BYOD 1 GbE cable from Xfinity or secured 1 GbF fiber from AT&T
BYOD 1 GbE cable from Xfinity or secured 1 GbF fiber from AT&T
I've been using AT&T Fiber for nearly a year, dealing with their Pace router/modem setup. It doesn’t support bridge mode or DMZ+ settings. There’s a recent bug limiting speeds to 50Mbps, which has been ongoing since late last year—some of us still question if it’s a real issue. I’m relying on the Pace device as the network hub, which isn’t ideal. The pros are no data limit and a solid 1Gbps upload. Recently, I discovered an option to switch to Xfinity’s 1Gb service at the same price. The advantage is being able to install my own equipment, but there’s a monthly 1TB cap and only 60Mbps upload. On the flip side, AT&T gives me BYOD flexibility. My choice would depend on what you’d recommend if you shared this situation.
There is a way to use your own router on att fiber. Look here, basically there using 802.11x, and you have a router in the middle and use yours to send backets once the authentication is done http://blog.0xpebbles.org/Bypassing-At-t...ble-limits
I read it through, but it seems a bit complicated. Honestly, I’m not familiar with network details, so much of it was unclear. I guess I’ll stick with AT&Ts equipment until they release something better. Luckily, I haven’t experienced any packet loss from the poor NAT tables.
I rechecked it this weekend and realized I could handle it as a project. The tutorial mentioned a 'small business' plan, which means multiple static IPs need setting up. I’m planning to learn more about this later.