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Installing Fiber in a new house
I am going to move to an area with ATT fiber. The house in new, but has a central room meant for the modem and can then connect to various outlets throughout the house. I would like to speak to an ATT representative to understand if this is possible, what steps I need to do, and how to set this up as I have purchased the house, but haven't moved yet.
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dave006
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2 months ago
Could you check with the builder to find out if you have a conduit or if they just stapled the Ethernet within the walls?
If you actually have a conduit to your central cable room then you should be able to ask the install tech to try to run Fiber to the central room. To make it easy if there is already Ethernet in the conduit, I would just use it to pull in a new pull string and clear the conduit. The Ethernet is useless in that conduit.
Without a conduit from the outside to your middle it will be a challenge. The AT&T install tech will want to just install it on an outside wall and setup the new AT&T Fiber jack on the inside wall on the other side. The AT&T Gateway would then be connected to the interior Fiber jack with a 12 foot Fiber jumper to the AT&T Gateway.
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2 months ago
Hopefully the builder or contractor ran a tube from outside by power meter to the central room with a pull string.
otherwise, house has an unfinished basement for tech to drill holes and run a fiber line from outside to central room.
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dave006
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@dcald34045
Before you get to far along you need to know if Fiber is actually available at the new house. Are the houses on either side your new house also complete and has anyone moved in today?
You should check your new address and the addresses on both sides of your address. You can start at this link:
https://www.att.com/avaiability
Often new construction does not actually have Fiber available at move-in time. It may be in an area the has Fiber or even on a street that has Fiber but the Fiber may not yet be available at your address.
As @my thoughts posted above is your house actually Fiber ready? Is your central room on an outside wall or has the builder installed conduit to the room from outside. Today for some odd reason builders are still only running Ethernet cable from the outside Utility area.
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dcald34045
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2 months ago
They ran ethernet to the outside wall and yes it has fiber available. I assume that they can just pull the fiber through the same conduit. The room is in the center of the house on the second floor.
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dcald34045
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2 months ago
They ran ethernet to the outside of the house. They said it is so xfinity or other companies can easily tie in.
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dave006
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2 months ago
Ethernet runs to / from the outside are almost useless these days for Xfinity or AT&T. Is there an actual conduit and does it have a pull string? Xfinity uses Coax or Fiber these days and AT&T if all Fiber for new installs.
Most builders have subcontractors install the cables and they tend to staple the cables down in the walls vs using a large central conduit.
Is your new house on a concrete slab or have a basement or Attic space?
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dcald34045
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2 months ago
Slab, but does have an attic. I just assumed there would be a conduit.
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2 months ago
Did you close on the house?
Make a condition of closing need s tube for fiber or fiber single mode installed.
If this is a new build in older neighborhood might be copper service and not fiber. If best internet speed available is 100 or less (75, 50, 25, 18, 10, etc) this is copper service and the installer would use the ethernet line to communications closet.
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dcald34045
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2 months ago
New build and att fiber is available at the address.
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dcald34045
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1 month ago
I will check when the installer comes. I am guessing that it is just stapled in the walls. I didn't have time to start from scratch so I bout a spec home, but we will see. Thanks for the advise!
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