Verizon router

is it necessary to use the verizon router?

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You should certainly be able to use any Verizon FIOS compatible modem-router.  That being said, there aren't all that many of those.

Also, depending on what speeds a FIOS compatible router may be capable of on the wireless side this may be a part of why a specific router is required.  If they're promising you throughput that the wireless protocol the modem-router uses can't support that would not be their fault, but you can be sure that some would be ranting at Verizon because of that.

I've got plenty of things I would love to rant at Verizon about, for the record.  Their DSL service, once rock-solid and reasonably priced, has become flaky and far too expensive for a mature technology in the area where I live.  I expect costs for wired connectivity to be decreasing and reliability to be increasing and the reverse has been the trend for a while now with Verizon high-speed internet provided via DSL.