[New Englander]

Originally Posted by Keefelane66

Pods are basically signal repeaters to and from the wireless router

Can I use my own wireless router with these pods?

[Dusty_Star]

Originally Posted by New Englander

Can I use my own wireless router with these pods?

Yes, you can use your own, I am planning to upgrade because my wireless router is pre-historic. But - I don't have to.

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by tuccillo

If you are talking about Quantum, then you really mean a Wi-Fi router. The Wi-FI router has to be hardwired, via a relatively short ethernet cable, to a jack in the wall that is connected via ethernet cable in your walls to the low-voltage panel, in your garage, where it will connect to a small Quantum provided box that performs "modem" functions and fiber to electrical conversion. The Quantum fiber optic cable will come through your exterior wall into your low voltage panel and plug into this small, Quantum provided box in your low-voltage panel. All of your Wi-FI enabled devices can then connect via Wi-Fi to the Wi-Fi router. I hope this helps.

Thank You for your helping hand. I'm learning as I'm going along and would give anything to have Quantum. I've had this kind of service in NJ and it was set and forget, it was flawless. Your explanation is very kind and very understandable. I thank you for that and I'm sure plenty of others get the way you explained the technicalities. Beautiful Job.

I'm so upset with Xfinity and the broken promises and all the usual B.S. that goes along with companies like them and Verizon etc.

I would think that Quantum would be operational in the newer areas on the other side of 44. When I called back they couldn't even find my street and couldn't tell me if I could have their service or not. I'm still very hopeful.

[flusher]

check out Centric Fiber for south of 44, they have a store next to the UPS store in Pinellas Plaza

[Bigbubba]

I have Centric Fiber. Gave me a free month and only 65 per month for 1 gig speed with no contract. So far they have been best internet I’ve ever had. Customer service is awesome. Easy to get a hold of and they come to your house to help you if needed free of charge.

[MikeVillages]

Originally Posted by midiwiz

... However you'll also need to keep in mind that the supplied modem/router CAN be used as only a modem (bridging) Which is what I typically do these days as it's just easier. Once past the modem part the rest is straight forward.
...

I replaced my quatun fiber 360 pods with my own 6e mess system. However I dont know how to set the quatom fiber box to bridge mode so I'm getting double NAT issues. This may be too technical for most people so we can communicate using private messages if you like.

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

[Bilyclub]

I'm paying Comcast $60 for 1 gig download with my own equipment. Quantum seems a little faster, but more money. I've had no problems with Comcast.

[jrref]

Originally Posted by MikeVillages

I replaced my quatun fiber 360 pods with my own 6e mess system. However I dont know how to set the quatom fiber box to bridge mode so I'm getting double NAT issues. This may be too technical for most people so we can communicate using private messages if you like.

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

I don't believe you can set the Quantum Fiber box to bridge mode, at least with the new white one with the integrated router. You can try using your web browser set to 192.168.0.1 and log into the router and see if there is a way but I don't think so best I can remember. But that said double NATing should not be a problem. The amount of extra processing time is insignificant. In fact, it will give you a little more security. You can PM me and we can talk more about this if you want. I've been all through this with Quantum fiber.

[jrref]

Originally Posted by Bilyclub

I'm paying Comcast $60 for 1 gig download with my own equipment. Quantum seems a little faster, but more money. I've had no problems with Comcast.

Fiber internet is Always going to be faster because with cable you are sharing the download and upload bandwidth with everyone else on your network link and it's not bi-directional meaning you get good download but terrible upload speeds.

[tuccillo]

Not exactly. The term is asymmetric.

Originally Posted by jrref

Fiber internet is Always going to be faster because with cable you are sharing the download and upload bandwidth with everyone else on your network link and it's not bi-directional meaning you get good download but terrible upload speeds.

[jrref]

Originally Posted by tuccillo

Not exactly. The term is asymmetric.

Do you have Quantum Fiber? If not what do you have because I’ve never heard of asymmetric fiber unless it’s a hybrid fiber/coax arrangement. There wouldn’t be a need to be asymmetric with a fiber network.

[tuccillo]

Yes, I do. I have had fiber to the house since I moved here 9 years ago. Currently, they market symmetric bandwidth but before the rebranding (from CenturyLink to Quantum Fiber, same people under the Lucent umbrella) they typically offered asymmetric bandwidth. I previously had 80 megabits per second down and 40 megabits per second up. They could pretty much give you any bandwidths and can probably still do that but the current offerings are 200 megabits per second and 940 megabits per second, symmetric. If I had not switched to the Quantum Fiber rebranding, I would still have asymmetric bandwidth through the CenturyLink brand name with the exact same fiber to the house infrastructure.

Originally Posted by jrref

Do you have Quantum Fiber? If not what do you have because I’ve never heard of asymmetric fiber unless it’s a hybrid fiber/coax arrangement. There wouldn’t be a need to be asymmetric with a fiber network.