On Feb 2, 2013, at 2:19 AM, Eugen Leitl <eu...@leitl.org> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 04:43:56PM -0800, Leo Bicknell wrote: > >> The only place PON made any sense to me was extreme rural areas. >> If you could go 20km to a splitter and then hit 32 homes ~1km away >> (52km fiber pair length total), that was a win. If the homes are >> 2km from the CO, 32 pair (64km fiber pair length total) of home >> runs was cheaper than the savings on fiber, and then the cost of >> GPON splitters and equipment. I'm trying to figure out if my assessment >> is correct or not... > > Is there any specific reason why muni networks don't use 1-10 GBit > fiber mesh, using L3 switches in DSLAMs on every street corner?
Well, one reason is that, IMHO, the goal here is to provide a flexible L1 platform that will allow multiple competing providers a low barrier to entry to provide a multitude of competitive services. Owen