Dear Shrube!
Generally, the higher the line rate, the higher the required signal quality, and the higher the receive optical power.
For the ONT, if the receiver sensitivity is not lower than the receiver sensitivity, the ONT can be connected to the OLT.
But if the optical power is close to the sensitivity, the signal will be unstable. We recommend that the received optical power of the ONT be greater than the received sensitivity by 3dB and less than the maximum received optical power of 5dB.
Thank you!