I switched from Comcast to Uverse about 6 or 8 months ago. ATT gave me the choice of Uverse or Direct since we have fiber in our subdivision. The Uverse package was a little better - lots of movie channels and sports. I'm a Reds fan and we got to see 145 games this year. All Showtimes and Starz included. TV in 4 rooms - DVR - no extra for any equipment, Internet that tests at 60 MBPS and they gave me a 150.00 Visa gift card. No installation or setup fees of any kind. No rental charges on any of the equipment. Monthly bill is 121.
Rate is locked for 24 months if I want to stay but my obligation is up after 12 months. 15 a month penalty if I leave before 12 months which won't happen. We've been happy so far. 1 outage so far that lasted 2 hours. I've told my neighbors about it and another 10 or so have had it installed in the last 6 months. I think they quit installing new fiber when they bought Direct but I believe they will continue to offer it where it's already installed.
We'll see if this is true when the time comes - but they told me after my 24 months is up I will pay the current monthly rate at that time and be on a month to month deal or I can renew my 24 months and get locked in again for 12 months at the then current introductory rate but the price be guaranteed for 24 months.