AT&T came today to connect their router to the ONT device. Installer connects two fragments of cat 6 with scotchlocks. Do they really expect gigabit to work over this? Am I being silly?

  • mcribgaming@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    It’s unacceptable, but I’d be curious how long it would last and what kind of speed I could get out of those scothlocks. I’d run it like that for a while, just to see what happens. You can fix it in minutes at any time.

    If you want to experiment a little before making a change, now is the time. Honestly I’d put the under/over on how long you could use them with no problems at something high. Like 7.5 Years. Ethernet is just very robust, even with shit wiring.