goatsinapond
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Brushless :
Because the only freedom in America is the freedom for someone else to abuse you
2026-06-21 22:41:26
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Guy_Fawkes :
Getting rid of the ISP ONT to use a UDM is unhinged behavior.
2026-06-22 00:20:47
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GrenBurl :
not sure what your talking about, but you ARE ALLOWED to use your own equipment. I've had spectrum, Xfinity, and now AltaFiber, and I use all my own equipment with exception of the ONT that converts the fiber to Ethernet. it's my router, a ubiquiti edge router-x, my switch, a Cisco 3750G, and my WiFi access points.
2026-06-22 00:48:13
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miganong :
I use my own modem and router, but Xfinity keeps charging me for using their equipment.
2026-06-21 23:53:50
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PagePill :
So they can collect more money.
2026-06-21 23:48:30
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Thijs Kossen :
In the Netherlands all ISPs are required to provide information to all customers so they can use own hardware
2026-06-21 20:39:06
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Sean Stevens :
because the isp wants to control and see all and every aspect of your network traffic.
2026-06-21 15:49:51
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Zach Gibson :
My fiber has an cat6 handoff. I haven’t used Verizon’s router for fiber in 10 years
2026-06-21 23:51:16
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russ.2old4this :
Just have your ISP put their device in bridge mode. Then when your internet goes down - you don’t have to first prove it’s not your router or gbic that’s causing the problem.
2026-06-21 20:42:28
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T :
They want to control the connection end to end for monitoring the network performance and if they happen to pickup some unencrypted traffic or meta data well the more the merrier 🫣
2026-06-21 23:50:48
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JW :
But why?
2026-06-21 20:51:45
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curtisclem575 :
You don’t, go ahead and run DD-WRT. That was like god mode for the WRT54G!!!!
2026-06-22 00:46:02
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Trodal_Gold_Adventures :
Clone Mac?
2026-06-21 16:10:41
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Sic Blade :
Don't forget to clean your fiber connections!
2026-06-21 22:31:01
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osagesinger :
sooo.... where is it made? seems like an easy way to spy on you.... but I guess the ISPs are already doing that. 😅
2026-06-21 23:50:30
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funstuie :
The frontier engineer just handed me the cable from the ont and was on his way.
2026-06-21 21:16:30
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RexCT7567 :
i have a fiber box, that can give me, ethernet 1g out of 2 ports, tv, telephone no clue how my ISP do it, but they are bad enough so you can "lan play" with in the same ISP 😂
2026-06-22 00:43:41
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Mark Palmer :
I don’t use Verizon’s router. I have my own firewall and access point.
2026-06-22 00:15:17
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Ades :
forced routers contains backdoors for law enforcement access
2026-06-21 22:57:43
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R_Shoesmith_CEO :
Because most of USA want it to work. Not care how secure it is.
2026-06-21 19:51:12
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adios :
cause it's expensive and generally a hustle to implement on dated gpon networks, and creates lots of possible compatibility issues, like with TR-069
2026-06-21 20:45:36
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Randy Marsh :
With my cable provider at least, I can use a standard DOCSIS modem.
2026-06-21 18:21:32
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stevenwm :
so happy my fiber ISP still uses a plain ONT with an Ethernet handoff. they offer a "router maintenance" plan where they supply a managed router you don't have access to, but it's optional.
2026-06-21 23:30:29
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Nothing :
I’m all for being petty against your ISP, but those AT&T gateways are easy to configure for both IP passthrough and public IP block allocation. I don’t really see the point. Also, if you’ve got two firewalls in an HA configuration, this isn’t even a viable option unless you also bought a WAN switch with an SFP+ port.
2026-06-22 00:10:19
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Nick :
fios lets you plug in whatever modem/router you want and use the public IP they provide.
2026-06-22 00:13:39
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