To have the AT&T fiber internet service in your home, you will need to have fiber optic cables laid indoors from the outside of your house. Here is a step-by-step overview of the process
Pre-Installation
A technician from AT&T will conduct a preliminary assessment of the site before the installation, and he or she will determine the precise pathway for the fiber optic cable. They will physically look at your house inside and outside to assess the possibility of the cable path then ask where to install ONT equipment inside. It is helpful in planning to ensure that it runs as smoothly as possible when installing the drainage system.
Installing the Fiber Line
On installation day an AT&T technician digs up the lawn, or sidewalk in front of your house and installs a fiber optic cable. Here is the basic process
- They first identify the paths where the fiber optic cables are already positioned which are the streets in front of people’s houses. The above main lines are laid down by AT&T Internet Deals during neighborhood construction processes.
- Technicians lay down a new fiber optic cable and then link it to the mainline and into your premise. This may require grazing or sometimes cutting of some bushes or trees in cases where the land is not well accessible.
- They merely make a shallow hole on your lawn to install the fiber optic cable then extend it to the outer wall of your house. It is a few inches wide and extends to about 10-12 inches below the ground surface of the sidewalk. Sometimes technician can require to bore small holes through walls or foundation to get the cable inside.
- In case of no trenching for some way, the technician can then install the fiber cable and string it to telephone poles or the exterior walls and get it into your house.
Installing the ONT
After the fiber optic cable has been laid right up to your home, the technicians make a hole and pull the cable right through the wall into the interiors. This is the place where the Optical Network Terminal (ONT) device is to be installed.
It brings the fiber optic signals to Ethernet and coaxiality which you can use to plug your home routers, computers and other devices into. ATT will decide the best location within your home for placing the ONT equipment by using the home survey data. Popular areas include a garage, on one of the walls, in a closet, or in a basement.
Once the technician has mounted the ONT, he then connects a fiber optic cable to it and fits the unit with a power source. The will also offer a back up battery in case you experience a power blackout at home.
Completing the Installation
To complete the installation:
- The technician then pulls Ethernet cables from the ONT box into wherever you desire the AT&T router/WiFi gateway positioned. This gives your home network a preprogrammed infrastructure that is wired in your home.
- They connect the AT&T router and turn on your WiFi, which transmits the WiFi network signal across the house.
- Last but not the least, they verify the connection established and it works at the promised speeds. Some people believe that WiFi routers must be placed in certain areas of the home and are unable to select the location for the router.
- The technician also pulls coaxial cabling from ONT when needed for connecting AT&T TV set top boxes or other equipment.
The time it can take to have a full fiber installation depends on the size of the place and it can take about 3-5 hours by a professional technician team. And that is pretty much all there is to it – once the work is completed, you’ll be good to go and ready to experience some of the fastest fiber optic internet speed provided by AT&T! Inform the technician about your special requirements of networking and he or she will assist in setting up the best of condition.
I presume this brief description has provided you with a good insight on what is expected of you should you engage AT&T for a fiber optic cabling straight into your home. It is a slightly bigger job than with the cable Internet connection but is more than worth it for fiber connection. You have all the necessary information here which I think will be useful to you in your project; please feel free to ask any other questions if you have any remaining.
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