2 Feb
2013
2 Feb
'13
5:19 a.m.
On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 04:43:56PM -0800, Leo Bicknell wrote:
The only place PON made any sense to me was extreme rural areas. If you could go 20km to a splitter and then hit 32 homes ~1km away (52km fiber pair length total), that was a win. If the homes are 2km from the CO, 32 pair (64km fiber pair length total) of home runs was cheaper than the savings on fiber, and then the cost of GPON splitters and equipment. I'm trying to figure out if my assessment is correct or not...
Is there any specific reason why muni networks don't use 1-10 GBit fiber mesh, using L3 switches in DSLAMs on every street corner?