For me, troubleshooting a problem with a link is a huge advantage of AE. You could just do a splitter at the cabinet with PON and get a lot of the same advantages - then the only advantage PON has is power usage though.
On Wednesday, August 29, 2018, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> wrote: > Not mentioned, but the other HUGE advantage of AE is that you're able to > use a huge variety of equipment. The amount of stuff out there that you can > do AE with vs GPON is like a 90:1 ratio. I have an AE setup using a > datacenter-grade Arista 7148 capable of 1/10GbE to the customer and it was > a very affordable switch to purchase. > > You can use all sorts of ex-datacenter equipment and things that were > designed for corporate LAN aggregation and leaf/spline architecture, > repurposed for AE residential. With GPON you have maybe ten realistic > choices of equipment vendors. > > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 1:36 PM Mark - Myakka Technologies < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Chuck, >> >> My 0.02 >> >> First of all we would have to determine what type of AE we are talking >> about. Are we talking a managed system like calix, zhone, etc with AE >> cards in them using their respective OLT's? Or, are we talking about the >> DIY stacking 48 port switches on top of each other and throwing some >> mikrotiks out there? >> >> Also, we need to talk about density? How many customers are we talking? >> AE is fine for smaller build outs, but doesn't scale well. The one big >> advantage of AE over GPON is distance. You can economically run 4x as far >> on AE as GPON. The best we can do on our GPON system is about 30km if we >> us a Class C+ laser. >> >> Using my test cage as an example. This is a 4U cage with 7 slots. If I >> use seven 8port cards, that gives me a maximum of 1792 customers in a 4U >> space. That is 1792 customers powered by one redundant power supply >> system. Also, that is 56 fiber cables running from the cage to the patch >> panel. >> >> If I do AE on the 4U cage using 7 AE cards, I can get 140 customers in >> the same space. About the same power requirements, but I'm using 140 fiber >> cables at this point. >> >> Now if I move the the DIY AE system maybe I can get 48 per 1U. That will >> give me 192 AE customers in a 4U space. But now I'm dealing with either 4 >> or 8 power plugs. Not to mention 192 individual fiber jumpers to keep >> track of. >> >> >> Now there once was an argument that with AE, one could guarantee 1G >> speeds at each port. I don't think that argument holds much water >> anymore. With GPON you can sell 1G download speeds at 16 to 1 ratio. 10G >> GPON is available now where you can down to 3 to 1 ration. I believe >> there is even a 40G GPON so to be available. >> >> AE's advantage is distance and it being AE. For example being it is AE >> you can interrupt fiber run with a wireless link if needed, can't do that >> with GPON. >> >> >> "If you have one strand going out there, you hang a switch and give all >> 30 homes active E". That is great, but now you have to have a cabinet that >> needs power and BBU. You are sharing a 1G , unless you you pop for a 10G >> laser. Under GPON, you just go out and pop in a 1x32 splitter and off you >> go. No cabinet or power needed. >> >> >> At the end of the day the individual has to look at the pro/cons of each >> system and figure out the right tool for the job. >> >> >> *-- Best regards, Mark *mailto:[email protected] >> <[email protected]> >> >> >> *Myakka Technologies, Inc. *www.MyakkaTech.com >> >> >> >> >> >> *------ Wednesday, August 29, 2018, 2:52:22 PM, you 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 >> >
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