I have not. It just looked neat. I don't really have an application for
anything like that.


On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 12:32 PM <af-requ...@af.afmug.com> wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 13:29:14 -0400
> From: Brough Turner <bro...@netblazr.com>
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] AF Digest, Vol 36, Issue 113
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> Thanks Ryan,
>
> Have you deployed it and, if so, can you describe the cabling, # of
> customers and the results they see?
>
> Thanks,
> Brough
>
> Brough Turner
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> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 11:02 AM Ryan McAfee <r...@n5qz.org> wrote:
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> > There is also Positron
> > https://www.positronaccess.com/
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> > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 9:41 AM <af-requ...@af.afmug.com> wrote:
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> >> From: Brough Turner <bro...@netblazr.com>
> >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
> >> Subject: [AFMUG] G.fast or G.hn for MDUs with older wiring
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> >> We're an urban WISP with most of our residential customers in MDUs. Most
> >> of
> >> these MDUs have Cat5e or Cat6 from central closets (usually per floor)
> >> into
> >> each unit.  However, we have 13 buildings where we deployed Planet VDSL2
> >> gear over older phone wire between 2013 & 2016.  We stopped going after
> >> such buildings and stopped deploying new VDSL2 gear in 2017.  Now Planet
> >> has discontinued the equipment we were using and we just used our only
> >> spare DSLAM, so we'll have to upgrade at least a few buildings (if only
> to
> >> obtain spares to keep the rest of our VDSL2 buildings alive).
> >>
> >> I have some G.hn experience.  Back in 2017, we did a demonstration
> >> project with Korea Telecom using G.hn equipment that KT provided:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.madison-park.org/press/bostons-netblazr-korea-telecom-partner-supply-affordable-housing-residents-free-high-speed-internet/
> >> The building had older 25-pair telecom cables terminated on Type 66
> >> blocks,
> >> i.e. 1970s(?) wiring.  As we connected customers, the results got worse
> >> and
> >> worse, presumably the result of cross talk in the 25-pair bundles. In
> the
> >> end, results were still a bit better than the 70-80 Mbps we get from our
> >> Planet VDSL2 gear, but not much.  One thing I noticed was the KT DSLAM
> >> (UbiQuoss U4224BU) had individual RJ11 jacks for each line.  This
> compares
> >> with G.fast equipment that seems to connect via 25-pair cables.  Talking
> >> to
> >> a KT engineer who came to Boston to help with the installation, I got
> the
> >> impression that most MDUs where this gear is used in Korea have Cat3
> >> cabling, not 25-pair bundles.  In any event, I'm a bit discouraged with
> >> G.hn.
> >>
> >> The pro-G.fast arguments include that it has better crosstalk
> protection,
> >> for example this:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.mocalliance.org/access/Broadband-technology-evaluation-and-analysis.pdf
> >> but I have no experience as yet.
> >>
> >> If I go with G.fast, I'm aware of these vendors:
> >>
> >> Fast Systems (Robert Muller CTO)
> >> Adtran
> >> Calix
> >>
> >> I know Robert and have talked with him recently.  But I don't have any
> >> experience with any G.fast equipment.
> >>
> >> If anyone has actually deployed G.fast in an MDU, I'd love to hear about
> >> the setup and your experience.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Brough
> >>
> >> Brough Turner
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