@feld
I mean, from what I've been reading (and it worked) is that service is tied to the ont, not to the router so it makes sense that they'd phase it out since it wasn't doing anything.
I tried my old router in the service and it worked and returned the same IP as the newer router. Which matches what I've read that you could buy keys.
It may need the eap to start after a power cycle. I'm running a capture to see time between eap packets now.