FTTx Active-Ethernet Hardware

Tue Feb 10 15:05:48 UTC 2015

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
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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

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Ray Patrick Soucy
Network Engineer
University of Maine System

T: 207-561-3526
F: 207-561-3531

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