 Review by MarkyD 
Posted: 1.5 years ago
member for 6.2 years, 3417 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Oklahoma City,Oklahoma,OK
 Contract price not specified.
 about 10 days
 "Fiber to the home, pretty reliable, good price."
 "Slow speeds for Fiber, PPPoE"
 "AT&T has bastardized FTTP."
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I recently moved into a new development in SW Oklahoma City. This is one of the first neighborhoods in Oklahoma to have FTTP (fiber to the premises) from AT&T. The install tech told me that they will be rolling FTTP on all new homes from this point forward. AWESOME, right? Well, sort of.
First of all, the service is very reliable. I have not had it go down at all. I'm a little disappointed, however, in the performance. The latency is nothing special. Come to find out, AT&T's FTTP customers are still on the clunky DSL backbone and uses PPPoE. UVERSE users, which only have FTTN, get DHCP and don't have to deal with PPPoE. On top of that, no FTTP areas are able to get UVERSE TV right now, unless I'm mistaken. I see a few things wrong with this. FTTP offers much more capacity than FTTN. FTTN UVERSE has limitations right now, such as only 1 HD stream into the home at a time due to bandwidth constraints. FTTP SHOULD fix all that, but AT&T doesn't even offer TV over FTTP! Really stupid if you ask me.
Now, the bandwidth issue. The top speed offered is 6/1mbps. Yes, 6/1 over fiber. That's pretty pathetic, and there's really no reason for it that I know of.
Now, the good:
The techs AT&T sent out to do the install were really top notch. They showed up the day before the scheduled install to run the fiber from the street to the home, since the house is brand new. They got the ONT all set up the day before my install. The next morning my install was scheduled for 9am, and they showed up at 9:00 on the dot. Both techs were courteous and professional, and were happy to discuss technical details with me. One of them even asked if I was a member of BBR. He told me his BBR name but he's not here in an official capacity, so I won't repeat it. They set up the APC UPS in the garage, ran CAT5 to my office, put in a jack, hooked everything up and tested it...everything worked great right away. The techs that came out for my install really are the redeeming factor for this silly slow FTTP service. 
Overall, I'm happy. However, I'd be much happier if they offered 12mbps or better download like Cox does in the area. 15/2 would be appropriate, I think.
Followup comments:  
arealdsltech
Premium
join:2007-02-27
Oklahoma City, OK
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| Thanks Your positive comments and honest opinions are appreciated.
I now believe that the possibility of getting U-verse TV on FTTP in your area is looking better. Nothing official yet! I will post if any official information becomes available.
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MarkyD
Premium
join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK
clubs:
 ·Cox HSI
·AT&T FTTP
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| Re: Thanks said by arealdsltech :Your positive comments and honest opinions are appreciated. I now believe that the possibility of getting U-verse TV on FTTP in your area is looking better. Nothing official yet! I will post if any official information becomes available. thanks! You guys really did a great job. You deserve a raise.
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GivUpOnDSL
@sandspringsok.org | Hey DLSTech - any idea where a guy could find the rollout schedule for Remote terminals east of Catoosa, OK? | |
| aaldere1
join:2004-11-21
Pasadena, CA
|  I'm getting it next month
Furthermore, the speeds he said are from 6MBps down to 1MBps up. This seems pretty great to me and it's only 1 cent more than my Elite DSL package (34.99/mo).
Not sure about the speeds in relation to what I'm getting now, but more to follow I'm sure. | |
| | hihi
join:2007-05-06
Port Orange, FL | Re: I'm getting it next month Is the throughput speed like pppoe?
say you're getting 5/850 after overhead or encapsulation. | |
| | | aaldere1
join:2004-11-21
Pasadena, CA | Re: I'm getting it next month 
Pretty much the same as the AT&T / DSL Elite package I had before. | |
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David S
@terpointenergy.com | FTTP Speeds I am waiting for the higher speeds as well. 6/1 is not cutting it anymore. I need more bandwidth. 15/2 would be perfect... for now. | |
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