<div dir="ltr">Really good question, that's an option I had missed.<div><br></div><div>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><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Ben Thompson</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">3</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Play Networks</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br><b>p:</b> 1300 301 946</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,139)"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,139)"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jarrod@3playnetworks.com.au" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><br></a></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ben.thompson@3play.com.au" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">ben.thompson@3play.com.au</a></span></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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)">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></p></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 April 2016 at 14:14, Matthew Moyle-Croft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mmc@mmc.com.au" target="_blank">mmc@mmc.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Does it _have_ to be GPON? (ie. is the fibre plant architected that way?)<div><br></div><div>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"><div><br></div><div>MMC</div></font></span><div><div><br></div><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5"><div>On 19 Apr 2016, at 7:31 PM, Ben Thompson <<a href="mailto:ben.thompson@3play.com.au" target="_blank">ben.thompson@3play.com.au</a>> wrote:</div><br></div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div>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><br></div><div>Any recommendations?</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Ben Thompson</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">3</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Play Networks</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br><b>p:</b> 1300 301 946</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,139)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,139)"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jarrod@3playnetworks.com.au" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><br></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ben.thompson@3play.com.au" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">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"></p><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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)">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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