Verizon uses cat5e and it's sufficient.

i ran cat6 and that is what I have throughout our home. Limitations are normally 100 ft or under for best service. I have 25ft. And one that is 50 ft and they work great.

Just spoke with a Verizon rep.  She applied a discount to decrease the bill by the $25 and another to replace the $5 discount that will expire in November.  She sent everything to me in an email so I could review it while we were on the phone, I could see clearly what was being changed and could approve it; and the length of the contract doesn't extend.  Perfect!

This issue has been resolved.

It is a teaser rate to get new customers. All companies raise rates cable is a good example. Sometimes twice or more in one year.

yes the new Gigabyte plan and it's double and triple plays are set cheap.

$70 for internet only, $74.99 for a double play or $79.99 for a triple play plan. Plus taxes and surcharges and fees. Which raise each year but the $60 discount on Gigabyte stays for life.

Customers have read their contracts on start up or non contract customers see exactly what they pay after the 2 years are expired.

You could always cancel your service and come back in 30 days as a new customer or you can have a relative put the service on in your same household but under new customer pricing.

You are not being singled out.

I have the exact same problem.. Started right after the Firmware update.... Doing some searchs on the internet seems there are a huge number of people now having the same issue...   Waiting for Fios to fix.

A CSR was able to resolve this over the phone.  Verizon has so many customer service teams in varying offices/countries.  I received completely conflicting information regarding this depending on what office I called.

It is a coax digital output.  I see that the manual does have it incorrectly labeled.

Turns out it wasn't the router, it was my driver. I had Bios A07 and I updated it to A13 and it's fine now.

You can easily save config file to a local PC.

Log in to rotuer.

Under Advanced, configuration file, you have the option to save or load a file.

As for disabling hardware reset, I have never seen or heard of a router that does not support that feature.

Without it, if you make a mistake, you have bricked your rotuer with no way to restore.

If someone has physical access to your router, security is at risk to begin with.