If you're looking to do a few houses per mile, it's very likely that fiber doesn't make sense at all.
On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 9:24 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm looking at rural areas (like a few houses per mile). As I'm looking > at hypothetical power budgets for PON, I'm finding that if I run the line > down the road and put splitters on the pole I can split 5-6 times and then > I'm getting too low on db to keep going down the road. At 5 or so houses > per port, a 1U, 8 port ONT is no denser than a 1U switch. > > Your stated reasons for PON are all correct. The numbers just aren't > seeming to work out for me. > > I also figure if I install enough fibers for AE, I can still switch to PON > some day if I want to. > > We would never max out the PON port, but looking back on the past 15 years > of growth in consumption I wonder if I should ever say "never". In AE I can > put 100Gig in every house if I have to. I'll "never" have to do that as > far as I can imagine, but my imagination could be limited. > > -Adam > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Josh Reynolds" <j...@kyneticwifi.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: 2/11/2018 9:28:34 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Outdoor PON OLT > > 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 <ch...@wbmfg.com> 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:* af@afmug.com >> *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 <af...@ics-il.net> 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" <j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> >>> *To: *af@afmug.com >>> *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 >>> >>> >> >> > >
