r/tfiber

Been out since morning after last night storms that left 10% of DTE customers without power. Called support and they told me all their nodes show up working as usual. Our subdivision group on Facebook everyone with fiber reporting outage. Techs are scheduled to come out Wednesday afternoon to check.

Does T-Mobile's right hand doesn't know what the left one is doing? Would cut down on thousands of confused customers if they would acknowledge there is major outage after a storm and it will take some time to get everything back to normal. Right now their lack of updates and clueless support makes them look incompetent.

T-mobile fiber is coming to my area, and I’m considering it coming from Xfinity. I know that T-mobile Home Internet comes with CGNAT, meaning that you don’t really have your own IPv4 and can’t port forward. Is it the same with their fiber service, and can you get a static IPv4? I am planning on using my UniFi gear with it if possible and I host services on my network that require port forwarding.

I just had T-Fiber installed, which they initially set up with an eero router. Told him I wanted to use my Arris G36 2.5 instead. He told me all I have to do was unplug the network line from the eero and plug it into the Arris. I tried that and it’s not connecting. Does anybody know how to make this work?

Hello, we just got T-Mobile fiber and it's putting our IP address in Texas where they have certain restrictions on certain content, and it is making said content super unenjoyable. Is there anyway to get my public IP address corrected?

My neighborhood is in the final stages of getting T-Mobile fiber installed via Tillman. My question is for the run from the NID on the exterior wall to the ONT/router, does your company allow a consumer to run their own line?

Asking because they said they will not run through the attic, they’ll only drill a hole in the wall and put the router on the other side, and I’d prefer to just get a SC/APC outdoor armored OS2 cable and run it to where I want the router to go myself. Ideally I’d have it placed in an area near where the NID would go before the installer arrives and they should just be able to plug and play.

What say you?

They just installed it and since I'm very unhappy with my current service, I'm thinking of giving it a try.

There are 5 of us with a lot of things connected to WiFi. 3 of us are heavy gamers. I have a Switch so not sure if my game disconnects will improve.

I'm getting notices for Fiber and then regular home service. Do I want to go with Fiber All-In or try Fiber 2?

This is all confusing to me. Thx for any advice.

Does anybody know why my 2gbps plan is asymmetrical? My Eero Pro 7 gets 2gbps down but only 1gbps up from the modem. Keep in mind in my city (Lexington) T Mobile uses Metronet's infrastructure.

Had an awesome install today, and am very happy so far, but am wondering if the supplied router should have been a WiFi 6 compatible unit?

Honestly, pretty happy as it is, but just curious

Hi everyone, in a bit of an interesting pickle... got my TFiber installed 2 weeks ago through SiFi in the Southern California area. I have a Ubiquiti setup like a good majority of people who get fiber do... and I called the day after to inquire about bridge mode for my ONT (Nokia XS-2426X-A), only to be told SiFi networks gave the order as of 6/1 that they are no longer "allowing" Bridge Mode to be enabled due to "the firmware taking a long time to apply".

Surely no ISP would be this nearsighted would they??? This creates an absolute headache when it comes to port forwarding for stuff like NVR's, NAS's, servers in general because of hosting, double NAT issues for gaming...just to name a few. I was told that there is no timeline on when there can be an expected change but that T-Mobile is fighting SiFi because of endless complaints about this, and even stranger, my local SiFi tech and VP said that they 100% have the ability to enable it, and just need the ticket request from T-Mobile...

Anyone able to provide additional insight on this? I know it might be a crapshoot but I'd really like to see if anyone has intel on what is going on with this...any help would be appreciated!

TLDR; SiFi networks not allowing Bridge Mode on ONT's, T-Mobile is fighting with them due to customer complaints but no timeline on when this could be fixed / re-enabled.

TMo 5G Home Internet customer since 2022.

Immediately bought GL-X3000 instead of using TMo modem.

Later got 1Gbps cable for a good promo price ($45), was using 5G Home internet as failover in the GL-X3000. I WFH so it is important to have a backup.

Had 2Gbps T-Mobile fiber installed on June 1 (Lumos). It is not bad, most of my equipment is 1Gbps compatible, but for $10 extra per month, 1 free month, and $100 gift card, why not? My latency averages around 25-30ms though. I play Xbox multiplayer, NAT is open with ports forwarded.

5G Home Internet plan was $30, converted to free home internet backup. So cable was $45, 5G was $30, so saving $5 with 2Gbps fiber, locked in for 5-10 years, can't remember.

They gave me the Calix Gigablast U6txg ONT/Router during installation. I disabled WiFi, I have 2x hardwired eero 6 pro in bridge mode connected through the GL-X3000.

I have read that I can call the fiber support line and request the Calix be put into bridge mode, or request the Nokia XS-010X-Q.

But can I just buy a new Nokia XS-010X-Q from eBay for $25 and save an hour or two on the phone?

Edit: I should know better since I had to use the KVD-21 details to use the SIM in the GL-X3000. I probably wouldn't be able to simply swap a non-T-Mobile ONT.

Next, is there any benefit to requesting the static ip address? Will my latency improve at all? If yes can I call and request the static ip and bridge mode on the Calix or the Nokia?

Thanks for reading and any advice you can provide.