use my own set top box

quynhd

i'm currently renting a qip-7100-2, im seeing i can buy it on ebay. Can i use that instead of renting? i also see the Commscope IPC4100 and the Commscope VMS4100 for sale if i want to switch to fios tv one. what are the differences between fios tv one and the one i currently have?

gs0b

As was answered over in DSLreports, you can't buy your own Verizon set-top-box. Any used units you see for sale online were ones that were not returned to Verizon. Verizon will not activate them. You must rent Verizon boxes from Verizon.

Your option for non-Verizon set-top-boxes is pretty much TiVO. You'll have to rent a cable card from Verizon to use it. Verizon charges a few bucks a month for cable card.