content: I agree, AT&T U-Verse is slower than Charter Spectrum Cable and even costs more. I get AT&T calling me almost every single day to switch to their U-Verse service. It is Fiber optic, but the line that goes to your house is analog and a plain old phone line. So it has a bottleneck and the Charter cable line actually has a higher bandwidth. AT&T also caps bandwidth if you download a lot, they will cap your bandwidth so your high speed is slower for a while.  You'd think the competition of all of the ISPs in the USA would lead to faster and cheaper Internet, but nope. Many have a virtual monopoly in some states and cities and they charge a lot.