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Part of the problem with that, is that it's single-provider fiber.

If you don't like AT&T's offerings, you can't go with another ISP.

In a lot of buildings - there's exclusivity arrangements so that no other provider can install fiber.

This is why Australia's NBN was a good idea - the fiber is rolled out by a single body, all the ISPs have equal access.

My apartment has NBN Fiber, I have an ONT provided by NBN, and off that ONT there's four 1Gbit ethernet ports - I can call up my choice of ISP(s) and ask for service from any of them.

The idea for having four data ports was that you could have multiple different network conections.

Perhaps your employer wants you to have a 1Gbit connection direct into their network - no worries, they can provision directly onto one of those ports, and then it doesn't matter what malware might be on my home network, it won't impact the work device.

Perhaps you need some kind of remote-monitored medical gear - well having that on the public internet is a bad idea, so your healthcare provider could provision a port for that, too.

It also means that if I want to switch ISPs, I call up the new ISP and ask for a connection, and when they get around to setting it up - I switch over to their port. Not working? No worries, switch back to the old ISP and continue using that until the new ISP figures it out.



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