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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