For a period a lot of FTTH deployments put ONTs in the garage. As some of those networks upgraded CPE ONTs and integrating ONTs into their residential gateways,

For a period a lot of FTTH deployments put ONTs in the garage. As some of those networks upgraded CPE ONTs and integrating ONTs into their residential gateways, they often didn't bother actually bringing those fiber runs into the house. I wouldn't say this is incredibly common though, it really depends on which network and when the original install took place.