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CYaBro
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  #2748180 22-Jul-2021 14:22
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BarTender:
CYaBro:

 

Uber Group in Whangarei were doing something like this with their fibre connections on the NorthPower Fibre network.
Unfortunately Uber are no longer doing fibre connections. :(

 

 

 

They used a virtual router on their end so you could just plug a switch, computer, access point etc directly into the ONT and it would get an IP address via DHCP from the virtual router and get an internet connection.

 

 

 

 

 


That is nothing like providing Wi-Fi from the ONT. For that the ISP would need a provisioning backend and portal for end users to let them change their Wi-Fi settings. All of that costs money to build and support VS supporting the RGWs you already need to support. Or if you are BYO then you don’t need any of the RGW complexity.

 

Uber has a portal where you can log in and setup any port forwards you might want, since their fibre plans all included a static IP address. :)





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  #2784578 26-Sep-2021 15:53
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I assume the ISPs position hasn't changed on offering the RGW ONT yet?

 

I still don't think its a bad idea for a small setup. Also, with the 4th gen ONT and 10GPON surely the business case for ISPs is there from a costing prospective - rather than have ISPs supply a 10gbps ISP modem why not deliver it as a L3 service? (surely there are maintenance costs in developing an ISP specific firmware on the ISP provided modems).


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Steve113:

 

I assume the ISPs position hasn't changed on offering the RGW ONT yet?

 

 

Nope.


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