Do you really need a new fiber optic Fritzbox just because a new fiber optic connection is coming into your house? Or will you have less stress and more benefit if you simply take your old Fritzbox into the fiber optic era behind an ONT? Fiber optic on Amazon (advertising): https://amzn.to/3WrlUQm A new fiber optic Fritzbox for a new fiber optic connection? Sounds logical at first? According to AVM, you can even save electricity if the fiber optic modem is plugged directly into the Fritzbox: For example, in a 5530 Fiber, 5590 Fiber, or in the upcoming 5690 PRO and 5690 XGS models. In real life, however, many (not all) fiber optic providers are reluctant to allow such a modern fiber optic modem box to be connected directly (!) to their valuable GPON fiber optic network. Instead, they prefer to install a separate fiber optic modem box called an ONT, aka Optical Network Termination, for the customer as a fiber optic network termination. This is good for the customers, but also good for the fiber optic provider, explains Martin Herkommer, Head of Strategic Business Development at Deutsche GigaNetz. Reason enough: to check a few existing Fritzboxes for their suitability as WLAN routers behind a fiber optic ONT. And to compare the power consumption of Fritzbox plus ONT with the real fiber boxes 5530 and 5590: 01:32 Power values ​​fiber optic ONT 03:18 Power values ​​cable boxes 03:27 Cable Fritzbox 6660 04:09 Cable Fritzbox 6690 04:58 Cable boxes from PYÜR and Vodafone 05:48 Power values ​​fiber Fritzboxes 5530 & 5590 06:43 Power values ​​DSL boxes 06:47 DSL Fritzbox 7390 09:19 DSL Fritzbox 7510 10:24 DSL Fritzbox 7530 AX 11:31 DSL Fritzbox 7490 and 7590 12:07 DSL Fritzbox 7490 12:45 DSL-Fritzbox 7590 13:34 DSL-Fritzbox 7590 AX 14:53 Power values ​​4G-5G-Fritzboxes 17:31 Telekom Speedport Pro in 4G mode 18:14 Telekom Speedport Smart 4 18:30 Power values ​​modem-less Fritzboxes 19:19 Modem-less Fritzbox 4060 20:46 WiFi-7-DSL-Fiber-Fritzbox 5690 Pro 21:32 Conclusion #fiberglass #fritzbox