I'm doing some research for a group that has a 100Mb FIOS Internet connection at their site. I was surprised to learn that Verizon supplied them with the same Actiontec router that they provided me with on my 10Mb connection at home. Needless to say the Actiontec router is not up to the task of moving all of that traffic (they are using about 80Mb now and sometimes max out their connection). Verizon has been good about replacing the router multiple time when they finally fail, however having to power-cycle the router multiple times per day is not acceptable. What I would like to do is set them up with a router/firewall that is capable of handling their current bandwidth needs as well as their anticipated future growth. My concern is terminating the FIOS connection from the ONT directly to something like a Cisco 3900 (Output from the ONT is CAT5 terminating to RJ-45). I have been searching around the Internet and found one discussion where someone claims to have been able to accomplish just this using a Cisco 871 router. Based on the loose discussions that I have read it seems that the FIOS connection configuration can vary from area to area. I am also aware that we can configure the Actiontec router as a bridge, but I would much rather remove it altogether particularly with the amount of traffic this group is moving. Has anyone been able to accomplish this or something similar with any hardware other then the router Verizon provides? Any insight on Verizon's official stance on this would be helpful. If there is someone from Verizon out there that can contact me about the technical aspects of doing this, that would be much appreciated as well. - Chris