Jonathan Caicedo via plug on 27 Oct 2025 14:25:28 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] OT: FiOS ONT replacement


What’s the current model of your existing ONT, or what does it look like? Is it one of the black Nokia ones with green lights?

— Jonathan

> On Oct 27, 2025, at 17:19, JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
> 
> Verizon keeps bugging me about replacing our FiOS ONT.  I've been putting it off, because what we have now has Just Worked for a *long* time, and more because it is configured with a simple Ethernet jack, into which I plug my pfSense FW WAN interface.  No black boxes or any crap like that, just Ethernet.
> 
> I'm worried that a) when I call them they will say, "What's Ethernet" and b), no matter what assurances they give on the phone, the guy who shows up will either say "What's Ethernet" or "We can't do it that way anymore."
> 
> Clues or local experiences?  (For reference, I'm in Collegeville.)
> 
> Thanks,
> JP
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