When we were at the FTTH show a couple years ago they were showing these for enterprise. https://svnw1.tellabs.com/library/enterprise/products/ont-series/Tellabs_100_Series_Mini_Optical_Network_Terminals_(ONTs).pdf
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > I agree. Does such a creature exist? > > *From:* Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:01 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why? > > Do they have just a standard PON box at each desktop? If so, that's > critically stupid. PON to the wall is friggin dumb. PON to an SFP in the > machine is what they should be doing. > > > > ----- > 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> > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:44:14 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why? > > If the Desktop NIC can talk directly to the PON, that totally makes > sense. But why run PON to the wall/Cube just to terminate into RJ45 that > you still have to power? And you're still going to have Wifi AP's/VoIP > handsets that will require power at the endpoint (one could argue, at every > desk that has a PON connection), which unless they have some magic, I don't > think can be powered via Fiber. Tellabs seems to be pushing PON to the > Wall, I haven't seen any mention of PON to the desktop in the literature > (the little that I looked at on the Tellabs site). I understand how a > proposal can be presented so that that the 'suits' will be really impressed > to near wetting themselves with $1000's of savings, but from an actual > usage standpoint, I seems like it still has some hurdles to overcome. > Remember, this is a corporate LAN environment, where you control everything > down to the Users PC experience, not a BYOD to plug into a PON. > > > > > On 6/23/2015 10:26 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > 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 > > <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" mailto:n...@blastcomm.com <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 > > <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" mailto:n...@blastcomm.com <n...@blastcomm.com> > *To: *"Animal Farm" mailto: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) > > > > > > > > > >
