Fios cable in apartment building

[insider]

Can they use existing coax in the apartment for Optical Network Terminal? or Would they have to wire new fiber cable from the hallway?

[avromie7]

the fiber goes into a fiber modem and out of the modem is ethernet so coax won't help

[insider]

what's up with Optical Network Terminal? Why is it so big? Can you suggest ideas to hide it? I thought about installing it in a closet, but it doesn't have outlet

[BAHayman]

They can run fiber to the ONT and then use existing coax from the ONT to the router.

[avromie7]

They can run fiber to the ONT and then use existing coax from the ONT to the router.

Really? I didn't know you can connect a modem to a router with coax

[BAHayman]

Really? I didn't know you can connect a modem to a router with coax

The ONT isn't a modem. It terminates the fiber connection and has both ethernet and coax out. The router that FiOS provides is also a modem and can use coax or ethernet for its WAN side.

[avromie7]

The ONT isn't a modem. It terminates the fiber connection and has both ethernet and coax out. The router that FiOS provides is also a modem and can use coax or ethernet for its WAN side.

Cool just Google it  thanks for the info