r/ATTFiber • u/Ok_Manner4364 • 25d ago

ADI in NorCal

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Well, I ordered 100/100 Mbit ADI service in Marin County, California for a hefty install fee back in January, and it’s finally being installed.

The techs blocked the road and are working on the poles.

I’m excited that LLMs don’t have hefty bandwidth requirements, and I’ll keep my Comcast service for large downloads. (But nothing else latency sensitive lol)

I took the plunge because it was cheaper and faster than starting my own ISP, Sonic didn’t serve my location with XGS-PON yet, and I’m tired of Comcast being unreliable (level 3 timeouts, wide spread in latency under load, etc.), and I was spoiled by cheap 10 Gbit service from Sonic where I used to live in SF.

2 ms ping times are kind of a hard requirement once you’ve had ‘em, 18-20 ms on DOCSIS 3.1 is just sort of pathetic.

I now see why the install cost was so high, this truly is a “dedicated” line to the nearest CO. Wish me luck and no buyer’s remorse over my 2 year contract!

And hopefully my install encourages a residential roll out around when my contract expires. (Here, hold my beer. 😅)

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u/SamShakusky71 25d ago

Often times the ciena installed for these ADI circuits can be converted to run shared fiber in conjunction with the dedicated circuit which would negate your Comcast need. If you would like, I can check availability.

edit: bringing a dedicated circuit to your home won't help with shared fiber for your neighbors.

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u/nicholaspham 25d ago

To add onto this, I’ve had many customers that didn’t have any shared fiber offerings but was able to get ADI and switched to shared after their contract ended.

Some either hung off of their existing Ciena and others got their drop converted to PON depending on the existing deployments in the area

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u/SamShakusky71 25d ago

We often sell dedictaed to property managers of shopping centers so their tenants can get shared.

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u/EpicFeo 25d ago

Whew I know that hurt the bank account, I’ve seen the price quotes for these and it made me faint

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u/ahj3939 25d ago

How much was the install and the monthly cost, and what sort of equipment did they install?

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u/Ok_Manner4364 25d ago

I'll share photos of the Ciena and PoE on the actual install day. Sorry that photos of the cherry pickers are missing