AT&T just ran fiber up to us
Why did AT&T arbitrarily run fiber to your house? Seems like a good "thang." Why not subscribe to AT&T?
AT&T upgraded our neighborhood to fiber so we have fiber to the premises now. AT&T's poor customer service and reliability plus"fiber" to the premises is actually fiber to an ONT (optical network terminal) then copper from the ONT to a modem like the 5268AC Gateway.
Define "premises."
Fiber to the demarc box mounted to the outside of the house, fiber from there to an ONT (optical network terminal) inside the house, then a short run of copper from the ONT to the AT&T modem/gateway, then copper or wi-fi to devices.. What I'd like to see in the future is elimination of the ONT and a direct fiber to modem connection (but those modems are being developed).
AT&T fiber to the outside of the house then to an ONT inside the house is definitely better than what they used to offer. But I'm not sure how it will compare to Cox's fiber to the node and last mile copper runs.
