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AT&T Fiber. Can Improvements be made?
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:51 am
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:51 am
I recently switched from Optimum cable internet to AT&T fiber 300 mb. My home is about 1200 sq ft, 2 floors. I don't do gaming. But I usually stream on 2 TV's and a pc at the same time. They are within roughly 20 feet of the modem. I had Optimum/Suddenlink cable 1 GB service, but it had begun to slow up occasionally, mainly when streaming tv service. I also assumed since Optimum pushing their fiber service that they would not be supporting their cable service as much. So, I went with AT&T fiber.
The TV's sometimes have trouble connecting to the internet and I have to reboot them to connect. My pc seems to be occasionally slower but never has it had issues connecting.
Any tips to correct these issues would be appreciated.
The TV's sometimes have trouble connecting to the internet and I have to reboot them to connect. My pc seems to be occasionally slower but never has it had issues connecting.
Any tips to correct these issues would be appreciated.
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Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:10 am to CSinLC
300mbps is enough for 20x 4k TVs. Issue is almost WiFi. See if there is an optimization setting on your WiFi gateway.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:20 am to CSinLC
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The TV's sometimes have trouble connecting to the internet and I have to reboot them to connect. My pc seems to be occasionally slower but never has it had issues connecting.
I’m guessing this has something to do with the TVs themselves.
I know people say their brand new TVs are great at running the various apps and all but unless your TVs are brand new I’d try to hardwire them with Ethernet cables or get a premium streaming box of your choice and connect them to the TVs.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:22 am to CSinLC
i'm saving $15/mo by going from 1G down to 512M
i do a TON of things out of my house and watched the data for several months and then realized i never even came close to the 512 and the extra $15/mo was just a waste of money.
i do a TON of things out of my house and watched the data for several months and then realized i never even came close to the 512 and the extra $15/mo was just a waste of money.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:24 am to s14suspense
quote:i do both. hardwire every tv and only buy streaming boxes that include ethernet and wire those too.
hardwire them with Ethernet cables or get a premium streaming box of your choice and connect them to the TVs.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:46 am to CAD703X
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i do both. hardwire every tv
I’ve wiped all my TVs off the internet completely. They just skim your watching habits to sell that data and steadily make themselves worse with bloatware.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 11:20 am to CSinLC
is your steaming service some random IPTV thing you got off youtube?
If not, it's your wifi.
If not, it's your wifi.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 11:31 am to s14suspense
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They just skim your watching habits to sell that data and steadily make themselves worse with bloatware.
no offense but what do you think that streaming roku, apple tv or android device you're using is doing? my samsung frame isn't getting much from my viewing habits; i go into the art mode then use the onn box to watch my personal plex library and thats about the end of it. every once in awhile the wife or kids will have that weirdo 'free tv' guide thing on watching random shite but i'm pretty sure samsung hates the data/lack thereof they're getting back on me.
my other samsung is my mini-pc/home assistant dashboard using one of the hdmi ports and i'm using smartthings to turn it on and off every day so i keep the internet piece alive to handle that.
This post was edited on 7/30/26 at 11:33 am
Posted on 7/30/26 at 11:47 am to CSinLC
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Any tips to correct these issues would be appreciated.
It's your wifi, the ATT gateway sucks for that. Either hardwire some wifi access points around the house or add a mesh wifi.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 11:52 am to CAD703X
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no offense but what do you think that streaming roku, apple tv or android device you're using is doing?
Supposedly AppleTVs do not track viewing habits/sell your data but I hear you.
Have had a Vizio and a Roku TV actively make themselves worse before I factory reset them and removed them from the internet and now they’re fantastic dumb TVs
Posted on 7/30/26 at 11:59 am to CAD703X
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no offense but what do you think that streaming roku, apple tv or android device you're using is doing?
If you're tech savy, highly recommend installing pi-hole on your network which will block most of the ads & data collection stuff. If you're not familiar, pi-hole would act as your network DNS and you can feed it lists of domains to block.
Though companies have gotten smarter about it & will break functionality of sites/apps and require you to unblock certain domains.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 12:01 pm to s14suspense
Can always get a ASOP box from Ali Express. But then you’re all in on IPTV Debrid or Jellyfin/Plex. Netflix, etc would either not work or downgrade streams.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 12:07 pm to Dallaswho
quote:It's always DNS but when it's not it's your wifi.
Issue is almost WiFi
Posted on 7/30/26 at 1:32 pm to CSinLC
you can try IP Passthrough and use your own router but the best thing to do is just hardwire device you use regularly.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 1:32 pm to CAD703X
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i'm saving $15/mo by going from 1G down to 512M
Well done!
Posted on 7/31/26 at 10:53 am to CSinLC
Like others have said it's likely your network. Can do a test by running Ethernet to device. Should fix it. Then upgrade your network.
Posted on 7/31/26 at 12:16 pm to CSinLC
Wifi is probably weak.. not only that... smart tvs suck if you are using them to stream... buy a dedicated box and add to HDMI
Posted on 7/31/26 at 1:05 pm to The Eric
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buy a dedicated box WITH ETHERNET JACK and add to HDMI
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