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ATT ran fiber to my house
Posted on 1/15/24 at 11:55 am
Posted on 1/15/24 at 11:55 am
i cant bitch too much b/c i'm on a private drive and they promised free installation but the guy ended up having to call in 2 bucket trucks and they had to run the fiber to 4 poles to get it to my house.
the question i have, is the line is a small black line about the size of a spaghetti strand strung about 75 feet from the nearest pole directly to the side of my house.
it looks like i could cut it in 2 with 1st grader safety scissors.
is this normal? i had underground utilities at my last house so I never saw an exposed cable but i always thought this was protected by that big orange water-hose sized cable.
i'm not complaining because it works and i didn't have to pay for installation but damn it looks fragile.
oh, and the installer also left behind a massive spool of the stuff behind a tree on my property. must be 300 feet of line at least. is fiber so inexpensive now they can just afford to leave spools behind at install sites?
eta pic. its the bottom line
the question i have, is the line is a small black line about the size of a spaghetti strand strung about 75 feet from the nearest pole directly to the side of my house.
it looks like i could cut it in 2 with 1st grader safety scissors.
is this normal? i had underground utilities at my last house so I never saw an exposed cable but i always thought this was protected by that big orange water-hose sized cable.
i'm not complaining because it works and i didn't have to pay for installation but damn it looks fragile.
oh, and the installer also left behind a massive spool of the stuff behind a tree on my property. must be 300 feet of line at least. is fiber so inexpensive now they can just afford to leave spools behind at install sites?
eta pic. its the bottom line
This post was edited on 1/15/24 at 12:07 pm
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Posted on 1/15/24 at 12:31 pm to CAD703X
It's very thin but pretty tough. Pretty sure it could hold 500 lbs or something.
This post was edited on 1/15/24 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 1/15/24 at 12:31 pm to CAD703X
Yea that is the fiber line. Strung across street for me to the side of the house. Oh well. The orange tube is mostly for underground conduit. Overhead, they just let it fly in the breeze.
Posted on 1/15/24 at 1:01 pm to ColdDuck
At my place I have the same cable buried underground. Runs from the box in the neighbor's yard, and they buried it across my front yard, directional bored under my driveway then turned and went to the house.
Posted on 1/15/24 at 1:54 pm to CAD703X
Cad, yep that’s the same they ran to my house in NOLA. Everyone there’s a strong storm or high winds I assume I’m gonna lose internet.
Only time it went down was during Ida and that’s because so many trees fell on it.
I sure wish they’d do more underground work, especially in NOLA
Only time it went down was during Ida and that’s because so many trees fell on it.
I sure wish they’d do more underground work, especially in NOLA
Posted on 1/15/24 at 6:59 pm to CAD703X
Just had it run to my house this week too. They would have buried it but too many trees from the pole to the house so up in the air it goes. It's thinner than my cable wire that runs the same way but I think it'll be fine if the squirrels leave it alone.
Posted on 1/15/24 at 7:26 pm to CAD703X
I think it's sheathed in kevlar. At least what they buried in my yard was.
Posted on 1/15/24 at 8:23 pm to WavinWilly
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think it's sheathed in kevlar. At least what they buried in my yard was.
Didn't stop the crews building the house next door from cutting my fiber 4 or 5 times
Posted on 1/16/24 at 3:10 pm to CAD703X
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installer also left behind a massive spool of the stuff behind a tree on my property. must be 300 feet of line at least
it looks like i could cut it in 2 with 1st grader safety scissors.
Looks like you get to perform some experiments to see what can cut fiber lines
Posted on 1/16/24 at 3:58 pm to Weekend Warrior79
Had it here in KC. Not sure where you are but looks like you may have same issue I had. The box on the ole the wire runs to would freeze up and we would lose internet. Google fiber just recently became available where I am. I switched to it. Cheaper and they bury the line so no issues.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 5:41 pm to Shotgun Willie
yeah it kinda sucks but better than only having xfinity as an option!
the house we just moved out of had att fiber and the electric company just tore our yard up burying MORE fiber so they can also offer it.
makes no sense to me why they couldn't use the existing fiber infrastructure but i guess there's business reasons they have to run their own pipe.
the house we just moved out of had att fiber and the electric company just tore our yard up burying MORE fiber so they can also offer it.
makes no sense to me why they couldn't use the existing fiber infrastructure but i guess there's business reasons they have to run their own pipe.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:49 pm to CAD703X
I have ATT fiber from a pole to the house and Hurricane Ida did not take it out.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 9:10 pm to t00f
A truck hit mine. It stopped working. Att tech said it has a kink in it at the pole. He just bent it back and it has been working fine.
Posted on 1/17/24 at 12:08 pm to CAD703X
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oh, and the installer also left behind a massive spool of the stuff behind a tree on my property
Christopher Moltisanti and Patsy Parisi about came to blows over a boosted spool of that stuff.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 6:20 am to CAD703X
Im jealous as hell. I live out in the boonies and ATT only offers 25Mbps.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:57 am to Easye921
Does TMobile cell service work well out there? If so, investigate tmobile home internet 5G.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 7:42 am to Arkapigdiesel
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Christopher Moltisanti and Patsy Parisi about came to blows over a boosted spool of that stuff.
Posted on 1/24/24 at 7:27 pm to CAD703X
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yeah it kinda sucks but better than only having xfinity as an option!
CAD703x i miss your stories with your Xfinity account and their data limits. Ah the good ole days.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 8:44 am to FLObserver
Pretty sure I paid more in data use overages than I did in blockbuster late fees.
Man that data cap and upload bandwidth cap pissed me off something awful.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:57 am to CAD703X
It's fiber, very small bit very protected if you don't hit it with a shovel.
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