Usually OLT optics are UPC.  What are you plugging in to?

Customer side is APC though.

On Mon, Oct 5, 2026 at 8:27 PM Jason McKemie <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks everyone.
>
> I'm converting it for better and more unified management/monitoring as
> well as elimination of a powered cabinet in the field.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:22 PM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I don't have any PON in the field, only Active, but I'm curious why
>> you're converting your active network to a PON network? Network
>> Management?  Future Scalability with existing fiber? What's driving the
>> switch.  I'm genuinely curious.
>>
>> On 10/5/2026 3:53 PM, Jason McKemie wrote:
>> > I have an active optical network that I would like to convert to PON.
>> > Unfortunately, the connectors at the cabinet are all UPC. Am I asking
>> > for a headache if I connect those customers via an APC to UPC cable vs
>> > re-splicing everything at the cabinet? The lengths from the cabinet to
>> > the customer locations are all less than a mile. I'll be splicing on a
>> > new APC connector at the customer locations.
>> >
>>
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