[AusNOG] NBNCo releases its response to industry consultation

[Bryn Loftus]

This article (while very mainstream) has some interesting point on PON vs direct fibre- and some costs.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/how-amsterdam-was-wired-for-open-access-fiber.ars

bryn




On 25/03/2010, at 3:23 PM, lists wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dasmo" <dasmo at dasmo.net>
> To: <ausnog at ausnog.net>
> 
>> Using PON is a bit short sighted.
> 
> Why is that?
> 
> It is power efficient ( less green house emmissions for the true believers)
> It can deliver 1Gb or more symentrical connections
> It can do L2 or L3
> 
> I often see the argument against PON but I rarely if ever see reasons why, I 
> would be interested to see the reasons why
> 
> 
>> If you're going to spend the money to roll out a nationwide network, you 
>> might as well only do it once.
> 
> The cost of  point to point would make an already dubious business plan even 
> less affordable.
> 
> The biggest cost is not so much the cable as the duct access.  In brownfield 
> deployments that can be very high.  $70 per meter is not out of the 
> question.   Duct access at $6 to $8 per year can add up to.   If you put it 
> on power poles then fine, but expect long delays when trucks trees and wind 
> bring it down as will happen.
> 
> 
> regards
> 
> Tim
> 
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