He may be looking for alternative vendors as well. :-)
Zhone has inexpensive CPE hardware. I have a few in my home lab. You can deploy
them for a few 100 on the cheap if you already have SMF available. (just under
$300 for everything).
Jared Mauch
On Jul 12, 2012, at 4:56 AM, Chris Kawchuk
My experience with Zhone (the MALC and their ONTs) was that it was
quite easy to get working and didn't rely on any kind of proprietary
management software which is always a risk when playing in those
areas. Web configuration UI on the ONT was not the most awesome thing
in the world, but it
