Gaming on AT&T Fiber connection VS XFinity's shared network

[TheGreatModini]

Hi, I'm looking to get opinions for online gaming and internwt streaming with AT&T vs Xfinity. With XFinity I'm getting about 90mbps speeds. AT&T is promising speeds that would be at 1,000 mbps.

I'm currently using a Motorola Surfboard SB6141 modem and compatible Netgear router from Best buy, that gives me a stronger range and supports numerous devices...if it matters.

[DaImmaculateONe]

Re: Gaming on AT&T Fiber connection VS XFinity's shared network

Debating myself which one to go for the 1gb internet att is availabe now and comcast is a couple months away our current internet provider contract expires soon

[Pappy Knuckles]

Re: Gaming on AT&T Fiber connection VS XFinity's shared network

I got AT&T fiber within the last week. I cannot stress enough how happy I am to be done with Spectrum/TWC. I slowly dropped services with them over time and this was the final piece to go. I had to deal with their unreliable service for entirely too long, so good riddance.

When I signed up, the operator didn't inform me that 1000 Mbps speed was available, so I currently have the 100/100. The download is quite a bit less than what I got with Spectrum, but the upload is much better. Spectrum only offered me 20 max upload, and I'd be lucky to get 5 on PS4. That said, I have no problems whatsoever with the service. I was so used to my modem crashing every week or fire stick's losing connection every twenty minutes, that this feels like a whole new world lol.

I'm sure I'll upgrade to the gig at some point, but I don't have much of a need right now. For what I use my internet for, this is perfect. The connection was smooth on PS4 and the bodies were dropping in Siege, so I'm good. The thing I like most about Fiber is that the connection is mine alone and I don't have to share with the rest of the neighborhood. They packaged in a nice deal with Direct TV as well. Goodbye, Spectrum. You will not be missed.

[DaImmaculateONe]

Re: Gaming on AT&T Fiber connection VS XFinity's shared network

Man i've been stuck with 9/2mbps for the past couple of years and even slower before that damn HOA. been basically using my phone since it pulls 50/20 but i cant use it for gaming due to the latency. How they setup your fiber did they install an ONT inside or outside of your home?

[Pappy Knuckles]

Re: Gaming on AT&T Fiber connection VS XFinity's shared network

Man i've been stuck with 9/2mbps for the past couple of years and even slower before that damn HOA. been basically using my phone since it pulls 50/20 but i cant use it for gaming due to the latency. How they setup your fiber did they install an ONT inside or outside of your home?

Interior. They drilled a hole in the floor to the crawlspace underneath the house connected the wire to the unit. My gaming/cpu setup is in that room, so it was perfect.

9/2? You poor soul, lmao.

[DaImmaculateONe]

Re: Gaming on AT&T Fiber connection VS XFinity's shared network

Went for the gigapower. Did the install on the outside and inside of garage. House was already prewired for internet with cat5e cables so patched into that. Only able to see about 200-350mbps dl and up on my pcs all of em have 1gbps nic ports. Still 20-30x faster than what i had before but supposedly the minimum i should be seeing is a 600mbps dl/up

[Pappy Knuckles]

Re: Gaming on AT&T Fiber connection VS XFinity's shared network

Went for the gigapower. Did the install on the outside and inside of garage. House was already prewired for internet with cat5e cables so patched into that. Only able to see about 200-350mbps dl and up on my pcs all of em have 1gbps nic ports. Still 20-30x faster than what i had before but supposedly the minimum i should be seeing is a 600mbps dl/up

Good stuff, man. I ended up going ahead and upgrading mine as well. Only $20 a month extra than what I was paying, which isn't too bad imo. Did a quick test after I got off the phone. This is what internet is supposed to be.

[DaImmaculateONe]

Re: Gaming on AT&T Fiber connection VS XFinity's shared network

Using some registry tweaks from https://www.speedguide.net/articles.php on my computers i was able to get dl speed near 800Mbps and upload speed around 400Mbps from speedtest.net. Results are much lower when using other sites to test though

[brobamigo]

Re: Gaming on AT&T Fiber connection VS XFinity's shared network

Hardwired or wireless ? Not many devices can handle the full gig unless you upgrade your network card in your pc. But the biggest thing about AT&T is the <10ms ping which means way more in terms of gaming online vs internet speed.

[DaImmaculateONe]

Re: Gaming on AT&amp;T Fiber connection VS XFinity's shared network

Hardwired or wireless ? Not many devices can handle the full gig unless you upgrade your network card in your pc. But the biggest thing about AT&T is the <10ms ping which means way more in terms of gaming online vs internet speed.

Everything is hardwired, with computers having 1gbps nic cards. I guess im just so used to cable internet where you usually get around the advertised speed. i guess with the Gb packages theres more fluctuation on what you can achieve. On some of the other forums some people are about to get 900+dl/900+up and for others its seems random. i guess it just depend on the setups or how close they are to an att terminal. i'm gunna try swapping some of the cat5e cables with cat7, although theres nutting i can do about the my prewired cat5e cables unless i want rewire the house.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: Gaming on AT&amp;T Fiber connection VS XFinity's shared network

Could be your router too......I would check that also to see if it can actually handle 1GB speeds.

[DaImmaculateONe]

Re: Gaming on AT&amp;T Fiber connection VS XFinity's shared network

the modem/router combo is from att pretty sure it does a gb

[DaImmaculateONe]

Re: Gaming on AT&amp;T Fiber connection VS XFinity's shared network

Finally able to crack 900mbps+ dl and upload is close to 500mpbs using cat7 cables from cablemonsta

setup att router/modem + cat7 cable to a 2gbps trendnet switch to house cat5e prewiring into rooms + cat7 cable to computers or another switch for consoles.

Literally downloaded like 2 years of backlogged free xbox games with gold in less than a day.