Muni fiber: L1 or L2?

Sun Feb 3 03:57:54 UTC 2013

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Helms" <khelms at zcorum.com>

> Here's the thing, over the time frame your describing you're probably going
> to have to look at more fiber runs just because of growth in areas that you
> didn't build for before. Even if you nail the total growth of homes and
> businesses in your area your chances of getting both the numbers right
> _and_ the locations are pretty slim. Also, you're going to have to replace
> gear no matter where it is core or nodes on a ring. Granted gear that
> lives in a CO can be less expensive but its not that much of a difference
> (~1% of gear costs). Having a ring topology is basically the best way
> we've come up with as of yet to hedge your bets, especially since you
> can extend your ring when you need.

In most cases that's true.  My city, however, is built so close to 100%
that I don't think it matters much.  Over 2500 units per sqmi.

The problem with gear in the ring isn't cost.  It's OAM&P, and upgrades, and
distributed emergency power, and, and, and...

Cheers,
-- jra
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