner Cable TV B-Roll Trailer [HD 1080P] - YouTube

 

[Keith Wallace]

So you can legitimately use your console as a cable box, with the ability to watch stuff while it's on? That's nice, because Comcast only offers on-demand stuff, I think.