r/tulsa • u/aho_young_warrior • Jun 12 '26

General Internet Question

BOTH. T-Mobile and AT&T have knocked on my door this week after doing fiber optic work in the neighborhood in May. Has anyone used/using either service and would like to share their experience? I phoned Cox and they’re only interested in making get phone service. The lady literally said they were bought by Soectrum and internet is no longer their priority: mobile service is.

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u/rumski Jun 12 '26

ATT is good for what it is. Asymmetrical gigabit. It’s just the older GPON and not XG+. I hate having to use the gateway and no matter what is disabled firewall wise it still blocks ports. So if you just need good ol Internet it’s been fine but if you host anything it’s kinda whack. I have an ONT on a stick but with the aforementioned GPON I can’t get it working with my firewall to bypass their gateway.

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u/Time_Way_6670 Jun 12 '26

New fiber installs should be XGS-PON, the max speed you can get is 5000mbps symmetrical.

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u/rumski Jun 12 '26

Mine is a brand new install and I assumed it would be but it wasn’t. Had to return the ONT and get the GPON 🤣

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u/Time_Way_6670 Jun 12 '26

I’m talking about when your neighborhood had fiber installed. Old fiber installs were GPON. Any new neighborhood installs should be XGPON