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Waiting for results of the wireless test which may tell us the problem instead of guessing
I appreciate all your advice. I checked the routers firmware and it's the latest version. I guess I'll live with it for a while. I don't think I can use a non Verizon Fios router.
Yes you can use your own equipment with FiOS.
3 Ways to Use Your Own Router With Verizon FiOS - wikiHow
Use Own Router with FiOS ONT Ethernet | Grounded Reason
If you want a decent Access Point that can behave as its own Wifi router, look at the Engenius EAP-1750H. EAP1750H Indoor Access Point | EnGenius With POE, you can place the power in the ONT cabinet or near it and just run Cat-6 to where you want to mount the AP. I have used that model and it had a range up to 150 feet at 7mbps with U-Verse service that I used it on. In the house I was getting great speeds with all devices that connected. Just make sure to use Channel 3 for Wireless-n @ 2.4ghz and Channel 149 for Wireless-AC (40 Channel bandwidth with 2.4ghz/80 Channel Bandwidth with 5ghz).