Probably, since you're in a house. For my apartment they drilled a hole high in the wall for the wire from the pole to get into my place. Then they stapled down the wire along the wall base to the final location, with the wire going directly into the modem and cutting an extra wire to connect from the modem to your computer/router/whatever.
That's what happened in my last apartment in Chicago. I was told the building was "Comcast only" and then realized there was no wires or outlets for cable/internet. Call up Comcast and they do all the nitty gritty work. Poor guy had to struggle lining the cable from outside in a tight alley and tuck it in between the top of the wall and the roof in my extremely high ceiling building. He said it was one of the worst installs he had to do
You need a cable modem. A DSL one won't work. Also buy over rent. Much cheaper.
Alternately, setup a bridge (a device/router that connects via Wifi, then supplies local wired connections).
Is Fios is a cable modem system?
After you purchased your modem. Were you able to cancel rental fee? I have just installed a Comcast modem with a year lease rental?We're on Comcast Business class, but I still went with my own modem, picked up a 6121 for <$40, my rental fee was $12/month, so that was quickly offset (and I've had zero technical issues).
That router is probably _ok_ (not all routers are created equal, from specs, to "real" throughput, features, etc.) Your suggested setup is exactly what you'll want to do:
coax -> cable_modem -> router -> wired_wireless_connectivity
If you want/need ethernet (wired) connections to a few machines/devices, you could do those cable runs yourself, it's pretty simple.
We've got a router, a couple of switches (8-port on the AV system with 6 ports being used), a range extender here at the homestead
Why are you forced to rent from Comcast. I don't think they can force you to rent theirs.
