[TriLUG] ATT gigabit internet quick review

Thu Dec 15 16:22:43 EST 2016

I use a router and do DMZ plus. So their NAT table limit doesn't impact me.  ATT has been flawless for the past year and I haven’t ever had an outage.  It's funny, but it worked during the hurricane once I power up the equipment with my generator where my neighbors TWC was out when they powered there's up from generator.

I had it installed and have 0 problems (had it about a year.)  I had frequent problems with TWC previously with their top tier solution.  I run smokeping and some other network monitoring tools and can PROVE it was TWC.  TWC would do some weird routing changes and drop a lot of packets after 8PM. A lot of packets for me is > 0 when I'm doing things and pages don't load etc.   I was told I would continue to experience problems as they "upgraded" their network and I got signed up with AT&T.

YMMV - Fiber Optic is a much clearer technology than old copper cable wires refitted with compensated old technology.  It can ONLY be better from the tech level.

Playing youtube/netflix my netflow indicates I often peak around 600-800 megabits and doing other stuff. Internet is very important to me and I WFH frequently, so my basis may be very different from yours.

Matthew Rogers
Senior Security Manager
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allscripts.com | matthew.rogers2 at allscripts 

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From: TriLUG [mailto:trilug-bounces+matthew.rogers2=allscripts.com at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Ron Kelley via TriLUG
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 4:04 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] ATT gigabit internet quick review

Following up on this tread. 

The AT&T “rep” stopped by the house yesterday (Apex) to talk about getting it installed.  $70/mo + taxes for full GigE connection, $50 + taxes for 200Mb.  Seriously considering getting this to replace my TWC connection ($55/mo for 200Mb).

Given TWC has been very good over the years (great connection, etc), I am hesitant to pull the trigger.  An extra $15/mo for 5x speed sounds good on paper, but I have read some very poor reviews on AT&T's customer support for U-verse.  Plus, I don’t know how much I will actually use the GigE speeds.

For those who live in/around Apex, a few questions:
* Does the service live up to the hype?
* How did the installation go?  (Was the installer on time, did they have to return, did they make a mess, etc)
* What is your overall impression?
* Has the 2,000 NAT size on their device caused any issues on your end

Thanks for any input/feedback.

-Ron

On Dec 12, 2016, at 10:27 AM, Roger via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

Private Internet Access VPN service, $40 / yr

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/buy-vpn

I've used them for a few years. They have servers in Europe and some other countries. And, a nice app for droids. Only problem I've had is their Linux app borks with an encrypted home partition.
--
Roger Broseus

(Please excuse tiepos induzed by the droided predictive text tool.)

On December 12, 2016 12:40:38 AM EST, "Rogers, Matthew via TriLUG" <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> Vpn for 15$ a month and I know they can't spy.  Less then their 30$ 
> and you know they're still spying anyway.
> 
> 
> Matthew Rogers | Senior Security Manager Allscripts | 8529 Six Forks 
> Road | Raleigh, NC | 27615<x-apple-data-detectors://0/1>
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> On Dec 11, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Bill Farrow 
> <bill at arrowsreach.com<mailto:bill at arrowsreach.com>> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 4:58 AM, Ron Kelley via TriLUG 
> <trilug at trilug.org<mailto:trilug at trilug.org>> wrote:
> What are you guys doing about AT&T spying on your line?  I understand 
> you have to pay more each month  to opt-out of their data collection 
> policy.
> 
> AT&T discontinued this ill-conceived policy and refunded customers who 
> paid the extra $30/mo to opt out.
> 
> Bill
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