We have done 3 cabinets with cheapo AE (planet switches) and two sites with cheapo GPON(ZTE). We will be continuing to deploy GPON going forward.
For us, the biggest advantage are ability to use small strand count cable which saves cost on material and also lets you serve a larger radius from a cabinet with the same size feeder cables (same # of strands in cabinet). And larger radius served means less power feeds to pay for and worry about backup power for. We push the strand savings to the extreme using the optical tap split method, and often serve many miles of homes using 18 cents per foot 12F drop cable. On Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 3:04 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > If you have one strand going out there, you hang a switch and give all 30 > homes active E. > > Each home needs a drop. > So you have to connect the drop to either a splitter or an SFP. > > With AE you will have to power the switch but then you have no shared > bandwidth, it has market cache vs shared bandwidth old fashioned GPON etc... > > > > *From:* Colin Stanners > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:57 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti Ufiber > > That's the main reason, and it branches into upgradeability. If a new > 30-house subdivision appears in a field a few miles from your headend, and > you have a spare 10 strands going out there, you only need to use 2-3 > strands instead of running new 48-strand cable the whole way. > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 1:53 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So, other than the obvious strand count advantages, why would you use >> this vs active ethernet? >> >> *From:* Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:04 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti Ufiber >> >> >> It works fine. We have it in 2 subdivisions. >> It is brain dead simple to configure. >> >> Since it “Just Works” there isn’t a lot to configure. The ONU (cpe) can >> run in bridge or router mode. I’m not sure what the routing/NAT speeds are >> capable of but it will do 1G in bridge mode without breaking a sweat. >> >> >> >> Jim Bouse >> Owner - Brazos WiFi >> 979-985-5912 >> http://www.brazoswifi.com >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Jason McKemie >> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:17 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Ubiquiti Ufiber >> >> >> >> Does anyone actually have this equipment in a production environment? I >> have a test setup, just haven't heard much discussion about it so I thought >> I'd check with the group. >> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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