I just got the following email from my HOA.
"Re: AT&T Fiber Optic Cable Installation
Without notice to [my HOA], AT&T has begun work in our community. As a utility, they are (unfortunately) not obligated to provide advance notice.
The project is managed by Danella that has contracted with several companies as diggers to stretch approximately 30,000 feet of conduit to run fiber optic cable.
What we know now:
Door hangers with contact information will appear as crews approach your street
Crews are prepared to answer your concerns/questions
All work will be done in the right of way
In some cases, yards will be damaged and will be repaired at the completion of the project
Weather permitting, Danella predicts completion at 4-6 weeks
Thank you for your patience and understanding."
There are some threads dealing with similar situations - but I have some specific questions. First - exactly what kind of service is this? Internet only? TV and/or phone too? I've read elsewhere about AT&T "giga fiber". There apparently are speeds ranging from from 100 mbps to 1 gbps. Is this what AT&T will be putting in?
Also - I would like to get an understanding of the physical work that will be done. Will AT&T rip up streets to lay conduit/cable? If not - where does it put the conduit/cable? What does it do with driveways and curbs? Also- what does AT&T install between the "main line" and the house - and at the house itself? I know I have a 5 (perhaps it's a 10 foot) utility easement on each side of my house (have to check about the front yard - don't think there's a utility easement there but will have to check). And - the old "AT&T box" on the side of my house (as well as all the wiring in the house) wasn't installed by AT&T. It was installed by our electrical contractor when my husband and I built our house. We're currently using that box and our cat 5 wiring for our Xfinity service (thanks to some useful information I got here a while back :)).
My bottom line is I'm pretty happy with our current XFinity service. But - if AT&T service is going to leapfrog the 100+ mbps service we're getting now - I would like to at least preserve my options to switch back to AT&T in the future. OTOH - I wouldn't let AT&T do anything to wreck our current system - the way it's set up now. Or to wreck our driveway or our curbs or part of our irrigation system (if it has to tear up some grass - so be it - as long as it replaces it).
I'd like to get as much information as possible before these jerks just hang something on my doorknob. And note that I think they're jerks because our HOA has 1100+ houses - professional management - very involved Boards of Directors (both at the master and sub-association levels) - and the least these guys could have done was given us some of this information in advance. Figure if they are inconsiderate now - they will be equally inconsiderate (or worse) later. Robyn
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Questions About AT&T Fiber Optic Cable Installation
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AT&T removing Internet Preferences option on Oct 2?
Please take this with a grain of salt. This is a big game of telephone where what I heard might not be what is intended.
I was just on the phone with someone at AT&T sorting out billing issues. She read an internal memo that said that they were going to do away with the Internet Preference for Gigapower users on Oct 2. Has anyone heard anything else about this?
To clarify, "Internet Preferences" is what they call the "deep packet inspection to target ads at us, the customers".
I really hope this is true, but I haven't seen anything about it. Please, please don't get mad at me for spreading false rumors, I'm just re-stating what I was read. Its very possible I am way out of context.
When they removed caps from Gigapower, it was on a Sunday. Oct 2 is also on a Sunday.
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gigapower install what will the installer run in the house
Ok I am having 1gig service installed early next month. My particular situation is that my home network is terminated on the second floor of my house. I have a coax run currently from where the cable/phone hand off is on the outside of the house to my current router. I ran the coax myself and left a pull string to the second floor so it should be not too much of a problem for experienced cable runners.
Are they actually going to run fiber or Ethernet to the same place in my house or do I need to get someone to help me run that before they show up?
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Gigapower Installation Questions on Newly Built House
I have a house being built (solid slab, no basement, brick/stone exterior) that is in an AT&T Gigapower supported neighborhood. How does the service come into the building? I have a single Cat6 that will be available from outside of house going to the opposite side of house where the structured wiring panel will be (master closet), and then Cat6 to nearly every room of the house. I've read that sometimes the fiber is terminated to a converter at the exterior-side of the house in the demarc and then inside is of course all copper using existing wiring. I've also read where they like to run fiber from side-demarc to an outside-facing interior wall. Does the customer have a say-so either way? What is the typical way in a new construction home that is pretty well wired? I'd rather not have my new home torn up during the install of this service. Thanks in advance, just need to calm my mind! :)
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ATT marked lawn for "fiber conduit" install. Timeline?
Weekend before last a utility locating company and the local gas company came through my neighborhood spray painting the grass to mark the current location of utilities and I was told by the locating guy that ATT was going to be installing fiber conduit and shortly after Google Fiber would be following. I did note that ATT installed a new box at the entrance of my community about a month ago that appears to have a small beacon light on the top of it -- not sure what that was.
With the above in mind... how likely is it that this is Gigapower and if it is... for anyone that has it... would you have it installed or wait for Google fiber? I'm not really sure what to do. Right now I have TWC and I'm very pleased with my speed but who doesn't like faster? Oh and about how long does it take from conduit install to live service?
Dallas, NC
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What do you think
What do you think of my stats on single pair 55m profile at 2400 feet?
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Disabling 5GHz WiFi ruins everything!
Hey guys I tried to turn off 5GHz because I cant use MAC filtering on it.
I disabled it and i lost connection to the internet on all my devices and my TVs lost signal.
What the hell!
I would leave it on but I cant filter MACs on the 5GHz
EDIT: Second time it worked. Everything's cool
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AT&T Labs1 Project AirGig Nears First Field Trials, Ultra-Wireless Broadband
(Quote from AT&T Press Release)
The technology
Here's how AT&T describes the key characteristics of AirGig:
Is easier to deploy than fiber because it runs over license-free spectrum (no need for cables or new towers)
AT&T is experimenting with multiple ways to send a modulated radio signal around or near medium-voltage power lines without the need for electrical connections
Uses newly designed antennas to create an electromagnetic field that speeds and guides waves along the power line
Transfers through newly designed antennas and devices greatly reducing hardware and deployment costs
Leverages existing power line infrastructure to help solve connectivity for rural and global markets
As part of Project AirGig, AT&T Labs invented low-cost plastic antennas and devices located along the power line to regenerate millimeter wave (mmWave) signals that can be used for 4G LTE and 5G multi-gigabit mobile and fixed deployments.
http://wraltechwire.com/-airgig-at-t-testing-power-grid-for-multi-gigabit-internet-video-/16033821/
http://about.att.com/newsroom/att_to_test_delivering_multi_gigabit_wireless_internet_speeds_using_power_lines.html
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/att-airgig-internet,news-23507.html
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Stats for power tier upgrade
Thinking about upgrading to power tier, how do these stats look? I have a 589.
DSL Status
Line State Up
Downstream Sync Rate (kbps) 32339
Upstream Sync Rate (kbps) 5041
Downstream Max Attainable Rate (kbps) 57240
Upstream Max Attainable Rate (kbps) 5041
Modulation VDSL2
Data Path Interleaved
Downstream Upstream
SN Margin (dB) 18.5 0
Line Attenuation (dB) 28.5 0
Output Power(dBm) 14.2 -2.7
Errored Seconds 0 0
Loss of Signal 0 0
Loss of Frame 0 0
FEC Errors 11845 0
CRC Errors 0 0
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How flexible are they with GigaPower install?
Ive got a scheduled GigaPower install Sep 23 @ 9am. Most of my basement is finished except for a mechanical room where all of my ethernet drops terminate. This mechanical room is literally the polar opposite side of the home where the current telco box is mounted, which is also the side of the house the pedestal is on.
Id like them to pull the fiber all the way inside to the mech room and mount the RG and ONT there so I can easily cross connect into my router.
Will AT&T, if asked, go under driveways and come around to another side of the house so they can literally punch right into this mechanical room without having to fish wires in the house in the finished area of the basement? I would prefer no fishing and no drywall damage if at all possible.
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ONT Installation Placement - Query
I've noticed a bit of a trend lately here that in Texas (IIRC) They have been putting more ONT's inside the home instead of on the side of home outside.
Of course anything installed inside is weather protected, and is subject to quite extreme temps, and so on.
I'm curious:
Is the preference (optimal) to have it installed inside (IE: On an exterior wall just opposite where the other utilities are/where the fiber will come in?) If possible?
I know there are tons and tons of them outside without any issues,.. and some inside.
As I'm deciding on just where to run some cabling (saving the installer (down the road) some time , and me time on install day) For the Ethernet cabling back to where the RG will go upstairs -- It would be nice to have a fairly definitive answer to this question if one exists.
I have a finished Garage, that has a power outlet and external wall is the same exterior wall Cable Demarc, current Copper NID, etc are located 'outside'. So it's quite convenient in that manner. [It's only finished because it was the model home and the Garage was the office for them.]
Logically it seems that an inside the Garage placement on wall aforementioned would be the best location for ONT -- even if an outside placement is quite unlikely to really ever cause any issues. Just for mere ease of running wires, outlet, etc it makes sense.
Would any installer in any area be fine with placing the ONT in the Garage like this when they've probably been placing all their ONT's on the outside of homes up to that point?
-- IE: Is there any 'rule' or other reason they couldn't place it anywhere but outside?
If anyone is an ONT installer/does them for AT&T,.. or has personal experience, especially in South East region,.. or is an employee tech in different department but still can find out or knows -- Please comment with your take.
No big deal if it has to be outside,.. just really primarily want to know for Ethernet cable routing.
The only reason I can see other than there just not being a convenient / easy inside location for denying inside placement is so 'access' is always open to technicians regardless of if someone is home to let them in.
Lastly, are the tidbits of external ONT's having issues in some spots just fiction or ?
Thanks,
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ATT GigaPower - Pace 5268AC DMZPlus Mode == Layer 2 bridge (y/n)
Greetings,
I recently switched to ATT GigaPower fiber to the home service last month.
I have the Pace 5268AC, with software version 10.5.3.527171-att. I have 1 ethernet device connected (My Gateway), which I have configured to be in the "DMZPlus" mode:
ONT->Pace 5268AC->My Gateway->My Network
When I run dhclient on my gateway, I am able to get a WAN IP on my routers interface
The reason I am posting all of this is that many other threads here indicate that this device does not support bridging, and your only option for running another gateway was to double NAT behind it. Were these posts based on old information for a previous software version on the Pace 5268AC? Or am I missing something?
Appreciate any thoughts or ideas
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What is wrong with UVerse internet speed?
Since Monday (09-12-16) I have barely been able to get 2 Mbps download speed on a 24 Mbps connection.
From doing a Google search it appears AT&T may be having some issues but I'm having trouble getting details.
Anyone know what could be going on and how long it could last?
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Are these speeds satisfactory for Gigapower?
I recently had Gigapower installed. I live in an apt building. Within the apartment the Gigapower is installed over phone line.
With a wired question, according to speedtest I receive about 600mbps down. With wireless over 5g I receive in the 300s usually.
Also have the Pace gateway. Do they disable the usb drive ? I want to attach a network drive.
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New Gigapower Install and slow speeds?
Hello,
I am at my wits end..I just had ATT Gigapower installed and can only achieve a max of 250-400up and 400-500 down wired with a Net Extrem, Gig ready nic card. Even more importantly, my wireless speeds suck at max 55up and 40down (iPad 4 AIR and iPhone 6 Plus) sometimes slower.
Now, the install tech says this is normal and not to contact ATT. He asked that I only contact him with issues. Soooo, when I do that, he just tells me the same thing over and over. It's almost as if he fears he won't get paid for the install if I call ATT. Almost like he is a sub contractor but he drove a att Van. Anyway, it's very frustrating to not have some guideline on what is acceptable and what's not. Does less than half the advertisied speed still fall into the speeds may vary disclaimer?
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Looking for other Prem Techs, any area/garage.
Hello, I am a Prem Tech and and looking to talk to other techs, if you could message me, I have a few questions.
thanks
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Waiving of the High Speed Equipment Fee (Gigapower)
Just an FYI if you have to replace your modem and you are on Gigapower. The ATT billing system will immediately begin billing you $7.00 a month even if you are supposed to have the fee waived. You must call the Gigapower Billing Department (not the Uverse Billing Department) and they will provide a credit and waive the fee. Their direct number is 1-866-314-8611. The CSR said that the phone tree runs on west coast time so if you call from the east coast, give the system three hours or you can call 1-800-288-2020 and have them transfer you to the Gigapower Billing Department.
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Yahoo data breach and ATT.NET
Yahoo services these att.net emails, but there is nothing on the web site about the data breach and changing passwords.
Does anyone know if the yahoo breach included @att.net addresses?
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Meter did not reset...anybody else?
Checked my account and the monthly meter did not reset. Just rolled over. Not good.
Anybody else?
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How is my DSL line quality? Many errors, is that ok?
AT&T U-Verse customer, DSL over copper phone lines, San Francisco, 94109.
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