Originally Posted by rangerfan

Thanks for the advice Gresch. FWIW, I had FIOS installed in my house in CT about 10 days ago (ahhh speed is nice ). Fiber goes to the box on the house! There is a cat5e line run from the box on the exterior of the house directly to the router. No modem in the house--I guess it is ON the house. The battery backup runs from inside the basement utility room (next to the phone terminations) back outside to the 'box' on the house. So yes, it is copper 'on' the house.