ONT Schematic/LED Legend, originally uploaded by JoshB.
Here’s the diagram of what everything in the ONT is, and what the LED status lights mean. Located on the inside cover for the ONT box.
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Mounted ONT, Wiring, originally uploaded by JoshB.
Exterior shot of the ONT and some of the wiring.
The electric meter and existing small telephone box were already there. The big open box is the new fiber ONT.
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ONT, Before Wiring, originally uploaded by JoshB.
Close shot of the ONT before any of the wire connections were done.
See the notes/mouseovers in the Flickr page for this photo for notation about what each connection is.
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- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
- Part 5
- Part 6
- Part 7
- End Results
- The complete Flickr photo set (15 photos and descriptions)
Let me know if you have any questions!
ONT, Before Wiring, originally uploaded by JoshB.
As most of you know, I recently ordered Verizon Fios fiber optic broadband (15Mbps down, 2Mbps up for about $40/month). When they came out to install it, I tagged along through the process, and took photos to document them all. You can find all of the photos in this set on Flickr.
The ONT (Optical Network Terminal) is basically the heart of fiber optic broadband. It provides connection for the fiber optic line, your existing household phone system, and an Ethernet jack for internet access.
The ONT is mounted on the exterior of your house, near your existing telephone network interface. Behind the actual ONT you see here is a cable housing, where excess fiber optic line is coiled and stored. Since fiber optic line can’t be bent beyond a certain angle without breaking, and because it’s not easy to install a connector on the end, I guess Verizon just provides lots of extra line, and a big enough box to coil it in without bending it too far.
Stay tuned for more photos and description of the process…
Links to:
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
- Part 5
- Part 6
- Part 7
- End Results
- The complete Flickr photo set (15 photos and descriptions)
Let me know if you have any questions! If you’re in the Portland area, and want to order Fios broadband, let me know, and I’ll get you Bridget’s cell number, so she gets a referral for the order. She took great care of me!
Eh? This morning, I went to start checking my feeds in Bloglines, and the whole page is in French?
Por que?
I managed to stumble around the Preferences page long enough to find the language setting. It was set to Anglais. I applied the preferences, but everything is still in French.
Sacre bleu! What izz going on heer? 
EDIT: Fixed now, back to English. No idea what happened.
Not for a while yet, and I doubt anyone would notice, but I just got word from my web host (1and1) that they’re going to be moving the server where my sites live, with some possible downtime between 2AM and 8AM EST on Monday, January 16, 2006. Now you’re forewarned.
Gizmodo brings word of the first device I’ve seen that enables the new 5G iPods with video to record audio:
Not sure how I feel about it, and the price tag is a little steep, but at least these are starting to appear.
Why do I care? Because the new 5G iPods removed the artifical restriction to an 8KHz sampling rate that Apple imposed on the older iPods. You could get around it with iPodLinux, but now, you don’t have to, because the new iPods can record at 22KHz and 44KHz out of the box. Podcasters and anyone else interested in recording high quality audio (*cough*concertbootlegs*cough*) take note.
At the Portable Media Expo in October, Griffin promised to have their recording solution for the 5G iPods out by January. We’ve got half the month left to see what they come up with.
I’ve been using the main Google page (not the mobile version, which is too sparse on my Pocket PC screen, and not the desktop personalized version, which is too crowded) as the home page for Pocket IE on my Samsung i730. Now, there’s an in-between alternative that’s just right: Google Mobile Personalized
It incorporates the mobile version of Gmail, plus whatever other personalization you’ve done to your page on the desktop. Pretty slick.
I’ve set it as my home page for now, and we’ll see if it’s good enough to keep that honor.
EDIT: You can get to the page directly on your desktop browser, and give it a test drive, at this URL:
I’m really tired of getting all 60-something posts from the Engadget podcast feed every time they post a new one. Something is seriously broken over there.
Hey, Peter, Ryan, or Jason - fix it already!
The guys came this morning, cut a hole in the concrete in front of my house, and pulled the actual fiber.
Bridget, the very cool install tech from Verizon, showed up at about 2:00 PM.
By about 5:30, we had connectivity, but really slow download speed (250Kbps).
After some troubleshooting, Bridget replaced the ONT (Optical Network Terminal - the box on the side of the house), and viola! Full 15Mbps download speeds!
I took lots of pictures, and will be sharing the whole process/experience in detail, so stay tuned. I’ve got a bunch of work emails to catch up on since I was home all day, and offline.
If you’re in the Portland area, and interested in Verizon Fios fiber optic broadband, let me know, and I’ll get you Bridget’s cell phone number, so she can get a referral. She did a great job for me!
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