Question on ATT Fiber hardware

Im very, ill do it myself, but i wouldnt want to mess with the actual fiber connection, could it be done, yea. it is just a box that is screwed into the wall. im sure there are youtube vids of how this is installed.

I moved mine with no problems. Just popped off the top of the box to access everything, unhooked the fiber, cat5, and power cord, then unscrewed the box from the wall. I pulled the fiber cable back through the hole that the tech had put in my floor and then I ran it up in to another room. Easy peasy.

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how do I remove the converter from the wall plate?

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The unit (actually called an ONT) snaps onto the wall plate. It'll come off with a little snap.

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are the fiber connectors small enough to fish through the hole in the wall top plate?

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We usually drill 3/4" holes which would be plenty of room for the connector to fit, but about 9/10 of the ones I pull up end up breaking off anyway.

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if I break a connector, what are my options for installing a new one?

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Not a lot, honestly. The connectors are relatively easy to install, but they take some fairly specialized equipment to prep the fiber. So, maybe not completely SOL, but SOL-adjacent.

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should I just plan on another 1-gang box?

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Yup.

As a Lily, Inc. tech, I can tell you that customers find ways to do a lot of amazing things with what we leave. OTOH, fiber is a different beast altogether, and there aren't a whole lot of folks with the skills, knowledge, and tools for that kind of work. Honestly, best and probably cheapest option is to unplug the equipment, call in a repair ticket, plug everything back in, and then let us move it to your desired location on the repair ticket. You're out $99 bucks max, maybe $150 tops. Actually, they will sometime code those jobs as installs which are free (if you agree to upgraded service and they dispatch a technician). YMMV, obviously.

I don't think those can be put outdoors as they are an active converter (powered)

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I don't think those can be put outdoors as they are an active converter (powered)

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Should have been more specific - moving to the indoor side of an exterior wall.

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I don't understand the comment regarding double gang box and fiber not working that way.

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Issue is not the double gang box. The ONT bracket would mount onto one side of that box without issue. Problem is that (1) the ONT bracket is going to cover more than 1/2 of a 2 gang box, leaving you with less space on the other half, and (2) the fiber is pretty damn delicate, so having 2 gangs with mixed transports is asking for something to get kinked, cut, etc.

FWIW, I've worked probably somewhere around 100ish of these exact jobs as a Lily, Inc. tech. Usually all start off with the fiber/ont/modem all placed in a "game room." Then, they find out the new baby is about to arrive, and I'm taking all our equipment out of the new baby's room and moving it to dad's new "game corner."

Mention all that to say that my normal practice on those jobs is to tie a double loop of cat6 to the fiber when I pull it back up through the top plate, then pull the fiber and cat6 x2 back down to the new location. I actually use two single gang boxes--one for the fiber/bracket/ont and one for a 2 port cat6 backfeed to the former gameroom. For one thing, it gives you something to cover the hole in the kid's room, and it also allows the kid's room to be (1) connected via ethernet or (2) returned to its status as a game room once the kid is gone.