Hello!
So, I'm buying a house, and I'm 100% positive there's currently FiOS at the address. I currently own a Netgear CM500 Modem, and a Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 WiFi Router (model R7000). I have read that Verizon typically runs coax from the ONT box wherever it's installed (usually basement?) to their modem-router combo. However, since my current modem most certainly has a coax input; is there any good technical reason my equipment is not compatible?
Now, I realize that the question of it being compatible, and Verizon letting me use it on their network, might be separate...
My goal is to have TV and internet. My current set up is "high speed XFINITY" which I'm pretty sure is still fiber somewhere up the line, and I have a splitter that separates the coax so it can go to my Xfinity Set Top box and my modem. Would this (if I can get them to allow it) work for FiOS as well?
Thank you in advance for fielding my questions! I am very uninterested in paying for Verizon's equipment when I've already picked my own and am happy with the features they provide me, if I can avoid it.