"Cable Modem" or just "Cable" service is generally used to describe Internet or TV/Phone service provided over coaxial cable using DOCSIS technology. This is provided mostly by Virgin Media (Liberty Global) in the UK and all carriers in North America.
ONT is Optical Network Terminal and primarily used by FTTP services offered BT Openreach and other ISPs.
Watch our webinar, presented by Alex Shuker, CTO for DrayTek UK/IRE, to better understand these technologies and gain valuable insight into managing them.
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