Thank you, this is useful information. From your perspective as a user, do things seem fairly stable?
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Ammar Zuberi <am...@fastreturn.net> wrote: > 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 -- 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