When hooking me up to the Co-op's fiber the installer confirmed what was formerly said here about using my longish (in my case about 40') existing Metrocast cat cable and ran a new fiber from the external entry box to the ONT near the new router. The cat cable between the ONT and their new router is only about 4' long, and to repeat myself, the quality of the signal is noticably better! My only complaint with the installation is that I need at some point to disconnect the new fiber cable and carefully re-route it so it is out of the way in my attic crawlspace.
My billing from NHEC is only about $60 whereas Metrocast was about $110 for a much lower level of service. Loving it!
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