That's the main reason, and it branches into upgradeability. If a new 30-house subdivision appears in a field a few miles from your headend, and you have a spare 10 strands going out there, you only need to use 2-3 strands instead of running new 48-strand cable the whole way.
On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 1:53 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > So, other than the obvious strand count advantages, why would you use this > vs active ethernet? > > *From:* Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi] > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:04 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti Ufiber > > > It works fine. We have it in 2 subdivisions. > It is brain dead simple to configure. > > Since it “Just Works” there isn’t a lot to configure. The ONU (cpe) can > run in bridge or router mode. I’m not sure what the routing/NAT speeds are > capable of but it will do 1G in bridge mode without breaking a sweat. > > > > Jim Bouse > Owner - Brazos WiFi > 979-985-5912 > http://www.brazoswifi.com > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Jason McKemie > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:17 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <Af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Ubiquiti Ufiber > > > > Does anyone actually have this equipment in a production environment? I > have a test setup, just haven't heard much discussion about it so I thought > I'd check with the group. > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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