Muni Fiber Last Mile - a contrary opinion

Frank Bulk - iName.com frnkblk at iname.com
Mon Dec 27 03:35:19 UTC 2010


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owen DeLong [mailto:owen at delong.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 9:11 PM
> To: Jared Mauch
> Cc: NANOG
> Subject: Re: Muni Fiber Last Mile - a contrary opinion
>
> On Dec 26, 2010, at 4:37 PM, Jared Mauch wrote:
>
> > You are likely already at the mercy of some local hut for your dialtone.
> Very few things home run to the co these days. It's unlikely any hut has
> more than 24 hours of battery.
> >
> I know this is true where FTTN overlays have been built. However, in the
> majority of California, at least, that is still more the exception than
> the
> rule and there is usually a Cat-3 Copper home-run for local dialtone.

[Frank Bulk]
Here in the midwest each and every of the telcos that I've talked to or
worked with feeds dialtone for their DSL customers from the same equipment
that serves the DSL.  To do otherwise would require a splitter shelf in each
node.

>
> > I have talked to local techs that make the same trip each shift to fuel
> the generator during regular or minor power outages. Anything major,
> expect the service to die.
> >
> If nothing else, I expect various other components in the system (trunk
> overload, switch dialtone exhaustion, etc.)
> in anything major anyway.
>
> However, 24 hours of dialtone after something happens still exceeds the
> average cablemodem duration after the
> power flickers.

[Frank Bulk]
Some MSOs (including ourselves) have power systems (e.g. Alpha) in place
throughout the plant to provide backup power for at least some time.






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