I did forget to mention that I'm firmly on the side of activeE being the best choice, for one big reason... You can use all kinds of SFP-based equipment (24/48-port 1U switches) or chassis based switches and routers with 24/48-port blades from a huge variety of manufacturers.
There's a lot of 48-port SFP stuff out there on the grey/refurb/used market that came out of datacenters, and no longer meets the bandwidth needs for people who are doing 10GbE (or 2x10GbE) to each bare metal hypervisor. But that same equipment is perfect for activeE. Same idea as a Cisco 3750G-48 is no longer enough bandwidth for 1000BaseT to the server in colo environments, but is perfect for MDU use. GPON/EPON/whateverPON is all a mess of manufacturer proprietary CPEs and non-interoperable stuff. Whereas with activeE and a real ethernet port for each customer you can use $30 media converters as your demarc. On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Andreas Wiatowski <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi all, > > Looking to do my first ftth for about 110 homes. > If I do active, what switch platform would you use for sfp in cabinet and > in home router/cabinet. > > If GPon, what vendor would you choose that is cost effective/reliable > > I understand the full limitations of GPon.. But I feel it is an attractive > proposition compared to active... And the few systems I have seen have a > road map to faster olt access. > > Cheers, > > ______________________________ > > Andreas Wiatowski | CEO > > Silo Wireless Inc. > > Email [email protected] > > 19 Sage Court > > Brantford, Ontario N3R 7T4 (CANADA) > > Tel +1.519.449.5656 Extension-600|Fax +1.519.449.5536 |Toll Free > +1.866.727.4138 >
