I’ve used this guy a couple times,  Use your favorite switch/POE switch and  viola PON network using switches.  Pretty sure it doesn’t work with Zhone… But Zhone is #88 in my list of PON vendor choices ;)

https://supportforums.adtran.com/docs/DOC-8697

From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Ben Cannon
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 2:11 PM
To: Nick Bogle
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: A few GPON questions...

Rip it out.  

Where are your splitters? You can probably fix this with PoE 8-port switches and UPS-es.   

Every day you wait will cost more.

You will never get 25 years out of this, I predict 6mos and then you rip it completely and put in copper/IDFs.

-Ben

On Dec 11, 2018, at 1:04 PM, Nick Bogle <nick@bogle.se> wrote:

Unfortunately management didn't want an apple to apple comparison. They wanted a comparison to how it was spec'd out originally not how we typically deploy it now. I don't think this is a deal breaker for my job, we have 50+ buildings left to manage, and our contractor is responsible for maintaining it for the most part for the next year at minimum. The previous management (CIO/CTO/their assistants) were pretty much fired over this fiasco. New management is much better to deal with.

On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 12:35 PM Alfie Pates <alfie@fdx.services> wrote:

>The cost analysis was already done.

>Costs were not factored in for BBUs on every ONT like should have been spec'd out for emergency phone lines. 

These two things do not quite agree. 

Update your CV - It is not your responsibility to shoulder the stress of your superiors' bad decisions, especially if you have no room to learn from those mistakes. 

~a