The sales pitches I've seen push the "green" aspect, you use a lot less power with PON than you do running a bunch of SFP switches, plus reduced install costs and cable management without all the full home runs. But you only save money with really big installs from what I've seen.
-- IgniteNet ca...@ignitenet.com www.ignitenet.com We're hiring! Ping me. On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: > But Why? I understand Long haul PON for FTTH, to conserve miles and > miles of trunk fiber, but why in a building? Instead of having a single > device (a switch) you now have active hardware all over the building to > manage and maintain (And power). > > > On 6/23/2015 10:08 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > PON looks to be where people are going for fiber to the desktop. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > Midwest Internet Exchange > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Nate Burke" <n...@blastcomm.com> <n...@blastcomm.com> > *To: *"Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com> <af@afmug.com> > *Sent: *Tuesday, June 23, 2015 9:49:14 AM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why? > > We just had a new public library built here in town. The entire LAN > infrastructure is built on PON using the Tellabs ONT's. > http://www01.tellabs.com/products/tellabs1100ont.shtml I've briefly > looked around their site, and read some case studies, but Why would you > choose PON infrastructure in a single building? From what I can tell, > you still have to run CAT 5 to the ONT for power, and the 4 port units > (which I saw several around the library) have a wall-wort and a power > switch. I'm having trouble wrapping my head around the concept, other > than someone make a slick presentation, and someone else got a nice > payoff. I wouldn't be surprised of the Latter, every single 120v outlet > in the building is a 20A duplex receptacle with USB Ports (~$30 each) > > > > >
