Tingo wrote:Wait until my contract in March and switch to another ISP. Make sure the master password well hidden this time
For this note, I'd say your next course of action should be to actually try a third party router. You don't have to use the ActionTec in order to use FiOS service, but the ActionTec is required somewhere in the mix if you have TV Service. Otherwise, you'll need to get a NIM100 MoCa Adapter to give the Set Top Boxes service. Verizon may or may not be able to supply these to you. In the past they did back before the ActionTec routers were in use.
In the case of the router I use, it's an ActionTec MI424WR Rev D. I'm a DSL user however, so the Rev. D was retired by a FiOS user who got a newer router after moving homes. I loaded DD-WRT (3rd party firmware) onto the router, and there is actually an option from within DD-WRT to disable the reset button on the router. That way, the router cannot be factory reset unless you specifically know how to log into the router. The only way to bypass that, is to get into the router's boot loader which requires a good deal of computer knowledge, and can also be locked down.
So you may want to really consider the third party router (with third party firmware loaded, like DD-WRT, Tomato, etc) + MoCA adapter route. I'd stick with FiOS since other providers' supplied units have usernames and passwords that can be easily guessed or Googled. Some providers lock out the Web Interface, meaning you have no control of your own network. Their routers also include Reset buttons too, so it wouldn't be very hard to get into them if he knows to press the button.