Board:   [DoveNet] Internet Discussion
Subject: AT&T Fiber - installation
From:    MRO
Date:    Mon Apr 14, 2025 20:01

Subject: AT&T Fiber - installation questions?
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  Re: AT&T Fiber - installation questions?
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Mon Apr 14 2025 07:58 am

 > I'm looking at AT&T fiber, and I'm curious as to other fiber users what
 > your experience has been.
 >
 > How well did they run the fiber into your house?
 >
 > Is the box they hand off the fiber to interior or exterior? Do you get
 > to choose? From what I understand, they can either put a powered ONT on
 > the outside of the house and deliver copper into the house, or bring
 > fiber in and use an interior ONT, then hand off copper to their modem. I
 > have a copper terminating block that's near a protected power plug, I
 > could run the wire from a wall wart to an external ONT easily.
 >
 > Do they do a pre-install visit/survey to let you know their options?
 >
 > Did they run cabling inside of interior walls, or just poke through
 > where they could?
 >
 > I have a couple of challenges - moving trucks keep knocking down my
 > neighbor's fiber because they hang so low (the pole is across the
 > street). I think I have a better chance because my copper coming in is
 > at a flatter angle, and it's never been taken down.
 >
 > They would need to come in at the high point of the house and run the
 > cable down into my office space. The best way to do it would be to run
 > inside a wall to a wall plate.
 >
 > I'm wondering how flexible they'd be in running cable inside, or if I
 > should bring in my cabling guy - and if so, how I would ask him to leave
 > the cabling for AT&T to take over.

anybody that does anything in your house is a third party that your provider uses.it varies by area.  att techs handle the outside to your box on  your house.

just call up your tech support and ask them thesequestions.
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