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Initiate

Sep 29, 2019

installing orbi mesh with fios

i have two questions: 1) i want to cut the cord with verizon fios. do i need to keep my quantum gateway router? i read somewhere that i can connect orbi mesh via ethernet from the verizon box in ...

Aspirant

Nov 11, 2019

t_fin wrote:
i have two questions:

1) i want to cut the cord with verizon fios. do i need to keep my quantum gateway router? i read somewhere that i can connect orbi mesh via ethernet from the verizon box in my basement.

2) do i have to buy the orbi mesh from verizon? it's more expensive! can i buy from netgear? from amazon?

thanks!

Hi t_fin,

Were you able to resolve your issue? I may be able to help, buit 'm not sure what your definition of "cut the cord" is. I'm used to hearing that mean you want to drop the cable TV service but keep the provider. From your post, it souns like you want to keep your Verizon FIOS service, but you want to replace their equipment with your own. But, if you've got your answer, there's no need for my input.

Ed

t_fin
Initiate
Nov 11, 2019
petaylor - sorry to have been unclear. was thinking i'd keep verizon for internet only -- because verizon seems to be the most reliable internet provider where i live, just outside nyc in nj. (they're kind of a monopoly here.)

so that was my thought. of course, i might move someday. maybe even soon. this came up because my contract with verizon is up, and i've pretty much had it with paying for tv service.

in trying to read up on what to do, it seemed to me possible to keep verizon fios where it comes in at the box in my basement and pull an ethernet cord to the first floor, where i have my verizon g-1100 router, which is currently hooked to the box via coax pulled up through the floor. so: replace the g-1100 with orbi mesh and replace the coax with ethernet to hook it up to the box in the basement.

would that work? are there other (better) strategies?
- petaylor
  Aspirant
  Nov 19, 2019
  t_fin
  
  If you can that Verizon fios to convert the signal to an ethernet cable instead of coax, you'd be good to go adding a mesh wifi solution.
  
  Hope this helps.
  
  Ed