# AT&T Fiber

9 Hacker News commenters recommended AT&T Fiber and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for fast, symmetric fiber speeds that hold up at any hour, with the most common caveat being brief daily outages.

## Why people recommend it

- Fast symmetric speeds both directions (3 comments): "I pretty much always get at least 4600Mbit/s both directions over AT&T, and generally cap it out." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47968442)) "Uplink bandwidth is basically guaranteed never to be an issue." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48431383)) "Both fast and reasonably (for the US) priced." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48867601))
- Steady speed at any hour (2 comments): "I pretty much always get at least 4600Mbit/s both directions over AT&T, and generally cap it out." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47968442)) "it didn't slow down no matter what time of day" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47654841))
- Worth the money for heavy use (2 comments): "so it's so worth every penny between streaming, gaming, and personal projects" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49451113)) "Both fast and reasonably (for the US) priced." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48867601))
- Reliable for years of use (2 comments): "99% of the time it's fantastic, but there are several instances of 30-60 second downtime a day" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47404712)) "It's worked for me for years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46027025))

## What people warn about

- Marketing emails and device tracking (2 comments): "they kept sending me "transactional emails" with the last 3/4 of the message body being marketing copy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48403262)) "ATT fiber is proud to advertise to you that it knows about each of your devices" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46348899))
- Disconnects and caps without notice (2 comments): "ATT once told me if I don't pay for their TV service then my home gigabit fiber would have a 1TB cap." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47097702)) "No warnings or letters. Just a disconnect." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040994))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Starlink](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starlink.md): 547 recommend
- [Comcast internet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/comcast.md): 19 recommend
- [Google Fiber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-fiber.md): 18 recommend
- [Andrews & Arnold](https://hackerapproved.com/p/andrews-arnold.md): 10 recommend
- [AOL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aol.md): 9 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.att.com/internet/fiber/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "AT&T Fiber", https://hackerapproved.com/p/at-t-fiber/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).