FTTP

[jugstah]

It's almost all CAT5 from the basement to wherever you want the RJ-5 jack placed, usually right near where your computers are. And no, you are not forced to use their router. However, they give you a free relabeled DI-624, labeled as VDI-624 and optimized for fiber connectivity, I guess.

They will need access to your basement to put a battery pack near a power source because if power goes out, your phone will only work for up to 8 hours. But if you're smart, you can replace the 12v battery with a 500hour battery or put it on UPS. :-)

And your phone lines will work just fine as is. They don't replace these wiring. Just that the fiber needs power in the basement.

[Aragorn]

Any word on when it will be available in southeast MA ?

[TheSpecialist]

John they are pushing the wireless router. The fiber terminates into an Optcal Network Terminal,this is where it is converted from an optical signal to elctronic. There is and RJ 45 in the ONT, and they run a CAT 5E to another RJ near the router. From the router they will hardwire, but they are supposed to charge after the first computer. Many of the guys have not been charging as they have not been given pricing, or training on the new laptops for the billing part. Also supposedly you need to use the supplied router if you get the video, it has something to do with "On demand". I don't see it though. John there are some customers using the higher end routers like Ciscos, etc. You can use your own.

They are presently working on many towns in SE Mass. The projected completion date for the whole project was 10 years. That was from 1 year ago, and it did get off to a slow start, but who knows..