New Quantum 150/65 Installation Questions

[10Gauge1]

I just recently ordered the 150/65 package myself. It is scheduled for install tomorrow. I am happy that I found this forum before-hand to try and avoid any problems.

I am assuming they are going to replace my old ONT and router with new gear, or at least the router.

Currently the router is connected via coax to the ONT. It sounds like the only way to take advantage of speeds higher than 100mbit is to have the router connected to the ONT via ethernet.

Is this something that the Verizon tech will do tomorrow? I am somewhat uncertain on how this would be accomplished without a lot of work. I live in a townhouse in a center unit. I keep the router on the middle floor and hardwired to my PC. The house does not have hardwired ethernet throughout the house, only coax. I am curious to know how the tech is going to get ethernet from the ONT to the router in our location?

Has anyone had any experience with this?

Thanks in advance.

[jmw1950]

I believe the Connection to the router is usually made via Ethernet, but I can find no obvious reason why it cannot be coax.  The Coax MoCA data rate is often well above 200mbps. The 1.1 standard guarantees a minimum of 175mbps will be available, so 150 mbps should not be a major problem.

[smith6612]

I believe the concern is with the ONTs. While they come with Gigabit NICs, the MoCa device is only capable of MoCa 1.0. Even then, 150Mbps (running at 155Mbps) with a maximum of 175Mbps total isn't the best practice, since in theory if you manage to max the connection out, overhead will push you past 88% link capacity. If it's not full duplex it can cause some further issues for very heavy usage. Ethernet is in which case better to stick with. Lower latency, 300Mbps is not out of the ballpark, and more headroom for maintaining a level of Quality of Service.

[10Gauge1]

They got my install done last week. They had to upgrade my ONT and run Ethernet from it to the new Rev I router they gave me. The tech was good, he was able to get the Ethernet from outside of a center townhouse unit to the middle of the middle floor through the walls. Kudos to an experienced VZ tech.

The new connection is great!!