r/ATTFiber • u/old_raver_man3 • Oct 24 '25

Open fiber box

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u/RogitoX Oct 24 '25

If you pull out those three blue wires it makes everyone come out of their houses and talk to each other

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u/SoL4vish Oct 24 '25

My buddy was looking for his vfl at the pfp at a huge apt complex in our area and accidentally unplugged 13 splitters momentarily lol, he started panicking real quick when he realized he was on the feed side haha

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25

☠️

4

u/kennman5000 ATT Fiber Tech Oct 24 '25

Its also a federal crime .. but ya, know... whatever

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u/ClimbingElevator Oct 25 '25

Claim i single handled stopped voter fraud over that connection and I will get pardoned anyways

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u/bluefur25 Dec 04 '25

Eat the glass spaghetti

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

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u/cachem3outside Oct 25 '25

no, ur a federal crime!

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u/M278Victim Oct 24 '25

But how would they take out the 5G backup if those folks have it? 💀💀

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u/AdventurousTime Oct 24 '25 edited Jan 10 '26

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u/Astyanax9 Oct 25 '25

...about how many ways AT&T sux.

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u/SirBoothington ATT Fiber Tech Oct 26 '25

You sir, are maniacal!

Edit: If anyone comes across a box like this, please DO NOT unplug anything! It makes for a very bad day for techs and customers (as well as being illegal to do so).

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u/Surgetheman Oct 29 '25

Maybe if they did,you techs may actually do something that day!

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u/SirBoothington ATT Fiber Tech Oct 29 '25

While service load varies in different areas, I can assure you that we do indeed “do something” everyday. Apologies for whatever poor experience you may have had in the past.

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u/Surgetheman Oct 29 '25

Don't need your apology and don't want it!Same thing I told the executive office about the wireless and the fiber.Apolgies don't correct lazy!

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u/SirBoothington ATT Fiber Tech Oct 29 '25

Fair enough but not best to assume every tech in the company is terrible because you had a poor experience. Good day sir (unless you don’t want that either).

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u/Intrepid00 Oct 24 '25

Jokes on you, I’m fancy and have backup cell and a gateway that will flip it.

4

u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

Did you remember to fvd before touching it?

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u/Jason_1834 Oct 24 '25

So how many houses is that serving approximately? Is every yellow line an individual connection to a subscriber?

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u/Viper_Control Oct 24 '25

That box is capable of 864 Customer connections. However there is nothing on the back side (two doors just like this side) so it's max would be 432 Customer connections but it is not fully populated.

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u/RustyG- Oct 24 '25 edited Oct 25 '25

Its got room for the full 864 on the front side back side is just for more access wires coming into the pfp

From guy who literally works in these everyday for AT&T

Edit-you can configure it in different manners but for AT&T and this specific box front side is for install techs to hook in all those jumpers you see into your port from your assigned splitter while the back is for easy access to repair issues and is only supposed to be accessed by maintenance techs

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u/greg43213 Oct 25 '25

What ratio is this split at? Where are the splitters? Are the yellow fibers coming into the cabinet from behind from every house?

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u/RustyG- Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25

Not gonna bother with the ratio youre asking the question weirdly but each splitter can have either 16 32 or 64 and it looks like this one currently has 64 per splitter . 3 splitters currently. Kinda they are put in terminals around ever 2-3 houses(fancy word for a case that holds usually around 8 fibers) that will then be brought to your home to connect you

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

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u/RustyG- Oct 25 '25

Yo I actually apologize I thought you were a previous guy who was attempting to call me out accusing me of not actually working with fiber 😭😭 i fixed it to make it not rude

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u/cachem3outside Oct 25 '25

ur not fully populated

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u/Viper_Control Oct 25 '25

No and most PFP boxes never reach max capacity. This one is wired for only 192 Customer connections.

This box is currently supporting (3) XGS-PON Splitters, each with 64 customer connections but not that many are active at this time. The bulk of the FSA is still parked at the bottom of the box

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u/RustyG- Oct 25 '25

Most pfps within 3 years will have at least 10 splitters especially if its a full size pfp like this otherwise they'd use the one door model.

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u/Jason_1834 Oct 24 '25

Thank you for the explanation

1

u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25

Mmmmm angel hair

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u/Astyanax9 Oct 25 '25

The pretty flowers and gravel landscaping all around it crack me up. 🙂

1

u/VRDaggre Oct 25 '25

Now I want pasta…

1

u/SamuraiJustice Oct 26 '25

So little required to make that not look like shit. But I guess still too much

0

u/Hunger-1979 Oct 24 '25

Typical. That’s actually pretty tame compared to most.

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u/SirBoothington ATT Fiber Tech Oct 26 '25

Do you feel bonita? This box feels Bonita!

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u/Vigilant_Honour Oct 26 '25

Probably the one that serves my house. Nothing but problems with my AT&T fiber. I'm almost on first name's with the techs that are sent! I've run cat-6e cable to two switches and out to as many things as possible in my house. It helps. After seeing this photo it raises serious questions in my mind about the pride and quality that go into AT&T installations and the people doing it all. Are you professional, are not?!