Sure but I can fit quite a lot of fiber in very little space. eg an 864 is approx 1” dia.
Fan-outs can be done each floor, etc. And a single single mode strand has prodigious bandwidth available with the right optics. Bonus: if you did this 30 years ago, you’re still good. Anything else (remember FDDI grade Multi-mode?) is not future proof IMO. Basic 9/125 Singlemode always will be. In city wide deployments, a bit different, especially for eg residential service at economical pricing. GPON for sure has it’s place, I just don’t personally feel it’s inside a building all else being equal. - Ben Cannon, AS15206 > On Dec 11, 2018, at 9:24 AM, Jason Lixfeld <jason+na...@lixfeld.ca> wrote: > > > >> On Dec 11, 2018, at 11:32 AM, Ben Cannon <b...@6by7.net> wrote: >> >> Rip it out and run 9/125 SMF fiber home runs. Use BiDi SFPs to re-use your >> existing (likely SMF thankfully) cable plant. My opinion. > > There’s only so much space in conduits, risers and ducts. At some point, > scale would press this up against physical infrastructure realities depending > on how far the active gear at the head end is from the subscriber.
