It’s just an RF overlay on the fiber plant carrying the video portion. It’s one way toward the customer.
Mark > On Mar 30, 2018, at 8:27 AM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There's a cable operator I know of who is using RFoG. There's apparently an > RFoG ONU they install in/on the house, and then they use the same cable > modems and STB's they use with their coax service. > > I imagine it would only make sense if you're wanting to re-use an existing > cable head end, but I haven't looked into it deeply. > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Jon Lee" <j...@off-gridnetworks.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: 3/29/2018 11:28:37 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] A Stupid coax question > >> It would make it even easier for me when people come over from Hughes Net. >> Right now I just use their coax as a cable pull. >> >> Jon Lee >> Off-Grid Networks >> >>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 2:37 PM, Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: >>> Like i said, it was a stupid idea. I'm all on board the fiber train, but >>> having had some rodent just eat through the fiber cable going to the top >>> (on the tower side of the service loop), I was longing for something that I >>> could just patch back together. >>> >>> >>>> On 3/29/2018 1:48 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote: >>>> For once I agree with Mike, lol, I think Teletronics had a coax to >>>> Ethernet cabling solution catered to hotels and hospitals. Long ago. >>>> >>>> Jaime Solorza >>>> >>>>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 11:37 AM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: >>>>> If we're changing methods, we should be going to glass and power up the >>>>> tower and not use anything conductive for data. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- >>>>> Mike Hammett >>>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>>>> >>>>> Midwest Internet Exchange >>>>> >>>>> The Brothers WISP >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: "Nate Burke" <n...@blastcomm.com> >>>>> To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com> >>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 10:47:37 AM >>>>> Subject: [AFMUG] A Stupid coax question >>>>> >>>>> Comcast has been deploying their WIFI hotspot network like mad in the >>>>> Chicago metro. Every public park, gas station, strip mall, hotel, and >>>>> train station seems to have a wifi AP hung outside of it now. These >>>>> units just hang on their aerial coax cable, and get their power and data >>>>> just off a single RG-6 coax run off the nearest splitter. Drawing the >>>>> power off the DC Coax plant. Here's a picture of a typical >>>>> installation. >>>>> http://comcastsupport.i.lithium.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/22608i79AFB9E182CD549C?v=1.0 >>>>> >>>>> So this got me thinking again, as I have for several years, why are we >>>>> still using POE to run PMP Equipment on towers. It seems from a >>>>> installation, RF Shielding, and grounding/suppression perspective, using >>>>> coax would be the far better choice. Anyone can be taught to terminate >>>>> a perfect RG6 in <5 minutes. No Colors to remember. Any couplers are >>>>> inherently waterproof. No loose plugs or broken clips. Cheap cheap >>>>> cheap outdoor cable. Shielded cables by default. It just seems that >>>>> there are a lot of benefits for the low power draw radios. Obviously a >>>>> licensed link can't pull enough power over an RG6, but EPMP or 450 or >>>>> UBNT PMP radios I would think could run just fine. Instead of having to >>>>> deal with switching equipment or breakout boxes at the top of a tower, >>>>> just run up a larger coax to a splitter. No outdoor enclosure needed. >>>>> >>>>> Is it simply a lack of products that would make development costs too >>>>> much, or is there another technical aspect I'm missing. Docsis version >>>>> 3.1 Full Duplex, which is currently in development will do 10gb sync, >>>>> Docsis 3.1 is 10gb/1gb. More than enough for any of our AP Clusters for >>>>> at least a few years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOCSIS#Comparison >>>>> It seems like UBNT or Cambium (heck Motorola already had all the coax >>>>> products built) could easily make a 10gb Fiber to Coax adapter for the >>>>> tower base. Feed it with Fiber and DC, then just keep adding splitters >>>>> and radios until you run out of power budget. >>>>> >>>>> It just seems like I've never heard it discussed, and I'm not sure why. >>>>> Obviously there is something I'm missing. Docsis is a standard, but >>>>> maybe there's no standard for the power delivery on the coax? So vendor >>>>> Inter-op prohibits development dollars from being spent on it. >>>>> >>>>> Nate >>>>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jon Lee >> Off-Grid Networks >> c.928.793.2972
