FTTx Active-Ethernet Hardware

[ammar at fastreturn.net (Ammar Zuberi)]

Hi,

Here in Dubai they have a wide FTTH deployment (almost 80% of homes and offices) with almost no copper in the service provider networks.

They use these Planet devices in every deployment I've taken a look at so far.

Ammar

> On 10 Feb 2015, at 6:42 pm, Ray Soucy <rps at maine.edu> wrote:
> 
> Price and functionality-wise Planet MGSW-28240F and GSD-1020S look
> pretty close to what I'm looking for.  Anyone have real experience
> with using them on a large scale?  Performance?
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:
>> Check out Mikrotik, Planet and TP-Link.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> Mike Hammett
>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>> http://www.ics-il.com
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>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 
>> From: "Ray Soucy" <rps at maine.edu>
>> To: "NANOG" <nanog at nanog.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 7:31:22 AM
>> Subject: FTTx Active-Ethernet Hardware
>> 
>> One thing I'm personally interested in is the growth of municipal FTTx
>> that's starting to happen around the US and possibly applying that
>> model to highly rural areas (e.g. 10 mile long town with no side
>> streets, existing utility polls, 250 or so homes) and doing a
>> realistic cost analysis of what that would take.
>> 
>> What options are out there for Active-Ethernet hardware. Ideally
>> something that could handle G.8032 and 802.1ad in hardware for the
>> distribution side (24 or 48-port SFP metro switch) and something
>> inexpensive for the access side but still managed (e.g. a 4-port
>> switch with an SFP uplink supporting Q-in-Q).
>> 
>> I'm really looking for something cheap to keep costs down for a
>> proof-of-concept. The stuff from Cisco and even Ciena is a bit more
>> expensive than my target.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Ray Patrick Soucy
>> Network Engineer
>> University of Maine System
>> 
>> T: 207-561-3526
>> F: 207-561-3531
>> 
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Ray Patrick Soucy
> Network Engineer
> University of Maine System
> 
> T: 207-561-3526
> F: 207-561-3531
> 
> MaineREN, Maine's Research and Education Network
> www.maineren.net