Maybe I need to call FIOS & ask these questions. If so, please inform me in the reply.My mom's house basically has an apartment in the basement. There are a bedroom, office, fridge, shower & living room. It may be converted. Currently, I'm living in an apartment, but I may be moving there.I'm pretty sure that there isn't cable access in the basement.So, here's where you may ask me to call FIOS & ask these questions.I want my own FIOS bill. I don't want to share the cost of the existing FIOS bill with my sister. There's already an ONT & router upstairs in one of the bedrooms.Is it possible to install a second ONT & router in the basement? I guess that the fiber-optic cable from the outside would go to a splitter & then 2 cables would go from the splitter- one to each ONT. Does FIOS charge for each outlet? I can think of 3 possible outlets in the basement- living room, bedroom & office.I wonder if it costs more to add the ONT & router than to just run additional cables to the basement. I'll be paying for the installation.I'm not asking how much it will cost. I'm just asking if it is feasible to have 2 ONTs & 2 routers in one house.

ONT:One ONT per premise. If Verizon decides your property has two premises, then you can have two ONTs and separate service, but that is very unlikely. And, two ONTs with two sets of services will cost a lot more than cost sharing one service.TV:One TV se...

A DVR requires a coax connection. Verizon's newest "mini" set-top-boxes can work on WiFi, but they are satellites to a DVR. So, you’ll have to run coax to the basement. If you can’t get coax from the ONT to the basement, you can’t have your own DVR.Don’t worry about signal strength. The ONT puts out a very strong signal that can support lots of splitters and long cable runs.Verizon techs are skilled at running cable, however they do not fish walls. They will run cable on the outside of walls tacked near the ceiling or floor. They may drill holes to go through floors. They might even run the cable on an exterior wall, if that’s easiest. Know that depending on how much work is involved, there may be an extra charge.If you want cables installed inside the wall or want to avoid extra charges from Verizon, hire your own installer. Running coax does not require an electrician. A home theater installer or a good handyman can do this work. Running cable through studs and around obstructions is not difficult for an installer with the right skills and equipment.The Verizon Extender requires a coax connection to provide WiFi and Ethernet to the area near it. There are other wireless extenders on the market that work purely on radio, however know that these cut your speeds in half or more. Some devices do not work well with them. They should be avoided unless no other options are available.If WiFi from the current router is not good in the basement and you install a coax jack, a single Verizon extender should provide more than enough coverage for the entire area. You can share the coax jack between the extender and the DVR, just use a splitter (again, plenty of signal strength).Verizon probably doesn’t care if you you’re on the bill or not. If your sister is willing to pay the entire bill after you give her your portion, I see no reason to add yourself to the bill.Good Luck.

@pcnerd wrote:Yep. The ONT is in one of the bedrooms on the first (ground?) floor & the router is in Dad's office.Does the basement have a drop ceiling? If so you could go through the floor in the ceiling and run wires that wa . If sheetrocked you might have a problem.

From my understanding, and I do believe this may have already been established: In order to get a second ONT installed, you would need to have Verizon register a service with we what they call a sublocation. (I asked a couple questions while I was getting the Home + Wireless offer thing set up). So imagine if your Aunt's address is: 12345 Fantasy St Fake City, FS 99999 You'd instead establish a sublocation: 12345 Fantasy St Basement Fake City, FS 99999 That is treated like a separate address allowing an ONT to be installed for it. As previously mentioned, you do have to keep in mind that if there isn't a available connection for that new ONT it can take time. I personally don't see amy issues going either route, they both have their pros and cons. The other thing I asked about we have Verizon handle wiring, and I was told Verizon does not fish wiring through walls, it is more often ran along the baseboard and door frames, something through the wall or through the floor. A good way to get the wiring fish is to have an electrician on site at the time the tech is there and they can work together on wiring in the home (or even better you can have the electrician pre-wire before the technician arrives and ensure you notify the technician of the existing wiring for them to evaluate and use if possible.

@pcnerd wrote:How does the technician run coax cable from the upstairs to the basement thru the walls without running into obstacles within the wall?I wonder about a wireless connection instead. But then I guess that I'd need two Extenders, one for each DVR, wouldn't I?The ONT and main splitter is usually outside by electric meter or in the basement by electric panel. Are you say the ONT is on the first floor?

@pcnerd wrote:OK, let's see if I have this straight.I probably won't be able to convince FIOS to install a second ONT.I'm not sure, but I think that the basement doesn't have cable access. So, FIOS would have to install cable jacks. I'd want at least two jacks - one in the "living room" & one in the "office" next to the bedroom. I want my own DVRs.I guess that I don't need my router, but I'd use the house network, right?How do I determine if I need the Extender?I guess that I'd close the account at my apartment & have my name added to the house account, right? So, my sister & I would split the bill.I can still stream AND watch cable.No you won't need your own router. You will just use the current house wifi. Close your account and have you sister call up and order two DVRs and an extender if needed. Also that you need a tech to come out and run the cable. They would just need to come out and add a different cable splitter and connect the two coax lines for your DVRs. See if your wifi down in the basement is good. If not then also get a FiOS Network Extender.

ONT can only support one router for Internat access. If you don't want to share, then a separate account is required. As pointed out above, you may not be able to get a 2nd ONT at one location. Not sure if they support distinctive ring (one way to share 2 numbers on a single line). If you want to keep them totally separate, they will have to use the seoncd POTs connection on the ONT. Try contacting support. I find twitter @verizonsupport to be the easiest way.

To get an accurate answer, you need to contact Verizon and ask.That said, it's my understanding that they will only install one ONT per residential address. They typically engineer the network to have one fiber drop per premise; there simply may not be an available connection for another fiber drop. Residential service is limited to one router per ONT. I’ve never seen or heard of a splitter on a fiber optic line at a premise. There are splitters deeper in the network, but they are engineered to have one connection per premise.Business service may have more options. You’ll need to call their business sales team to find out what, if anything, is available. Expect business service to cost (a lot) more.If you want the most cost effective solution, share the existing service. Run the cables for the required services from the upstairs ONT to the basement and go from there. You can install your own router or access point behind the upstairs router to create your own wired and wireless network. TV service will be shared, although you can get your own DVR. The ONT supports two phone lines, so if you want phone and only one is currently in use; it’s easy to add.Verizon does not charge “per outlet.” For TV, they charge fees per set-top-box. Internet is one fee independent of how many devices you connect or how they connect (wired or WiFi). You can buy or rent the router.Good luck.

I was just reading about this at another web help site.you don't need another ONT, the poster at the other site said their router was set up for two separate accounts and after a year of issues the service is working as it should.after the initial connection it is not a issue to use your own connection for your own devices. However in wifi situations I would set them up like changing to identifiers to acct2-5G and acct2-2g to not logon to the other household account. Which if set up by the other relatives correctly you should not be able to access.in apoartment or split homes it is common to get separate ONT's since the new ones are the size of a small router.

It is definitely possible to install two ONTs at one residence. My Aunt and Uncle live with my cousin in a month-in-law suite and both have their own ONT. As states before, Verizon doesn't split the drop. They would run a second fiber to the house. The most difficult thing you need to to do is to convince Verizon that it is a dual residence. Also if there is no available connections at the fiber terminal they will have to add one which will further delay the installation. If you need three cable runs in the basement Verizon will charge an advanced set-up fee which I believe is $160. So to answer your question it is feasible but be prepared because it might take a few calls to get everything straight. Like it was said before just splitting the bill would probably be easier and more cost effective. If you add 3 set-tops at $12 that will only add $36 to the bill.

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If you have good WiFi in the basement from a router or Verizon extender, you could use a FiOS ONE Mini set-top-box. It can connect via WiFi. You still need a coax connected FiOS ONE DVR somewhere in the home for the Mini to connect to, but this does give you a cable free option for the basement.

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