muni L1 example (WAS: Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?)

Sun Feb 3 22:11:45 UTC 2013

Thanks Scott.  Even if you can't name names, having those points stored 
somewhere searchable is going to help someone build a useful case when
deciding to deploy or not.

On Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 04:55:41PM -0500, Scott Helms wrote:
>    On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 4:38 PM, John Osmon <[1]josmon at rigozsaurus.com>
>    wrote:
> 
>      Scott -- you've brought up *great* info for this thread.  We all know
>      that city/county/state/federal governments sometimes throw money away on
>      boondoggles (as fiber could become).  You've been able to pull from your
>      direct experience to show how this is true.
> 
>      I threw in Idaho Falls because I'm betting it will help someone doing
>      research in the future.  Can you throw out some of the positive
>      examples you've run across?
> 
>    Jason^h^h^h^hohn, the best cases I've seen were all those scenarios where if the muni
>    didn't build the access it simply wouldn't happen.  I've seen lots of
>    different kinds of technologies used ranging from wireless (not 802.11),
>    to DOCSIS cable (this is actually the most common in the US), and fiber.
>     I can't share my customer's names unfortunately, but the successful ones
>    all shared several things in common:
>    1)  They had specific goals and built the network to reach those goals.
>     In all the "good" situations the networks at least pay for themselves and
>    in some places make a small profit.
>    2)  They have personnel dedicated to their broadband offering that are
>    motivated to make it succeed and the city listens to the technical and
>    operational recommendations of that staff.
>    3)  They focus on a relatively small number of products, generally either
>    just L3 services or L3 services and broadcast video (especially for DOCSIS
>    systems).
>    4)  They get their pricing "right".  This last point is perhaps the most
>    important but hardest to do well.
> 
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