[TriLUG] Google fiber

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

David, can you elaborate on "...since Spectrum turned off the Business
Class"?

TWC Sales folks, and some field techs, used to say that the "Business
Class" was routed across a separate network, but I never knew if that was
true or not.  Kind of like AT&T has said for years that their Uverse DSL is
fiber, when it's clearly not.

It's surprisingly difficult to Google for this.  Was TWC's old Business
Class service actually routed over a different network?

-Wes

On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 8:57 AM David Both via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

>    When the installer did my setup he and I worked on it together to put
>    it in bridge mode and remove the blocks. It does turn out that all
>    blocks like outbound SMTP are managed by AT&T in the router itself. It
>    is a web interface and the login info is on a label so it was easy to
>    access.
>
>    I have had 100% uptime and solid symmetric bandwidth of 985Mb or so
>    since it was installed in January of this year. I cannot really
>    complain about getting those last few bits.
>
>    I have really disliked AT&T due to a horrible experience I had with
>    them a bit over a decade ago in the days of DSL. My connection was down
>    for over a month. I finally had to call my U.S. Representative to get
>    it resolved. I really hesitated before going back to them but when
>    Spectrum turned off the business class cable and started running my
>    connection over the residential cable, I started getting horrible
>    bandwidth, a flaky router they would not fix, and significantly more
>    downtime.
>
>    I had been waiting for Google but gave that up as a lost cause. I
>    finally gave in and called AT&T and am glad I did. Hopefully Google
>    will get here eventually but I am not holding my breath.
>
>    And Scott was my tech. He knew what he was about since he is a gamer.
>
>    On 12/6/20 8:43 AM, Bill Weinel via TriLUG wrote:
>
>      As Wes said, if you run an 'vanilla' home network, the built-in
>      setup wizard makes basic router setup a snap.
>      You can check out the following link for instructions on Ubiquiti
>      basic setup:
>      [1]https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002531728-EdgeRouter-Beg
>      inners-Guide-to-EdgeRouter
>      cheers,
>      bill
>      On 12/5/20 5:29 PM, Lance A. Brown via TriLUG wrote:
>
>      Hey Eric,
>      Would you be willing to share your network setup using the
>      EdgeRouter Lite?  I'm thinking about
>      upgrading to Ubiquiti gear in my home and the options are a bit
>      bewildering.
>      Eric Blau via TriLUG wrote on 12/5/2020 3:25 PM:
>
>      I also have their equipment in bridge mode, which the knowledgeable
>      installed technician helped set up, so I can fully use my Ubiquiti
>      EdgeRouter Lite. I needed a router upgrade after getting AT&T
>      service. My
>      previous Asus router was only capable of 400 Mbps.
>
>      Thanks,
>         --[Lance]
>
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> References
>
>    1.
> https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002531728-EdgeRouter-Beginners-Guide-to-EdgeRouter
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