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Originally Posted by glatt

The coaxial cable goes to a separate wireless router supplied by Verizon. ... The previously mentioned ground wire is clamped to a nearby pipe that goes from our boiler to an upstairs radiator.

That seems to be the more common installations. Earlier installations put that FIOS to copper interface box outside the house.

That ground wire is improperly connected. Grounding to any pipes is no longer acceptable - a code violation. A ground wire must attach to the same rod that also services or served the AC electric box, cable, and old phone ground.

No longer acceptable is dumping electricity into any pipe. Any ground connection to pipes is only to remove fault currents from those pipes. The connection to existing AC electric ground must be via a dedicated wire; not through pipes.

Anything that can conduct electricity must be safety grounded which is one reason why FIOS boxes have a dedicated safety ground wire.

No cable TV on the FIOS installation?

For convenience, write the WiFi broadcast name and WEP code on a sticky label located near the assembly where that information is easily read without moving any boxes.

This sounds like the new FIOS standard hardware. No longer see new installations with the FIOS interface modem outside the house.