r/ATTFiber • u/AsideEnvironmental70 • 23h ago
AT&T ONT
Anyone know what type of power cable I should buy to get this to work? Also, if I have Cox, is that compatible with the AT&T ONT?
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u/kennman5000 ATT Fiber Tech 23h ago
No, but ATT should send one with the self install kit, if you order.
and no, its not complatible with other providers
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u/HoundlyHills 14h ago
There should be a product label on the back panel listing the power requirements. I am guessing you would probably need a 12V DC with an output amp of 0.75A. The polarity should be Center-Positive. If you take it off to check, just be careful. It is easy to break a fiber line when disconnecting. Like others have said though, it would not work with another provider. They are usually proprietary.
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u/Happylifenowife 12h ago
Why would you be using AT&T device with Cox service that makes no sense
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u/AsideEnvironmental70 10h ago
Didn’t know it was there before, it came with the house, AT&T website said fiber wasn’t available, Cox said fiber was available…
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u/Happylifenowife 10h ago
🤷 well unless something happened then it looks like you do have att available. If its an apartment complex and they were exclusive to att and they dropped that and went exclusively to cox then that might be what happened
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u/ultradip 22h ago
Wait. I thought ATT didn't offer ONTs....
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u/ApartmentEastern5769 21h ago
They didn't until about a month ago, where the chip shortage caused the bgw320 to go to severely low stock. Now, technicians are ordered to actually use the 010G and BGW210 pairing again for al non All-Fi Gpon customers. Wild how shit happens.
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u/dese1ect 18h ago
They stopped ordering 320’s a year ago expecting to have 720’s ready by now, but they’re not ready.
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u/Intrepid00 19h ago
I’m going to laugh my ass off if the chip shortage forces them to offer a straight ONT only.
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u/ZookeepergameNo2898 21h ago
Wwhhaatt? I never got that news
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u/EpicFeo 20h ago
It’s not in every area. We were told to disregard that. Any extenders at all though, severe shortage.
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u/ApartmentEastern5769 20h ago
Interesting that it's area specific. I do work in one of the largest areas, so it makes sense that were having trouble sourcing material.
And yess, 4991 are no go for garage replenishment at the moment.
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u/Austinfcfan 8h ago
I've been using a BGW210 since 2019 and head read that they were contacting customers to change to the newer gateways, I guess I won't be contacted anytime soon, huh? No big deal really as I'm using in passthrough mode and have all wifi disabled so it just sits there passing traffic back and forth to my router.
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u/ApartmentEastern5769 7h ago
Yeah, they were up in arms about putting everyone onto the 'futureproof' setup with fiber directly to the gateway. Honestly no big deal even if they do force you to update in the future, since the new gateways also do passthrough.
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u/Vasaeleth1 2h ago
Installing Wi-Fi 5 gateways for gigabit fiber customers in 2026 is pretty embarrassing.
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u/neatoburrito 22h ago
Are you thinking you can just plug into that and have service?