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From: "Jean-Francois Mezei" <jfmezei_nanog@vaxination.ca>
Is last mile infrastructure really considered "internet" ? If a GPON system operates as layer 2, it provides no internet connectivity, no IP routing and would/should not implement any IP use policies such as throttling etc. About the only traffic management it would do is provide separate garanteed bandwidth channel for VoIP. (or via QoS)
If the last mile is sold only as wholesale (as is the case for Australian NBN), then it is up to each private service provider who buys access to reach homes to implement IP policies and connect to the internet, provide services such as DHCP etc.
Though I wouldn't pick GPON over home-run, yes, that's roughly the point I and another poster were trying to make in earlier replies: If you're at layer 1, and arguably at layer 2, then move-add-change on physical patches / VLAN assignments is all you would need to log, since you don't actually touch "real traffic". One of the major arguments in favor of doing it that way. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274