CPE/NID options

Thu Nov 23 05:38:11 UTC 2023

We are using EX2300-C’s, they do the trick very well. Fanless, flexible mounting options, dual 10G feeds, and a nice price point. 

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> On Nov 22, 2023, at 22:44, Ross Tajvar <ross at tajvar.io> wrote:
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> I'm evaluating CPEs for one of my clients, a regional ISP. Currently, we're terminating the customer's service (L3) on our upstream equipment and extending it over our own fiber to the customer's premise, where it lands in a Juniper EX2200 or EX2300.
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> At a previous job, I used Accedian's ANTs on the customer prem side. I like the ANT because it has a small footprint with only 2 ports, it's passively cooled, it's very simple to operate, it's controlled centrally, etc. Unfortunately, when I reached out to Accedian, they insisted that the controller (which is required) started at $30k, which is a non-starter for us.
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> I'm not aware of any other products like this. Does anyone have a recommendation for a simple L2* device to deploy to customer premises? Not necessarily the exact same thing, but something similarly-featured would be ideal.
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> *I'm not sure if the ANT is exactly "layer 2", but I don't know what else to call it.