Commenters share experiences with apartment fiber retrofits and alternative solutions
2 Nov 2 5:24 PM · 9d ago · 2 posts · 4 comments · 2 sources · development 2 of 3
Hacker News discussion revealed multiple users with firsthand experience installing similar fiber systems. One commenter described a 300-unit apartment complex retrofit by AT&T using the same approach, while others offered troubleshooting tips for Ethernet degradation and discussed alternative technologies like MoCA, powerline, and G.hn.
“This is how my apartment complex retrofitted all 300ish units with AT&T fiber. Fiber runs from your building's telecom room to a small hole they drilled above everyone's front door, then along baseboards and around door jambs until it reaches ~the center of the unit.”
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This is how my apartment complex retrofitted all 300ish units with AT&T fiber. Fiber runs from your building's telecom room to a small hole they drilled above everyone's front door, then along baseboards and around door jambs until it reaches ~the center of the unit (concrete walls...) in the living room.It is genuinely invisible until you get up…
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If your CAT6 is down to 100 Mbps, check that all the conductors have been properly crimped into the connector -- or consider re-crimping. It's possible the building has shifted and damaged the fished cable, but it's more likely the problem is with the connector(s).
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GoCoax/MoCA is a fantastic non-destructive option if your copper can handle it. Just make sure you install a filter at your ingress point to prevent sending data to neighbors (MoCA does have encryption, but why trust math when you can trust physics and math?).
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I confess, I've read this twice and I don't really get what's going on here; and I have both MoCA and Powerline going on in my house as well, so I'm like -- why not one of those?
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