[119792] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: FTTH Active vs Passive
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rod Beck)
Wed Dec 2 09:17:24 2009
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:14:17 -0000
From: "Rod Beck" <Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com>
To: "Mikael Abrahamsson" <swmike@swm.pp.se>,
"Fletcher Kittredge" <fkittred@staff.gwi.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Given the start up costs, it is not clear what is compelling.=20
Here in Budapest I get Internet access for less than Euros.=20
Roderick S. Beck=20
Director of European Sales=20
Hibernia Atlantic=20
Budapest, New York, and Paris=20
http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Mikael Abrahamsson [mailto:swmike@swm.pp.se]
Sent: Wed 12/2/2009 1:35 PM
To: Fletcher Kittredge
Cc: NANOG list
Subject: Re: FTTH Active vs Passive
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On Wed, 2 Dec 2009, Fletcher Kittredge wrote:
> Pricing aside, do you feel the Japanese have a good architecture for =
the=20
> last mile? Would it adapt well from an environment that is mostly=20
> multi-dwelling units (MDU) to one which is mostly single-dwelling =
units?=20
> Any thoughts on good places to start for an english language speaker =
to=20
> learn about the Japanese broadband experience?
You might look into what's being done in Sweden then, here there are=20
municipality networks who dig up the streets and does fiber to the=20
individual house in "suburbia" (you have to trench your own land though, =
4dm deep, 1-2dm wide, they only dig in the street put down the pipe in=20
your trench).
Common cost for the house owner to get this done is in the 2-4kUSD range =
per house, then you can choose between multiple ISPs to purchase your bw =
from. 100/100 (symmetric speed) seems to cost 40 USD per month, 10/10 is =
5-10 USD/month cheaper.
I've been trying to run the text thru google translate, but the web =
magic=20
seems to prohibit this from working.
If someone can figure it out better than me, the URL is here (in =
swedish):
<http://www.sollentunaenergi.se/bredband/ansl_villor.asp>
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Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se
