[Bloat] Question about Buffer Bloat and Verizon Fios

[Alex Elsayed]

Dave Taht wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 5:05 AM,  <games at djlatino.com> wrote:
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>> Reason is Verizon has a combo router/modem.
> 
> They CAN be configured in a bridge mode if you desire, but you can
> usually just put cero in front of it to do everything else
> (shaping/wifi) and be golden.
> 
> See the intertubes for how to switch to bridging verizon gear (if you
> want to). It is overly complex.

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There's actually even more nuance to it than that:

FiOS (although, I thought that was owned by Frontier now? It certainly was 
when I had it up here [.wa.us]) with TV service requires MoCA (Multimedia 
over CoAxial), and thus requires the use of their (awful) combined 
router/wifi/MoCA bridge that connects to the ONT (Optical Network Terminal) 
over MoCA. In that case, you need to set it up to bridge to your own router 
behind it, &c.

However, if you are using internet/phone-only FiOS service, you can get the 
service technician to hook your router directly to the ONT via Ethernet, as 
it supports both.