I got rid of their gateway a long time ago and just plugged my router directly into the Ethernet cable from the ONT

Should be an Ethernet cable… At least that’s what mine uses. Might be able to run an Ethernet cable from the ONT into where your router is, if they didn’t use the Ethernet cable. if it’s missing the Ethernet port, maybe a new ONT box too? That’s at least my setup…

Sounds to me like it’s just part of the course to get you “introduced” to things you may venture into and using it as a tool to play with for you to get familiar with things

I totally hear ya on that! If it were me I’d be trying everything even natural remedies / holistic / etc

It’s crazy how they have “cures” for basically everything but cancer… Science for ya… Profits for ya…

And yeah, these big tech companies have really monopolized. There’s nearly no way to outperform them and they know it

Wish you well :/