OT: Portability Of FIOS Connection?

User A has 10 mbps Verizon FIOS service at location X and they
connect by having their router log on.

User B has 5 mbps Verizon FIOS service at location Y - which is
2t miles away from location X.


Question: Can User A take their router to User B's home, plug it
in, and connect at 10 mbps?
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PeteCresswell

"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote in message
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: User A has 10 mbps Verizon FIOS service at location X and they
: connect by having their router log on.
:
: User B has 5 mbps Verizon FIOS service at location Y - which is
: 2t miles away from location X.
:
:
: Question: Can User A take their router to User B's home, plug it
: in, and connect at 10 mbps?

Might get a better answer at alt.online-service.verizon

My experience (based on other systems) is 'maybe' as much depends on the
back bone configuration and if the two locations are on the same node.

That said it might work today but if the sytem is reconfigured it might not
work tomorrow.

> User A has 10 mbps Verizon FIOS service at location X and they
> connect by having their router log on.
>
> User B has 5 mbps Verizon FIOS service at location Y - which is
> 2t miles away from location X.
>
> Question: Can User A take their router to User B's home, plug it
> in, and connect at 10 mbps?

No. It's the link and the ONT that determine the speed. The Optical
Network Terminal (ONT) is the interface between the fiber and the 100mbps
ethernet connection inside the structure (usually a house). Changing the
router inside will do nothing to affect the link speed out to the pole.

The router carried from one location to another will work, but only at
whatever speed that site is already configured to provide, nothing more.

(PeteCresswell) wrote:
> User A has 10 mbps Verizon FIOS service at location X and they
> connect by having their router log on.
>
> User B has 5 mbps Verizon FIOS service at location Y - which is
> 2t miles away from location X.
>
>
> Question: Can User A take their router to User B's home, plug it
> in, and connect at 10 mbps?

You could TRY it.

My Internet Provider can "see" what's connected. In my case it's a
LinkSys BEFSR81 Router/Switch (8 Port). Nothing else will work in that
position unless I call ComCast and ask them to change to something with
a different hardware address.

You should talk with your provider, tell them what you want to do and
ask if it's okay.

Bill Kearney wrote:

>>User A has 10 mbps Verizon FIOS service at location X and they
>>connect by having their router log on.
>>
>>User B has 5 mbps Verizon FIOS service at location Y - which is
>>2t miles away from location X.
>>
>>Question: Can User A take their router to User B's home, plug it
>>in, and connect at 10 mbps?
>
>No. It's the link and the ONT that determine the speed. The Optical
>Network Terminal (ONT) is the interface between the fiber and the
>100mbps ethernet connection inside the structure (usually a house).
>Changing the router inside will do nothing to affect the link speed
>out to the pole.
>
>The router carried from one location to another will work, but only
>at whatever speed that site is already configured to provide, nothing
>more.

It's actually the Optical Line Terminal (OLT) at the station that
determines what service level a customer has. The ONT is like a router
that separates the optical signal into different services and combines
into an optical signal that it sends back.

The answer to the OP is "no". What would make the difference is if the
ONT on the side of the house was swapped with the other one since those
devices are assigned IP addresses and the OLT will not know the
location. The one caveat is they must both be on the same OLT and that
would be a crapshoot since each station has multiple OLTs.

As a former Verizon FiOS Network Technician this was the set up we
worked with a couple of years ago but I'm sure the concept hasn't
changed much, only the type of equipment gets changed.