Waiting for Verizon..

[Scott Ehrlich]

Speaking of Verizon vs Comcast, what is the overall quality of service
from both companies, and, technically, quality of voice service,
between service through Comcast's voice options and through FIOS?

I'd like to save money through a package deal, but I don't want to
have to have the demarc moved from its current location.    Last I
heard, phone service had to be routed through a special box inside the
house using Comcast's method, and I don't want to have to rely on VOIP
should power/Internet service go down.

Insights welcome.

Thanks.

Scott

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Ethan Schwartz <ethan.boston-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>>> I looked at another FIOS install video that YouTube linked to yours,
>>> and the person in that video indicated that they were getting
>>> Internet
>>> service via a cable modem, but fed from FIOS. That doesn't sound
>>> right. The ONT is supposed to have an Ethernet jack. Isn't that the
>>> case with your installation? (Maybe its a regional difference.)
>> As it turns out, if you have business class service, they feed you the
>> internet connection over cat5 directly from the ONT. If you have
>> residential, they pull the internet off the coaxial which comes from
>> the
>> ONT. Maybe this is the way the manage the port blocking rules between
>> business class and residential class service?
>>>
>>>
>
> I have residential service and it's fed via cat5 from the ONT.
>
> The "cable modem" is really a router + MoCA gateway.
>
> MoCA is used to for the STB network and can also feed the router with
> it's Internet connection, it's just a way to simplify installation as
> nearly all homes have coax, where as few have cat5... saves the techs
> from doing wire pulls.
>
> It's not specifically the source of any port blocking, unless you
> count the routers user configurable firewall.
>
> There have been extensive writeups about it (and options for
> configuration) on sites like dslreports.com
>
> Ethan
>
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