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FiOS Equipment
The Optical Network Terminal (ONT ): Your light source
Traditional telephone service uses copper wire to transmit communications
signals. Verizon FiOS, however, transmits signals using hair-thin strands of
glass fiber and laser-generated pulses of light.
When that light reaches your home through the Verizon network, it is
converted into electric signals in a box installed onto either the outside or
inside of your home called the ONT. That way, it can be “read” by your
telephones and computers. Information that is sent from your home will be
converted from electric signals to light in the ONT.
Unlike traditional self-powered telephone service, your Verizon FiOS service
depends on your home’s power source.
The ONT has a power cord that goes into your home through the ONT Power
Supply Unit, where it plugs into an existing standard electrical outlet.
To ensure connectivity to the Verizon FiOS network, please make sure
your ONT Power Supply Unit is plugged in at all times.
Please note: One of these ONT models will be installed onto either the
outside or inside of your home.
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