[Novalug] Verizon FIOS Question

William Warren hescominsoon@emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com
Wed Oct 1 04:16:54 EDT 2008


Chris Sykes wrote:
> When the tech comes for the installation refuse him access to the
> premises unless he is installing ethernet from the ONT to the router,
> there will be a coax connection also (not in all cases as I understand
> it) to their router but the main concern is ethernet out from the ONT
> to which you can hook your own router and then run a line to their
> router (or vice versa as someone suggested).
>
> If he says he can't do it say you don't want the service. You'll have
> a service manager calling you within a day trying to get it
> straightened out and you'll (eventually) get what you want. The key is
> not to accept installation till they do it your way and not to let the
> tech leave till you verify everything works.
>
> Downside is you'll have to possibly put up with service outage and
> annoying conversations on the phone for a while.
>
> -Chris
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Ken Firestone <kenf@speakeasy.net> wrote:
>   
>> Verizon has just brought FIOS to my neighborhood and one, my wife
>> wants it, and two, I have about had it with Speakeasy/BestBuy.
>>
>> So I have a question. I gather from previous posts that I should go
>> for an ethernet rather than a coax connection for internet. I spoke to
>> one of the Verizon tech guys in the neighborhood today, and he said
>> that "they don't like to do that," "that I need a good reason for it,"
>> and "if I use a router other than theirs my tv reception/functionality
>> will not work correctly." I suspect the last may be bs. So, how do I
>> go about convincing them to give me the ethernet connection?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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so you HAVE to use vz's router no matter if you want to or not?  Seems a 
bit lame..can you turn the firewall and NAT off then?  Has anyone tried 
just not using vz's router at all?



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