Switching from Orange Neostrada to UPC Fiber Optic: ONT and AirPort Router Compatibility

Hello,

I want to give up neostrada from Orange and I am considering fiber optic from UPC.

I use AirPort as a router in my apartment and I don't want to replace it. I have it connected to an Orange modem. When I call UPC, should I say that I want (demand? need?) ONT from them? UPC routers don't have a bridge option? Is there anything else I need to keep an eye on?

RosOne wrote:

UPC routers don't have a bridge option?

they have, at least I had such opportunities.

RosOne wrote:

When I call UPC, should I say that I want (demand? need?) ONT from them?

the question is whether they will actually come to you with light, or simply coaxial or another method of data transmission.

RosOne wrote:

When I call UPC, should I say that I want (demand? need?) ONT from them? UPC routers don't have a bridge option? Is there anything else I need to keep an eye on?

It all depends on how your backbone network is built:
- coaxial cable to the apartment from the optical NOD in front of the block,
- via GPON as light to the apartment,
- via RFoG as light for the apartment, if you want TV via DVB-C or CI+ module
There are other possibilities, but it depends on what services you choose and how the network is built on the backbone.
Cable modem routers have a modem mode, for FTTH with ONT you will get an ONT and a Compal GW7557CE router assigned to it by the operator (I'm afraid you won't replace it, because you won't get data for the service, anyway, there are other dependencies that such a set must remain).
You can mark whatever you want, but the installer will bring what he has in stock for a specific frame service.