PON to the desktop would only have active gear in the NOC and in the device. Everything between is passive.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Burke" <n...@blastcomm.com> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:16:36 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why? 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 Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Burke" <n...@blastcomm.com> To: "Animal Farm" <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)
