Ed Dunlop on 24 Jan 2015 22:39:55 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] Boxes for Internet in Garage?


I don't know if your ONT is exactly the same as mine, but I was able to buy a replacement battery for mine at Home Depot. 

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> On Jan 24, 2015, at 5:06 PM, Paul Jungwirth <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks everyone, I'm glad to understand a bit more about all the
> parts. It sounds like I should go ahead and replace that battery. :-)
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 1:58 PM,  <gary@duzan.org> wrote:
>>  Be careful, though. Verizon sold some of their network to Frontier, so
>> the "Verizon" equipment could very well be providing the service you are
>> paying Frontier to provide.
>> 
>>                                    Gary Duzan
>> 
>> 
>> => Its for Verizon FiOS service. If you don't use them then you can safely
>> => unplug the battery and the outlet.
>> =>
>> => Unlike POTS lines, FiOS needs power. The battery is a backup in case you
>> => lose electric service.
>> =>
>> => I have the same thing mounted in my basement.
>> => On Jan 24, 2015 4:24 PM, "Paul Jungwirth" <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com>
>> => wrote:
>> =>
>> =>> Okay, thanks for your thoughts! Here are some pictures, in order from
>> =>> the street to the garage boxes.
>> =>>
>> =>> http://illuminatedcomputing.com/img/internet-pictures/20150124_120849.jpg
>> =>> 1. In the front yard, with a pipe going into the ground and a coax
>> =>> cable going right through the fence into the back yard.
>> =>>
>> =>> http://illuminatedcomputing.com/img/internet-pictures/20150124_121040.jpg
>> =>> 2. Shot of #1 opened.
>> =>>
>> =>> http://illuminatedcomputing.com/img/internet-pictures/20150124_121256.jpg
>> =>> 3. In the back yard, coax running from the left, split into three: one
>> =>> up and into the house to our modem, two into the garage (probably
>> =>> straight into #7). Notice another coax coming up out of the ground no
>> =>> longer attached, probably an old input. Also a telephone box.
>> =>>
>> =>> http://illuminatedcomputing.com/img/internet-pictures/20150124_121325.jpg
>> =>> 4. Up into the house.
>> =>>
>> =>> http://illuminatedcomputing.com/img/internet-pictures/20150124_121431.jpg
>> =>> 5. Inside the telephone box. Nothing interesting here I think?
>> =>>
>> =>> http://illuminatedcomputing.com/img/internet-pictures/20150124_121542.jpg
>> =>> 6. Inside the garage now. Power adapter I guess?
>> =>>
>> =>> http://illuminatedcomputing.com/img/internet-pictures/20150124_121608.jpg
>> =>> 7. The thing that beeps.
>> =>>
>> =>> I agree that #7 might be an old security alarm. The top blue button
>> =>> says "Alarm Silence." But if I unplug #6 then my cable modem loses its
>> =>> connection. So I guess #7 is doing more than just being a security
>> =>> alarm.
>> =>>
>> =>> Any ideas? Thanks everyone---this is really fascinating figuring out
>> =>> what I've got here!
>> =>>
>> =>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Rich Freeman
>> =>> <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net> wrote:
>> =>> > On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Keith C. Perry
>> =>> > <kperry@daotechnologies.com> wrote:
>> =>> >> That actually looks like an alarm system battery.  Perhaps the
>> =>> previous
>> =>> owners had a [secondary] controller box in there?
>> =>> >
>> =>> > I think a picture of the thing the battery goes into would be more
>> =>> helpful.  :)
>> =>> >
>> =>> > I sounds like a description of a Verizon FIOS ONT.  They contain
>> =>> > batteries so that you don't lose landline telephone in the event of a
>> =>> > power outage.  Even if you discontinued service the ONT might still
>> =>> > alarm when the battery wears out.  You could stop it by unplugging the
>> =>> > ONT from the wall and disconnecting the battery.
>> =>> >
>> =>> > FIOS ONTs look like one of these:
>> =>> >
>> =>>
>> https://www.google.com/search?q=verizon+fios+ont&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=WN7DVOzlPKrIsATZiICIBQ&ved=0CDQQsAQ&biw=1745&bih=868&dpr=1.1#tbm=isch&q=verizon+fios+ont+models&revid=477076975
>> =>> >
>> =>> > --
>> =>> > Rich
>> =>> >
>> =>>
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