Just to be clear, these modules turn any SFP port into the customer side ONT device. The central office OLT still requires a purpose built device to handle the timing smarts to slice up the bandwidth between ONT’s, as I mentioned previously. So you can turn a Mikrotik router/switch/media converter into an ONT with these modules but you will not see Mikrotik on the CO side unless they build a device specifically for PON.
So while really cool this is only a game changer if the price is low. ONT’s from China are already cheap. PC Blaze Broadband From: Paul Conlin [mailto:pcon...@blazebroadband.com] Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 1:17 PM To: 'af@afmug.com' Subject: RE: [AFMUG] Gpon or 10g-pon sfp...when? +1 Wow. Overview The H640SFP is a Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) Stick type ONT in a compact SFP package. The GPON Stick provides a pluggable GPON interface for FTTx and wireless backhaul applications with a compact size and lower power consumption. By being plugged into the L2/L3 switch or CPE with standard SFP uplink port directly, the H640SFP provides a 1.244 Gbps upstream and a 2.488 Gbps downstream data link over a single fiber. Any standard Ethernet SFP switch port can simply convert to a GPON ONT port and interconnect to an existing GPON network with the insertion of the module. Any idea on price? Doesn’t this totally disrupt the GPON ONT market? What am I missing? What is the downside? I love this list. PC Blaze Broadband From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via Af Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 12:53 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Gpon or 10g-pon sfp...when? Wow, I wonder if they have ap notes. From: Gerard Dupont III via Af <mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 10:40 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Gpon or 10g-pon sfp...when? There are actually multiple vendors selling SFP modules with built in EPON/GPON functionality that present themselves as a normal SFP module. I don't know of any for XGPON or any of the newer standards though. http://www.finisar.com/sites/default/files/pdf/FTGN2117P2CUN_FTGN2117P2TUN_GPON_Stick_Pluggable_SFP_ONU_Product_Brief_1_2014_V2.pdf http://www.sfp-xfp.com/products/gpon-stick.html http://www.dasannetworks.com/product_images/H640SFP_20140221220235.pdf Gerard On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Paul Conlin via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: GPON technology is not housed in the SFP module as that is only the laser and diodes. The timing smarts central to GPON is on the board. Not saying Mikrotik couldn’t do it just that it is not a compatibility with a plug-in thing. I don’t know if GPON has been boiled down to a chipset and reference design yet. If so, then it could happen but it still wouldn’t be a plug-in. 10G XGPON 1 and 2 is not likely to be popular until 2016 or so. And then it will still need considerable time to see the prices of the new lasers to come down far enough to make it cost effective for the ONT. So you have a long wait for that one. PC Blaze Broadband From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of TJ Trout via Af Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 3:04 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Gpon or 10g-pon sfp...when? How far away are we from seeing a gpon olt sfp module that would be mikrotik compatible? Would be nice to use a ccr 12s and be able to serve hundreds of customers. Seems like we aren't real close though ?
