8 Feb
2013
8 Feb
'13
6:58 p.m.
Jason Baugher wrote:
In a greenfield build, cost difference for plant between PON and active will be negligible for field-based splitters, non-existent for CO-based splitters.
If you choose to have CO-based splitters, you need to have MDF for L1 unbundling, and 1:8 (or 1:4, 1:32 or whatever) optical splitter module for PON, combination of which requires more CO space and money than SS (single star) optical equipment (just MDF).
On the CO-side electronics, however... I think it's safe to say that you can do GPON under $100/port.
Never ignore space and cost of optical splitters required only for PON. Note that the splitters cost even if they are located in field. Masataka Ohta