Muni fiber: L1 or L2?
Owen DeLong
owen at delong.com
Wed Jan 30 03:11:56 UTC 2013
I would put it differently.
I believe that the entity (muni, county, state, special district, or whatever) should
be required to make dark fiber patches available.
I believe they should be allowed to optionally provide L2 enabled services of various
forms.
I believe that they should be prohibited from engaging in L3+ services.
I believe they should be required to offer more than a MMR type facility in order to
enable cost-effective utilization by smaller providers. There are a number of ways
this can be accomplished without necessarily requiring the muni to get into anything
complicated.
Owen
On Jan 29, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Leo Bicknell <bicknell at ufp.org> wrote:
> In a message written on Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:54:26PM -0500, Jay Ashworth wrote:
>> Hmmm. I tend to be a Layer-2-available guy, cause I think it lets smaller
>> players play. Does your position (likely more deeply thought out than
>> mine) permit Layer 2 with Muni ONT and Ethernet handoff, as long as clients
>> are *also* permitted to get a Layer 1 patch to a provider in the fashion you
>> suggest?
>
> No, and there's good reason why, I'm about to write a response to Owen
> that will also expand on why.
>
> There are a number of issues with the muni running the ONT:
>
> - Muni now has to have a different level of techs and truck rolls.
> - The Muni MMR now is much more complex, requiring power (including
> backup generators, etc) and likely 24x7 staff as a result.
> - The muni-ont will limit users to the technologies the ONT supports.
> If you want to spin up 96x10GE WDM your 1G ONT won't allow it.
> - The optic cost is not significantly different if the muni buys them
> and provides lit L2, or if the service/provider user provides them.
>
> The muni should sell L1 patches to anyone in the MMR. Note, this
> _includes_ two on-net buildings. So if your work and home are connected
> to the same muni-MMR you could order a patch from one to the other.
> It may now be max ~20km, so you'll need longer reach optics, but if you
> want to stand up 96x10GE WDM you're good to go.
>
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