Thanks … The model we tested was the ZTE H268A specifically … the answer for the DMTF tones was that there wasn’t anyone in North America using the voice portion yet and they could develop it but I was a bit shocked they would send it to us when only “half” of it works ..
The unit wasn’t horrible or anything …. the UI was a bit flaky and stuff….. but when compared to others that we use today it just simply didn’t perform as well (short version) Paul > On Apr 15, 2017, at 7:06 PM, PE R <hillrunner...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Doesn't hurt to give the newer stuff a shot and possibly save some CAPEX. :) > (And the newer ZTE VDSL2 products are deployed and/or in trials along with > the G.fast products with operators throughout the US.) > > The DTMF tones are simply a matter of getting the software updated if the > product's going to be sold in the US. ZTE's deployed by Tier 1s in EU along > APAC, etc. -- a couple of the analyst groups rank them as the #1 HGW vendor > worldwide. > > Do you remember what RG you were using? An ADSL RG? Only a handful of > vendors did triple play on those products and they all had issues for the > first few years of the technology without naming names. > > An ATA was typically -- for most ADSL RGs -- a separate device where the > triple play boxes had the FXS (analog) chip integrated into the system. > > Since everything on a PON system, outside of the customer LAN > (Wifi/POTS/GigE), is EMS based, the EMS is pretty much 1:1 with other systems > based on feedback since you're managing the L2/L3 network WAN traffic, the > PON and the PON & Layer 2 portion of the ONT. > > > > > > > From: Paul Stewart <p...@paulstewart.org> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2017 3:39 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Calix E7-2 vs AdTran, Zhone, or? > > Much prefer Adtran TA5000 stuff personally …. haven’t used ZTE for FTTH but > tested some of their other gear such as ATA combo modem (dsl) and ran into a > lot of grief with it. It “feels” super cheap and the UI had a lot to be > desired (and simply lacked needed features like North American DTMF tones etc) > > Calix I liked better when it was Occam …. newer stuff though (E7) I have > talked to several folks and they like it … > >> On Apr 14, 2017, at 7:48 PM, PE R <hillrunner...@yahoo.com >> <mailto:hillrunner...@yahoo.com>> wrote: >> >> Or ZTE. Just came away from the NTCA show and our products compete >> exceptionally well. >> >> Options include indoor ONT w/ BBU or outdoor. >> >> >> From: Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> >> To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> >> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 6:02 PM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Calix E7-2 vs AdTran, Zhone, or? >> >> Like to compare with outdoor ONT with a battery backed power supply at the >> home with 1 POTS line. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mark - Myakka Technologies >> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 2:07 PM >> To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Calix E7-2 vs AdTran, Zhone, or? >> >> Chuck, >> >> On the OLT side it will vary depending on how many cards we put in the >> cage and how many people we actually put on a port. >> >> Best case fully populate cage with 32 users per port that will handle >> 1792 customers about $34 per user. >> >> In reality, a cage with 3 slots and an average of 25 users per port for >> a total of about 600 users would be about $29 per user. >> >> This does not include a 48v power plant to run the cage. But as you >> know the price per user on a port is not very much at all and slightly >> varis based on density. >> >> Hardware on the customer side for an ONT, BBU, splice case, etc. Not >> including labor or drop will range from a low of about $250 to about >> $450 depending on if we use an indoor verses outdoor ONT, 2 vs 4 pots, >> etc. >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Mark mailto:m...@mailmt.com >> <mailto:m...@mailmt.com> >> >> Myakka Technologies, Inc. >> www.MyakkaTech.com <http://www.myakkatech.com/> >> >> Proud Sponsor of the Myakka City Relay For Life >> http://www.RelayForLife.org/MyakkaCityFL >> <http://www.relayforlife.org/MyakkaCityFL> >> >> Please Donate at Please Donate at http://www.myakkatech.com/RFL.html >> <http://www.myakkatech.com/RFL.html> >> ------ >> >> Friday, April 14, 2017, 3:38:54 PM, you wrote: >> >> cwc> Just like to compare apples to apples with Calix. >> >> cwc> -----Original Message----- >> cwc> From: Mark - Myakka Technologies >> cwc> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 1:19 PM >> cwc> To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> >> cwc> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Calix E7-2 vs AdTran, Zhone, or? >> >> cwc> Chuck, >> >> cwc> not personally. Those numbers are available to me. I've been so >> cwc> busy lately, I haven't had time to look at them. I know the numbers >> cwc> are reasonable. We are about 4 months from finishing the project we >> cwc> are working on now. When that is done, I'm going to sit down and >> cwc> compare estimated to actual. >> >> >> > > >
