It's a matter of economies of scale. If everyone has to light their own
fiber, you haven't saved that much. If the fiber is lit, at L2, and
charged back on a cost-recovery basis, then there are tremendous
economies of scale. The examples that come to mind are campus and
corporate networks.
Miles Fidelman
Jay Ashworth wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leo Bicknell" <bickn...@ufp.org>
I am a big proponent of muni-owned dark fiber networks. I want to
be 100% clear about what I advocate here:
- Muni-owned MMR space, fiber only, no active equipment allowed. A
big cross connect room, where the muni-fiber ends and providers are
all allowed to colocate their fiber term on non-discriminatory terms.
- 4-6 strands per home, home run back to the muni-owned MMR space.
No splitters, WDM, etc, home run glass. Terminating on an optical
handoff inside the home.
Hmmm. I tend to be a Layer-2-available guy, cause I think it lets smaller
players play. Does your position (likely more deeply thought out than
mine) permit Layer 2 with Muni ONT and Ethernet handoff, as long as clients
are *also* permitted to get a Layer 1 patch to a provider in the fashion you
suggest?
(I concur with your 3-pair delivery, which makes this more practical on an
M-A-C basis, even if it might require some users to have multiple ONTs...)
Cheers,
-- jra
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