On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Robert E. Seastrom <r...@seastrom.com> wrote:
> > Scott Helms <khe...@zcorum.com> writes: > > > In that case its even harder. Before you even consider doing open > > access talk to your FTTx vendor and find out how many they have done > > using the same architecture you're planning on deploying. Open access > > in an active Ethernet install is actually fairly straight forward but > > on a PON system its harder than a DOCSIS network. > > Categorically untrue. It is all a matter of where the splitters are > placed. > You're confounding the layers of the network or perhaps I was being unclear that I was talking about Layer 2 handoffs. > A home run fiber plant architecture with an enormous patch frame and > splitters provided by the open access provider if PON is their > technoogy of choice is indistinguishable from an active ethernet > install from an open access perspective. > Again, I was speaking about Layer 2 open access. > -r > > > -- Scott Helms Vice President of Technology ZCorum (678) 507-5000 -------------------------------- http://twitter.com/kscotthelms --------------------------------