Verizon FiOS → Surge Protected

Do you suggest that I plug the ONT to a power surge protector strip? Or it doesn't matter?

It shouldn't be needed. The PSU (power supply unit) already has built-in surge suppression (that's why they make sure that there is a ground connection available before installation).

That is meter ground clamp. The top has 2 sharp hooks that grab on, and the tab jambs up under the metal seam. You are well grounded.

Thanks so much!

My ONT, and electronics are all on surge supressors. I would highly recommend you follow the same path. It provides one more level of protection which the internal power supply may not. The ONT is grounded both via the power recetpical and the required ground to meter.

My other equipments are all surge protected, why do you think the ONT should, even if it has a builtin surge suppressor already?

I think basic surge protectors are one of the lowest forms of protection available.
i run all (except for the ONT) of my electronics thru APC BBUs . they run about $100 each ,I have 4, to protect my PC's and AV equipment.

Same here.

While the ONT is indicated here to have built in surge protection I prefer to error on the side of caution. In the event is is not and takes a line surge the surge may be passed to all interconnected electronics. There have been other postings which are contrary to the ONT having any internal surge protection. Caution should be exercised making sure reasonable surge protection is applied, such as Panamax, APC, and so on. I would not use an unknown low end brand. The surge protectors I have all were $100 or more each.

So you think it's not definitive that the ONT has a surge protection builtin? Where can we find the answer? Who from Verizon can we ask?

I run my ONT through an APC BBU so I can get up to 18 hours of runtime before the ONT BBU will kick in. That way during a power outage I can continue to watch TV, use the internet, listen to music, etc. since all my Electronics are also on APC BBUs.

Yes there is question which is why I added surge protection to the ONT. If there is existing intenal protection adding additional external surge protection will not hurt the ONT.

For what it's worth, when VZ installed the ONT at my place, they plugged it into a surge protector provided by them. It's one of those small, single outlet jobs.

Ditto here. When I had FiOS installed back in 2007, there was no surge protector. During a subsequent service call a couple of years ago, the tech installed one of his own single outlet surge protectors into the BBU a/c power cord.

I dont think thats a surge protector......
Its a ground source for the ONT.

Before VZ went crazy with grounding, there were Cyberpower single outlet surge blocks being used.

It's even grounded nicely -- tied into the main house ground just outside the garage. By "it" I mean the ONT and anything else which looked remotely "groundable". If there was something to ground, the tech grounded it. I was impressed.

Lightning is a funny thing. Not funny "ha, ha". Funny in that it seems arbitrary in the path it takes. In any event, when lightning struck the tree next to the garage, it blew the (unused) Comcast cable to smithereens, but spared all the FIOS equipment. I claim that's probably just good fortune, but maybe not.

Maybe God hates Comcast?

By the way, I don't mean to imply the little surge protector saved my ONT. If it had take the full brunt of the strike, it wouldn't have been pretty.