A few reasons... Port cost is still fairly high.
More splicing. More fiber required. Larger chassis required. More power required. More battery backup required. Consumers not even close to using up 1-2 generations back of PON capacity in most places. On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 7:53 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > So, why do PON and not active in these super cheap optics days? > > *From:* Chuck Hogg > *Sent:* Sunday, February 11, 2018 6:10 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Outdoor PON OLT > > We are walking away from them and Alphion...I think Mark's product with > Zhone is different. > > Regards, > Chuck > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 2:29 PM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think Chuck Hogg walked far away from DASAN... or maybe it was DASAN >> that rescued them from the one they walked far away form. I don't remember >> which. ;-) >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> >> >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Jason McKemie" <[email protected]> >> *To: *[email protected] >> *Sent: *Tuesday, February 6, 2018 4:35:53 PM >> *Subject: *[AFMUG] Outdoor PON OLT >> >> In light of finding out that Calix's offering is not going to be anywhere >> near within budget, does anyone else have any other suggestions? >> >> I found these guys, but have never heard of them: >> http://www.richerlink.com/en/products.asp?ClassID=116 >> >> It looks like DASAN also has an option - I've at least heard of them: >> http://www.dasannetworks.com/product_images/V5806_20140520174927.pdf >> >> -Jason >> >> > >
