The invention is directed to a pluggable module and mounting socket for
use in an optical network terminal (ONT). In particular, the mounting
socket accepts a pluggable module comprising either a dual-section
triplexer card or a single-section diplexer card, thereby allowing a
vendor to selectively change the type of PON transport by simply changing
the diplexer/triplexer pluggable module to support either diplexer or
triplexer applications. The ability to configure the ONT by swapping out
the pluggable diplexer/triplexer module eliminates the need for a
manufacturer to maintain two different versions of the ONT, i.e., with or
without video.