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Hack GPON – how to access, change and edit fibre ONTs

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250 points pabs3 | 1 comments | 25 Sep 24 00:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.438s | source
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danieldk ◴[25 Sep 24 04:48 UTC] No.41643788[source]▶
This can be a good stopgap, but the solution is to lobby for a law that mandates free ONT/modem/router choice.

We have such legislation in NL and the ISP is required to make it possible to use your own equipment.

Coincidentally, I had my ISP register my Fritz!Box Fiber 5590 as my ONT yesterday, so I have it directly hooked up to XGS-PON with their SFP+ module (no more Genexis ONT \o/).

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tootie ◴[25 Sep 24 16:01 UTC] No.41648842[source]▶
Why? Is there an advantage to using your own ONT? Is it just a personal freedom thing or are there features you can unlock?
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1. danieldk ◴[29 Sep 24 08:34 UTC] No.41685820[source]▶
Sorry for the late reply, but very often the provider equipment is not great. E.g. with my provider it's kinda random if you get a Genexis or Nokia ONT and people have a lot of issues with Genexis ONTs. I think it is because with the relatively low subscription fees, a more expensive ONT eats out of their fees. In fact, our ISP uses the same FRITZ!Box 5590 that I use for business customers.

There may also be a latency benefit of using a device that is an ONT/modem/router in one. It's one ethernet hop less, but I haven't measured.

tl;dr: when you use your own ONT, you have a choice of picking a known-reliable option.