Can I replace optical terminal HN8010Ts (XGS-PON) with a GPON Device?

Hello everyone,

I recently became a T-mobile Thuis Internet customer and T-Mobile sent me a package with Huawei ONT device, model HN8010Ts which features XGS-PON technology. Unfortunately T-Mobile does not have an alternative option other than this.

I understand that I can replace my ONT device with my own device (UFiber LOCO), however, after several trials of registering my ONT’s serial number by customer service I still can not get Internet connection with it. I also tried cloning HN8010T’s SN, MAC address to mine, but again that did not succeed.

So I am thinking if I miss something here, do I need to pass authentication by PLOAM password? If so, where can I find them?

Secondly, I then notice my device features GPON but not the one mentioned above XGS-PON, I have little knowledge to the terms but I understand these two have different downstream/upstream speeds. I wonder if this is the reason why I cannot replace HN8010Ts my own one.

If this is true, then what kind of device (Brand & Model) do you use to replace the device from Huawei?