Sorry for the dumb question and hopefully this is relevant enough to the sub. I have my own firewall and right now it connects to my ISPs provided home router over rj45, their router gets a fiber hookup to their network and it’s the only ISP device in my home. If I have a firewall with a fiber port, can I take the fiber to the modem and hook that straight to my firewall, or is there a reason I need their device?
I don’t know where you are and it probably matters, but in France you would need to suscribe to an enterprise contract to use your own gear, or smaller ISPs. At best, we can put them in bridge mode. You need to look out for your ISP for that.
Actually, there are ways for home customers to replace their XGS-PON to use your own hardware (Orange, Free, SFR…) And some other cool stuff and very helpful info at lafibre.info forum !