<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Inside highrise Cu is much cheaper and people can supply their own CPE - it’s _just_ ethernet and it’s the same CPE as you’d plug into the NBN, just with no CVC, complex provisioning etc.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Friend of mine here in Seattle build a large business doing _exactly_ this - deploying switches, mostly in basements, on an existing DF network.  (see: <a href="https://gowaveg.com" class="">https://gowaveg.com</a> - was CondoInternet).  Think GigE for USD$80/month.  </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MMC</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 19 Apr 2016, at 10:31 PM, Ben Thompson <<a href="mailto:ben.thompson@3play.com.au" class="">ben.thompson@3play.com.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Really good question, that's an option I had missed.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Interestingly, when it comes to deliver 1Gb services in a high-rise context, GPON is proving to be the most expensive (!!), followed by your suggestion of direct-fibre, followed by direct-copper.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Ben Thompson</span><br style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red" class="">3</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">Play Networks</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""><b class="">p:</b> 1300 301 946</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,139)" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(0,0,139)" class=""><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><a href="mailto:jarrod@3playnetworks.com.au" style="color:blue" target="_blank" class=""><br class=""></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:13px" class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><a href="mailto:ben.thompson@3play.com.au" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">ben.thompson@3play.com.au</a></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:10pt" class=""> </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended for use by the Addressee only. The confidential nature of the information contained in the email and/or file is not waived, lost or destroyed if it is sent in error to other than the Addressee. Use or dissemination of the information contained in the email and/or files by a recipient other than the Addressee <span style="color:rgb(0,0,139)" class="">may</span> cause commercial damage to both/either the Sender and/or Addressee.If you are not the Addressee of this email/files please immediately contact the Sender and delete this email/files.</span></div></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 April 2016 at 14:14, Matthew Moyle-Croft <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:mmc@mmc.com.au" target="_blank" class="">mmc@mmc.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="">Does it _have_ to be GPON?  (ie. is the fibre plant architected that way?)<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For that kind of scale simple point-to-point can be easier and probably cheaper and more flexible - just use normal switches (with a few caveats).  I know Cisco at one point sold a Cat4500 for doing this.  I’m sure other people are more up on what’s cool with GigE SFP switches these days than me.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MMC</div></font></span><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="h5"><div class="">On 19 Apr 2016, at 7:31 PM, Ben Thompson <<a href="mailto:ben.thompson@3play.com.au" target="_blank" class="">ben.thompson@3play.com.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">I'm seeking a supplier for small-scale GPON hardware and advice. Looking to provide 1Gb services to facilities with 50 to 1000 endpoints.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Any recommendations?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Ben Thompson</span><br style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red" class="">3</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">Play Networks</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""><b class="">p:</b> 1300 301 946</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,139)" class=""><span style="font-size:10pt" class=""><span style="color:rgb(0,0,139)" class=""><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><a href="mailto:jarrod@3playnetworks.com.au" style="color:blue" target="_blank" class=""><br class=""></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:13px" class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><a href="mailto:ben.thompson@3play.com.au" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">ben.thompson@3play.com.au</a></span></span></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""></p><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:10pt" class=""> </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended for use by the Addressee only. The confidential nature of the information contained in the email and/or file is not waived, lost or destroyed if it is sent in error to other than the Addressee. Use or dissemination of the information contained in the email and/or files by a recipient other than the Addressee <span style="color:rgb(0,0,139)" class="">may</span> cause commercial damage to both/either the Sender and/or Addressee.If you are not the Addressee of this email/files please immediately contact the Sender and delete this email/files.</span></div></div></div></div></div>
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