Is FIOS' fiber optic signal encrypted from home junction box to verizon local distribution center?
starsANDstripes

Hi,  I just came acros  following video at Youtube which shows encrypted signal from home junction box to local verizon distributuion center can be secure. Do Verizon does it?

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Re: Is FIOS' fiber optic signal encrypted from home junction box to verizon local distribution cente
smith6612
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The Fiber transmission is in fact encrypted. It is a part of the GPON specification to use encryption as a precaution to prevent others from hacking ONTs to capture traffic on their PON. The same applies to Cable Internet, where BPI+ is used to encrypt traffic over a node so that a modem can only see what it is supposed to see, and not what is being broadcast to other modems.