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dfiler
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Pittsburgh
 
2007-09-19, 13:52

Keep in mind that unless you need FIOS tv, you can swap out their router for any ole router. (assuming your local FIOS provider supports dhcp instead of ppoe).

Also important to note is that not everyone is issued the same hardware. I actually wish I'd got the older pair of boxes rather than the all-in-one actiontec unit. The name eludes me but there is a device that basically splits fios tv from fios internet (not the ONT). The new hardware verizon is using in most areas is an all-in-one. Meaning, you can still get fios TV while using your own LAN router/switch, but only sitting inline after the all-in-one device. Not that it matters really. I'd just rather have fewer devices between me and the internet especially when they burn energy as fast as the actiontec device does.
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