-Changing splitters and cables didn't work and couldn't speedtest at all because I received a "latency error".
-Zero ping is just what it showed, a lot of users with IE sometimes get it. (Assuming it's a bug, in all honesty)
The ONT goes to a two-way PDI splitter, one for the router and one for 4 STBs. The line for the router than gets another two-way splitter to connect to a 5th STB and the router itself. The line with the 4 STBs(Really 3, because the 4th one in the basement has never worked and VZ swore it did; never had a tech confirm it worked or not, so I just unplugged it and let it collect dust) has a 4-way splitter for them all to connect. What I find interesting is there is a single coax line that connects to a 4-way ActionTec splitter and labaled "modem" and there is another independant coax line that is connected to another 4-way splitter with a green line from the ONT.
My friend who rewired everything has the ActionTec WAN Ethernet port empty. There's no ethernet from the ONT whatsoever, he uses the same router and a circular ONT, whereas I have this square one. What's still shocking me is that in the bandwidth system log on the MI424WR-Gen3i, the Rx rate ranges from 300-4000 and the Tx rate ranges from 30-150.
I'm still completely baffled as to why I would need to pay $90 to have a tech come out and run a speedtest from Speedtest.Verizon.net and tell me everything is fine. (And that speedtest is a bunch of bull**bleep** because I never fail to test 15 ping/80down/45up, but to the same server on a different website...yeah...not so hot, and the length is takes a file to download definitely is not even close to 80down. **bleep**)
If you still need a picture of the ONT, I'll have to import it from my phone and upload it, along with the old VZ wiring I had before I went psycho with the duct tape to make it easier for me.