There are so many ways you can implement an Open Access network, you could probably write a whole book on the topic. It all basically comes down to what political goals are set and what the financial limitations are.
Generally you can classify Open Access networks based on how many layers there are: - Passive layer - Active layer - Service layer Each layer may have it's own entity running the show, or not. Typically these are called Infrastructure Operator, Communications Operator and Service Operator if they are separate. Depending on which layers are separate and which are combined, different products are offered to ISPs: - infrastructure: right of way, duct, pole spaces,... - passive: dark fiber, wavelengths, splitter/mux ports, feeders, drops,... - active: lit fiber, bitstream services, transport, backhaul, ... - services: L2/L3 services, portals, billing, customer service,... Different models are all over the map. Some are totally turnkey, others require you build your own drops. To get a feel for the different models, look at how Open Access is done in a few countries such as the US, Australia, New Zealand Singapore and Sweden. Jared Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 From: "Christopher Gray" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] Open Networks What you picture an "open" residential fiber network looks like? Any examples of government funded / owned systems and how ISPs are allowed to operate on that system? In a basic configuration, I see: Data Center <-transport-> Town Central Office <-FTTH-> Customer [I picture the network operator managing the system and its hardware, and an ISP would gain access to a connection from the Data Center to the Customer for a fixed price. The ISP would be provided with a QinQ tunnel that would be untagged at the customer location. Any identified outages or service requests would be provided to the network operator. If a new customer wanted service, the ISP would contact the network operator and the appropriate contractor would complete the installation.] Am I missing something, or what other was would such a network typically be run?-- 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
