JohnA
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Re: [northeast] Just ordered my FIOS!
said by centc408  :With FiOS you cannot and do not use VDSL or any other *DSL technologies. Some MDUs do use VDSL over the standard copper pair. The MDU ONT goes in a common area and the existing coax and phone wires carry it all. |
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wifi4milez
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| said by JohnA :said by centc408 :With FiOS you cannot and do not use VDSL or any other *DSL technologies. Some MDUs do use VDSL over the standard copper pair. The MDU ONT goes in a common area and the existing coax and phone wires carry it all. I am trying to figure out which method they used in my building. The sales guy didnt seem to know much about that, so I am not really sure how to find out. I suppose I could go poking around in the (common) hallway, although the equipment might be placed in a locked closet.
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JohnA
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Management or custodians should know if it's all installed in a Utility room, or if they ran conduit to the unit in the halls. If you didn't notice anything, and there's no new wall plate in the apartment, or corner molding running around the ceilings in the halls, then you'll probably get VDSL from common ONTs. They serve 8 units each, IIRC. How many units per floor do you have? |
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Rattler
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If other tenants have FiOS, and you are on good terms with them  , check out their install(s). In addition to the router, there will be a VDSL modem.
If they have their own fiber connection, there will be an ONT/BBU in their unit.
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wifi4milez
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said by JohnA :Management or custodians should know if it's all installed in a Utility room, or if they ran conduit to the unit in the halls. If you didn't notice anything, and there's no new wall plate in the apartment, or corner molding running around the ceilings in the halls, then you'll probably get VDSL from common ONTs. They serve 8 units each, IIRC. How many units per floor do you have? My building is very large, I would say there is probably 15 or so apartments per floor. There is definitely nothing new installed in my apartment, and if they did any work in the hallways during the day I was not here to see it. I will ask the maintenance man next time I see him if he knows how they did it.
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wifi4milez
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said by Rattler :If other tenants have FiOS, and you are on good terms with them , check out their install(s). In addition to the router, there will be a VDSL modem. If they have their own fiber connection, there will be an ONT/BBU in their unit. FIOS was literally not available until this past Thursday, and in fact even on the Verizon website my building still only shows DSL (in the address qualifier tool). For this reason nobody has been installed yet, although the sales guy told me over 40 apartments signed up with him.
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Rattler
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| said by wifi4milez :FIOS was literally not available until this past Thursday, and in fact even on the Verizon website my building still only shows DSL (in the address qualifier tool). For this reason nobody has been installed yet, although the sales guy told me over 40 apartments signed up with him. Heh! Who knows, you may be patient "0"! Could be a dubious distiction... 
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wifi4milez
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| said by Rattler :said by wifi4milez :FIOS was literally not available until this past Thursday, and in fact even on the Verizon website my building still only shows DSL (in the address qualifier tool). For this reason nobody has been installed yet, although the sales guy told me over 40 apartments signed up with him. Heh! Who knows, you may be patient "0"! Could be a dubious distiction... Ha that would be nice, but I opted for a December 20th install instead. The only reason I did that was because TWC (my current provider) bills one month ahead of time and I am payed up through the end of December. I suppose I could have installed the FIOS sooner, however I would be double paying for a month. You have no idea how tough the wait will be!!
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