[AusNOG] Seeking GPON hardware supplier

[Greg Anderson]

This sounds right to me - I am no expert but expect GPON is intended to
deliver savings over considerably long distances, with sacrifices to
performance (sharing fibre) and increased complexity (use of ONT, OLT,
splitters etc).  If your solution is within a high rise, distances are
likely to be short (<200m?) so I guess the saving on fibre length and
diameter is going to be quite minimal versus the extra complexity.  I have
never seen a bundle of 1-2k fibres going up a riser, maybe there you would
see the economies of scale (or just plain lack of options depending on the
diameter at the bottom of the building and space in the riser).

I expect you would need an NTU of some kind anyway, but couldn't imagine
GPON would be particularly effective for ~50-100 endpoints, especially
considering the limitations imposed.

Happy to be corrected on anything I have wrong here (again, not an expert)
but I am interested in where this thread goes.

On 20 April 2016 at 15:31, Ben Thompson <ben.thompson at 3play.com.au> wrote:

> Really good question, that's an option I had missed.
>
> 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.
>
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> On 20 April 2016 at 14:14, Matthew Moyle-Croft <mmc at mmc.com.au> wrote:
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>> Does it _have_ to be GPON?  (ie. is the fibre plant architected that way?)
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> MMC
>>
>>
>> On 19 Apr 2016, at 7:31 PM, Ben Thompson <ben.thompson at 3play.com.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I'm seeking a supplier for small-scale GPON hardware and advice. Looking
>> to provide 1Gb services to facilities with 50 to 1000 endpoints.
>>
>> Any recommendations?
>>
>> Ben Thompson
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