I currently have AT&T Internet 24. However, considering these two packages are the same price is there any reason not to switch from 24 to 25? Is the only difference a slight bit of speed? Would my current service be interrupted? Is this even worth doing? Thanks.
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Difference between AT&T Internet 24 and AT&T Internet 25?
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AT&T refuses to move uVerse to NID customer access
AT&T hard wired the home run for uVerse to the TELCO side of the NID. I need to run a new demarc extension to the other end of the house. AT&T refuses to make the Customer Access RJ11 active and said that all uVerse is cabled directly to the TELCO side and that any moves require a billable dispatch. Is it normal these days for the customer jack to be dark and the extension hard wired?
I'm going to clip the portion inside the customer area and install an RJ45, but would have rather had it done the proper way.
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[VDSL] Stats look good so far? For a friend.
So a friend of mine, sick of paying Xfinity $100+ for just internet alone, switched over to AT&T.
Though they cannot get fiber, the max they can get (because this dwelling was made in 2007) is 100/20.
Does the stats, attached above, look ok to those experienced?
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[AT&T Fiber] RG replaced with BGW320-505
In March 2019 I signed up for AT&T's gigabit fiber through toast.net. I got the BGW210 gateway, and all was fine.
When Toast followed AT&T a couple of months ago and changed their fiber product offerings and prices, Toast dumped their uncapped 60 and 100 products (specific to Toast, unavailable at AT&T) and now offers only the gigabit product. The price dropped as well--it's now $75. I told Toast I'd like the new pricing, and they obliged.
But that triggered some things in AT&T's back end, and Toast had to set me up with an AT&T truck roll to change some things out to support the new pricing. They told me "new hardware". Toast handled the scheduling from the beginning; they took my available time slots, found one that worked, and sent me an email to confirm. They even called me when the tech was on his way.
So the tech showed up. First off, let me say that I've had two different AT&T techs in my house--at install and today--and each one was the most knowledgeable, professional, and friendly person you'd ever want to deal with. They were true professionals by any definition of the word. They were a dream to deal with. (Does anyone know how I might feed that back to the local field service management?)
He tells me Toast was correct: my pricing change caused a change deep in T's back end that rippled all the way through to my house. My address did get an all new account number, which is enough to trigger a truck roll even if nothing else changed. But in this case it also required that my fiber at the box up the street be moved to a completely different and new circuit. It also required--ta daaa--the new RG.
He took out my ONT and BGW210. Where the ONT was he put in a small box for the existing fiber, with the fiber ending in a jack. He installed the new RG and installed a patch piece of fiber--already made, out of the box, decently long--and connected it between that jack and the new RG.
He showed me everything about it, how it goes together and comes apart (I mentioned I may want to move my RG). He told me that the fiber goes into the small adapter--the SFP--and that goes into the RG. The "ONT"-labeled ethernet jack at the rear of the RG toward the top has a blank plug in it.
We discussed how I'm now all set up for the future in AT&T's world. He says that's the ultimate goal--to have as many houses as possible wired correctly so that it's a simple self-install for customers down the road. He mentioned that he heard plans of them offering 5 gigabit service sooner rather than later, and that this RG will accommodate it.
Upgrading their service, in my context now that I'm on the newer circuit, means that all AT&T has to do is swap out a single card at the central office down the street from me. For me to get the faster service when it's available, then, is a simple matter of someone sending me a new SFP that supports the higher speeds, and I remove the old from my RG and plug in the new. Nothing but phone calls and self-install.
The tech did confirm the new account, and made a comment about how he had to jump through a few hoops he knew in order to see my "old" account (which was still up and letting me have access into today) on his tablet. But after he called the install in, my old account was closed before he left.
Between his couple of trips up the street and our jaw-jacking, this took about an hour.
After the tech left, Toast called me to confirm that all was well. The Toast guy confirmed what the tech told me, that the new account and circuit generated by the price change also required the new RG, and that the new account was live. As for the old RG and ONT, he said "well, it's yours. You bought it. You can send it back to us to recycle if you want." I found that interesting. It's useless to me, it might be useful to AT&T, but since I'm not an AT&T customer I can't just drop it off at a UPS store for them to send back...
Anyway, the web UI of the new RG is very very familiar--with one exception that I noticed right away. No longer is there any way to separate out the two wifi frequencies. The 210, you could name them separately to help you prevent steering problems. Not available on this one.
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Updates to Smart Home Manager App
I saw today that when you run a speed test through the Smart Home Manager, it runs a gateway speed test and a speed test from the wireless device signed into it. It doesn't work on a wired device though.
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Script to check ATT Fiber coverage
I got the inspiration from the Century Link forum for mapping availability of ATT Fiber in a particular area.
The idea is to grab a box on google maps using two addresses (NE and SW) then get a list of addresses and pass that on to the ATT Fiber availability webpage. Well I spent a day learning Python and another porting the code to AT&T and here is result
https://www.easymapmaker.com/map/13bc08adc1c47818afd6437933d7ce4d
Please see my github page here for the scripts
https://github.com/enkur/ATT-Fiber-Check
Next task would be to do something like this
https://github.com/mtdoyle/CLSpeedPhantomJS/blob/master/README.md
This can cull through large addresses and create a super detailed plots like this
https://www.easymapmaker.com/map/cl_speed_1-15-2015
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[AT&T Fiber] Using Asuswrt-Merlin to bypass RG
Hi guys,
I successfully bypass AT&T's RG using rt-ac68u with extracted certs from both NVG510 and NVG589
No pfSense, or netgraph, or ubiquiti devices, or dumb switch needed.
I only tested with rt-ac68u, but the method should work for all Asuswrt-Merlin based wireless routers (Please let me know if it doesn't).
Basically, the AiProtection in Asuswrt auto tags net traffic with VLAN, so we only need to update wpa_supplicant which works with extracted certs.
More detail here https://github.com/bypassrg/att.
Any comments and suggestions are appreciated.
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[VDSL] Will ATT Internet 100/20 IPBB/VDSL have a 1TB cap after 12/31?
This specific question got a bit buried in my other thread: I want the opinion of others here on if IPBB/VDSL "Internet 100" will have a data cap after 12/31/2020.
From various AT&T pages, press releases and plan change ups announced10/1/2020, it appears "Internet 100" has had its price, promotions and data use policy matched across both Fiber and IBPP/VDSL. I believe ATT did this to avoid mass price/policy/promotion confusion, and eliminating differences between "Internet 100 IBPP" and "Internet 100 Fiber"
However it's unclear not all info I have found is in agreement. Quotes and links below
Appears to have no cap, posted 10/1/2020 (Source of attached Image):
https://www.att.com/help/internet/usage.html
1Internet 100 and Internet 300Mbps speed tiers – Unlimited data allowance for existing customers, new activations, or upgrades as of October 4, 2020.
Press Release about New fiber plans, but mentions data cap by speed delivered, not tech used:
https://about.att.com/story/2020/att_fiber_new_options.html
Existing and new Internet 100, 300 and 1000 customers to also receive unlimited data
Appears to be older, and lumps internet 100 and 300 having a cap:
https://www.att.com/support/article/u-verse-high-speed-internet/KM1010099/
1 terabyte (TB) per month: If you have internet speed tiers up to and including 768 kilobits per second (Kbps) through 300 megabits per second (Mbps).
We all know All DSL/VDSL/Fiber speeds have Unlimited data/no cap until 12/31/2020 from this, but this link lists nothing about which speeds will continue with this policy after 12/31/2020:
https://about.att.com/pages/COVID-19.html#consumers
That means new and existing AT&T FiberSM[1] and AT&T Internet customers[2] can use unlimited data and won’t see overage charges on their home Internet bill through December 31.
Fine Print Listed under all "ATT Internet speeds" but mentions Internet 768 to 75 contains text about the 1TB data allowance:
https://www.att.com/ecms/sharedcontent/en/legal/Wireline/UpperFunnel/Internet_SP/jcr:content/desktoplegal/legalsharedcontent.html
INTERNET OFFER: Price for Internet plans (768k to 75M) for new residential customers. .... †Data Allowance: $10 charge applies for each additional 50GB (up to $100/mo). Unlimited data allowance may also be purchased separately for an add’l $30/mo., or maintain a bundle of TV & Internet on a combined bill and receive unlimited internet data at no add’l charge.
Fine Print for internet 100, however listed under ATT Fiber does not list the usage plan and offers sign up promotional gift cards:
https://www.att.com/ecms/sharedcontent/en/legal/Wireline/UpperFunnel/Fiber_SP_ATL_CHAR/jcr:content/desktoplegal/legalsharedcontent.html
INTERNET OFFER: Price for Internet 100 for new residential customers. ... $100 REWARD CARD: Ends 10/31/20. Online only. For new residential AT&T Internet customers purchasing high speed internet plans 100M and higher online at att.com.
I mention promo cards specifically because when I signed up for Internet 100 via IPBB/VDSL I also received gift card promotions, which is odd since it seemingly was only available for fiber signups, but then also applied to Internet 100 IBPP. Again further proving policy/promo/datause & Pricing is matched on both delivery methods of internet 100.
This will potentially save me $30 a month if it is true as I am a Internet 100 IBPP customer, but for those who can only order 25/50/75 customer on VDSL would have a cap and would pay $10 more per month for the slower VDSL plans, and receive no promotional sign up gift cards.
My friend who just moved just 2 miles from me can only order Internet 50, and is angry to say the least about paying more for slower speeds, a cap, and no promo gift card. All the more unfair, its being delivered using the same tech, same VRADS, and general setup, but gets completely different treatment.
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[AT&T Fiber] G-010G-A web interface?
Does the G-010G-A ONT have a web interface that I can access to find it's SLID?
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[VDSL] Sometimes Complaining Helps
Most of the time complaints about U-verse service fall on deaf ears but occasionally if you get a hold of the right person you get some action. We've been having problems on and off for quite a while. Unfortunately we only have paired VSL service, we keep getting promised fiber but never see it.
Last week I got fed up with AT&T and sent a letter to President. It must've got to the right person because I had all kinds of action happening at the end of last week. Finally Monday I had one inside tech, 2 line techs and a manager working on it for 4 or 5 hours. They went to every aboveground box between my home and the box that is fed fiber.
Miracles of miracles, since that time everything has been perfect. The attached screen capture is from 3 days of service. I haven't seen signals that good in 8 hours anytime in the past.
Just shows what they can really do if they get pushed into a corner!
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[AT&T Fiber] only getting 1Mbps ATT FIBER Northwest Arkansas
Cust service is "full" right now. Any known issues?
I've restarted, reset, checked multiple speed tests. Gateway check is fine at 990 Mbps, must be a up/down stream issue or line issue I'm thinking
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[VDSL] How to wire from the NID for Internet100 (missing wiring)
Backstory...bought new (to me) house last year. Have comcast and ATT Internet100 (only) available. Went comcast as promo rate was cheap and coax was more convenient. FFWD, promo is up and rates are extremely high. Internet 100 is literally half the price for 2x the speed and now advertised having no data cap compared to comcast's lowest tier! A switch is def in order.
Anyhow...previous owners at some point had uverse as there was a Tii AB jack in the mix (gray ph + green "broadband" RJ11 plate). For that matter, they appear to have had EVERYTHING over the years, as there were both dish and direct tv dishes on the roof, cable, etc. Almost ALL of it was poorly done and ghetto rigged...talking instead of wiring fished in walls and on plates, it was simply punched through the middle of closet ceilings and thru walls...literally every room had phone lines in 2 or 3 places (even the bathrooms had 1!) all connected by the ole ghetto twist and tape method....just a mess. Needless to say I removed all that kind of stuff and started fresh.
So, where that leaves me with the ATT stuff is NOTHING remaining in the house from the NID on. From the customer access side, it was only serviced by a single (green) twisted pair and I had removed everything past that splice last year. I attached a picture below. I dont know what kind of wire the drop is as I dont have a bit (yet) to access that side. Also seems like the house wiring should have gone to a module vs a splice pictured from what I can tell searching. Also seems like I need more than just the 1 pair. Ideally, I'd like to get whatever bits I need for the NID, do my own wiring, and terminate to a normal keystone jack so it can reside in a space in an existing wall plate already present from networking the house. The Tii AB plate seems to have some embedded/sealed circuitry on the back side under the jacks and from there an ethernet pigtail.
My questions.....
1) Is whatever under that sealant necessary thus precluding wiring to a standard jack direct and needing to use that AB jack or something similar?
2) what wiring to use between NID and jack? There is quite a bit left on a spool of 4 wire left by previous owner in the shed. Seems like good quality wire with relatively thick cores, but not twisted pair. I also have more than enough decent cat5e on hand as well. Or perhaps something different?
3) Is there any good reference for pin out/termination/what colors/pairs to connect to what?
I'd really like to do it myself and save on the $99 install if it's just a matter of making the run and a reasonable amount for extra bits like modules for the NID, jacks, etc.
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[AT&T Fiber] New gateway to support new rates?
Toast dropped me a note today, said they have to swap out my gateway for a new one in order to support the new lower rates. I called them and chatted for a bit; Steve was very pleasant. They will set up a truck roll for this.
I find it interesting that this is "to support the new, lower rate". Hmmm. Steve made it clear, this wasn't optional.
Also: I asked if the existing settings from my existing gateway would migrate to the new gateway. I remember seeing this mentioned here not too long ago, and someone said that yes, that would happen in the AT&T world. Well, Steve told me I would be setting it up all fresh again, with no migration of my settings.
Does anyone know, is the migration of settings for an AT&T customer a real thing like I think I read here lately? If so, that might be a function of the AT&T system the AT&T customer is in. If I don't get that benefit, then I'm most certainly not an AT&T customer at that level.
Anyway, if they're going to this expense to replace a year and a half old gateway that works fine, my guess is that everyone will get this, they will change their systems around internally, and bypass will be off the table way sooner than later.
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[AT&T Fiber] NVG589 firmware exploits to get bypass certs
Hello,
I purchased a used NVG589 off craigslist with the hopes of rooting and pulling the certs from it using the d083 firmware exploit.
To my dismay, this doesn't seem to work anymore. Looks like I'm downgrading from FW version 11.6.
Is there another work around to do this?
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[AT&T Fiber] ONT FTTP and public IP address adding router.
I am wondering if anyone has any luck with putting a simple router in place after AT&T ONT before gateway? To split off the traffic and use my own router. Need to know more about how AT&T authenticates. If the ONT gateway is authenticating and obtaining the IP or if the gateway does. Or if it will even allow two IP's to obtain IP's?
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[AT&T Fiber] Difference BGW320-505 vs BGW320-500
I got my Fiber 1000 installed 10/15 and they tried to hook up a BGW210 but it wouldn't authorize so he put in a BGW320-500 instead. I been reading a few days to learn more but most people talk about the
BGW320-505 I curious what is the difference?
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Uverse TV Still 6 Streams?
I have Gigabit Fiber and U300 TV and have always had 6 streams with my Uverse TV. Last night I kept getting a popup warning telling me I had to watch a recorded program due to too many shows being recorded. When I checked I only had 4 shows being recorded. Does anyone know if AT&T has dropped the number of streams on Uverse TV down to 4 form 6? I hate calling into AT&T but if I'm supposed to have 6 then I will. I just am not aware that anything has changed except my ability to use more streams than 4.
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Did some recent change screw up IPv6?
I'm in Houston, and subscribe to Internet 1000 and use a 5268AC router directly (no other routers, etc.)
I also have a static IP /29 block, and I actually use all of the IPs in the block on various devices.
I just noticed that IPv6 connectivity seems to be dead. Cannot "ping6 google.com" or anything.
However, all of my devices are still being assigned IPv6 addresses.
The laptop I am on right now is assigned 69.238.21x.xxx and this works fine bidirectionally.
It is also assigned several IPv6 addresses such as "2600:1700:1d60:xxx:yyyy" where xxx is constant and yyyy is several different random values, but also always one constant value per machine.
I have a server at a hosting company with IPv6 enabled and I cannot ping6 to any of the IPv6 addresses on the laptop. This used to work fine. The configuration on the laptop has not changed, but the 5268AC has received several software updates.
ping6 DOES work within my local network. I have a raspberry pi on ethernet which is assigned one of my IPv4 /29 addresses, and also has a consistent IPv6 assignment. I can ping6 to the pi from my laptop. But I cannot ping6 from the remote server.
Interestingly, a router IS replying to the ping6 packets sent by the remote server. But it's not my router.
[user@daria ~]# ping6 2600:1700:1d60:xxxx::yyyy
PING 2600:1700:1d60:xxxx::yyyy(2600:1700:1d60:xxxx::yyyy) 56 data bytes
From 2600:1700:1d60::1 icmp_seq=1 Destination unreachable: Address unreachable
From 2600:1700:1d60::1 icmp_seq=2 Destination unreachable: Address unreachable
The last 2 lines are unmodified. 2600:1700:1d60::1 appears to be an AT&T router, it is probably my first hop after my router. But I cannot ping it from a local machine.
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Still hope? Maybe FTTH?
Suddenly 5 or 6 AT$T boxes/vaults have appeared around my neighborhood, the closest only 100 ft away. Can this be an indication of FTTH deployment?
Since at$t stopped selling vanilla DSL the only option here is spectrum's 100, 400 and GIG (which I currently have). If you call at$t the only service available is TV and if you ask the salesperson how are you going to watch AT$T TV if they don't offer broadband he/she will tell you to buy spectrum's broadband... oh the irony.
Since T continues to loose video subscribers right and left https://www.fiercevideo.com/video/at-t-scales-back-q3-video-sub-losses-to-627-000 one of the few bright spots is FTTH broadband additions which account to 350,000 for the period.quote:We added more than 350,000 fiber broadband customers and are on track to grow our fiber base by more than 25% this year.
So my question is: Could these photos indicate FTTH deployments? The poles show FHxxxx (fiber hub) markings.
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AT&T dedicated Internet fiber discounts?
I am a current spectrum business fiber customer paying about $375 per month for 25 Mb symmetrical.
AT&T dedicated Internet has contacted me twice now saying business fiber was available in my neighborhood, but both times their prices are nowhere near competitive, The latest offer was for $520 a month for 20 Mb service.
Has anyone successfully got AT&T to negotiate on these prices? I would actually love to have dual fiber Internet from two different companies if I could make it work financially.
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