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Re:Hack GPON – how to access, change and edit fibre ONTs by t0mas88 on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @04:10AM (#41644970)
Consumer contracts don't guarantee GPON support in any way. So if KPN wants to upgrade they can just send the customer a letter telling them to get an XGS-PON compatible ONT by some date.

They'll probably take a bit more customer friendly approach and at least send you a free provider owned XGS-PON compatible one and a new modem. But for your own equipment you have to manage everything and make sure it complies with their published specifications.

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Re:Hack GPON – how to access, change and edit fibre ONTs by the_mitsuhiko on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @04:11AM (#41644983)
That sounds like a somewhat pragmatic approach. Curious to see how that plays out in practice. I presume the total number of consumers that are interested in running their own ONT is limited. In Germany the situation seems a bit different. There customer owned Fritzbox devices with integrated ONTs are very widespread making the situation for an ISP quite different when it comes to upgrades.
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Re:Hack GPON – how to access, change and edit fibre ONTs by kuschku on Thursday September 26, 2024 @08:43AM (#41657731)
Sure, but even with the fritzbox situation all ISPs also offer dedicated ONTs as free rental or for 40€ as purchase. Some, e.g. Telekom, also offer SFP ONTs (Digitalisierungsbox Glasfasermodem)
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