I too got the same experience and somehow they ARE tied in to AT&T.. They told me the account was still active and I had to verify I owned the house or the uverse could NOT be connected. My Uverse and internet was supposed to be connected today.. but now it is tomorrow.... Although this morning I texted At&T and got confirmation it was going to be connected today. It could be tied into DIRECT.... The pakistan guy could NOT give me an employee ID number and told me his name was SUHAIL... He also gave me an E mail account.. but it is not valid.. the mail bounced
[email protected]. I believe he callled last week too. This has been a nightmare. He didn't seem to excited when he realized it was not going to be a land line. When he calls back tomorrow.. I am giving him the number of the police station. I do not have an AT&T cell phone.. so he has a useless number