Hi, Here in Dubai they have a wide FTTH deployment (almost 80% of homes and offices) with almost no copper in the service provider networks.
They use these Planet devices in every deployment I've taken a look at so far. Ammar > On 10 Feb 2015, at 6:42 pm, Ray Soucy <r...@maine.edu> wrote: > > Price and functionality-wise Planet MGSW-28240F and GSD-1020S look > pretty close to what I'm looking for. Anyone have real experience > with using them on a large scale? Performance? > >> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> wrote: >> Check out Mikrotik, Planet and TP-Link. >> >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Ray Soucy" <r...@maine.edu> >> To: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 7:31:22 AM >> Subject: FTTx Active-Ethernet Hardware >> >> One thing I'm personally interested in is the growth of municipal FTTx >> that's starting to happen around the US and possibly applying that >> model to highly rural areas (e.g. 10 mile long town with no side >> streets, existing utility polls, 250 or so homes) and doing a >> realistic cost analysis of what that would take. >> >> What options are out there for Active-Ethernet hardware. Ideally >> something that could handle G.8032 and 802.1ad in hardware for the >> distribution side (24 or 48-port SFP metro switch) and something >> inexpensive for the access side but still managed (e.g. a 4-port >> switch with an SFP uplink supporting Q-in-Q). >> >> I'm really looking for something cheap to keep costs down for a >> proof-of-concept. The stuff from Cisco and even Ciena is a bit more >> expensive than my target. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ray Patrick Soucy >> Network Engineer >> University of Maine System >> >> T: 207-561-3526 >> F: 207-561-3531 >> >> MaineREN, Maine's Research and Education Network >> www.maineren.net > > > > -- > Ray Patrick Soucy > Network Engineer > University of Maine System > > T: 207-561-3526 > F: 207-561-3531 > > MaineREN, Maine's Research and Education Network > www.maineren.net