Waiting for Verizon..

[Ethan Schwartz]

>> 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