We are using Planet MGSW-28240F which is <$800. Sterling is using Dell 6224F's which can be found on ebay for about the same. We are also testing Dasan GPON in our latest build, but for 30 homes I don't know if it would make sense.
Gerard On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Matt Brendle < [email protected]> wrote: > What is being used as the multi-port SFP switch at the cabinet/head-end? > Brand/Model/etc > > > > This would be for a cul-de-sac of about 30 homes. > > > > Matt > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jason Pond > *Sent:* Friday, February 06, 2015 4:08 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fiber Buildout Forum > > > > SEE INLINE RED > > 1. Would you be able to make those power points available to the list? I > LEAVE THIS TO STERLING AND CHUCK TO POST > > 2. What all equipment do you actually have at the house? Are you running > the fiber up to the house and then making it the customers responsibility > from there? Or are you running some interior Ethernet cable for people? > So this depends a little on setup but for the most part you need to have > an outside NID box, and maybe outside ONT for a GPON setup, In Sterling's > case he was putting a RB250GS in an outdoor enclosure and ethernet inside > to a WiFi router I think of customer choosing. We are taking a different > approach and putting a RB2011 inside with Fiber going all the way to the > inside of the house and managing the customer router for them. > > 3. Could I get a rough list of what is actually going in the neighborhood > peds? > There are pedestals/vault and cabinets. Inside a peds/vault there is just > fiber maybe a splice case or MST box depending on the design. Cabinets on > the other hand need equipment to do the following: Access to you network > and to feed your network out to the customer. I.E. EDGE/CORE Router hooked > to fiber or wireless devices to receive the internet / network feed and if > you are doing an Active Ethernet setup like Sterling and Chuck Hogg you > need multi-port SFP switches. Each SFP port goes to a customer. Single > fiber to each household / business. > > 4. Are you still able to use Powercode (or whatever you are using for your > wireless customers) for your billing/monitoring/rates? Or did you have to > get a secondary system to handle the fiber customers? > Powercode is just a customer management system w/ billing so yes you can > use it and you can keep track of all of your details in it also. I.E. Tube > # / Color / Fiber strand to which customer and what port they are plugged > into the switch > > 5. How are you keeping track of where your underground facilities are for > years down the road? Are you using GPS coordinates at endpoints and service > connections, measurements off of cross streets, or just planning to be able > to use a locator to find it? > > Some are using google maps, others surveying, we will be using a GPS > tracking software kept in a database tracked through iDevices with GPS > bluetooth "pucks" this will be exported into google maps and KML format > when done for future needs. I will have this system available for use > later in the year with a lot more details after our build gets underway. > > > > Just like in wireless you can skin the cat a million ways everyone has a > different take and we hope to help anywhere we can as our project gets > underway this summer. > > > > > Sincerely, > > Jason Pond > Grizzly Internet, Inc > > > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 5:36 AM, Trevor Bough <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hey guys, I really enjoyed the fiber build out forum and have come up with > a few questions since lunch yesterday: > > 1. Would you be able to make those power points available to the list? > 2. What all equipment do you actually have at the house? Are you running > the fiber up to the house and then making it the customers responsibility > from there? Or are you running some interior Ethernet cable for people? > 3. Could I get a rough list of what is actually going in the neighborhood > peds? > 4. Are you still able to use Powercode (or whatever you are using for your > wireless customers) for your billing/monitoring/rates? Or did you have to > get a secondary system to handle the fiber customers? > 5. How are you keeping track of where your underground facilities are for > years down the road? Are you using GPS coordinates at endpoints and service > connections, measurements off of cross streets, or just planning to be able > to use a locator to find it? > > >
