FTTx Active-Ethernet Hardware

[ammar at fastreturn.net (Ammar Zuberi)]

Hi,

Generally, I havenâ??t seen many issues. I see our home Internet slow down once in a while, but I doubt its anything to do with the Planet devices but more so with the way the provider operates their network.

Ammar

> On Feb 10, 2015, at 7:05 PM, Ray Soucy <rps at maine.edu> wrote:
> 
> Thank you, this is useful information.  From your perspective as a
> user, do things seem fairly stable?
> 
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Ammar Zuberi <ammar at fastreturn.net> wrote:
>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----
>>>> Mike Hammett
>>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>>> http://www.ics-il.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ----- 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
>>>> 
>>>> MaineREN, Maine's Research and Education Network
>>>> www.maineren.net
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 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
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 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