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RE: FTTH Active vs Passive

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mackinnon, Ian)
Wed Dec 2 10:28:50 2009

Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:27:55 +0000
In-Reply-To: <4B168764.9000700@xyonet.com>
From: "Mackinnon, Ian" <Ian.Mackinnon@atosorigin.com>
To: Curtis Maurand <cmaurand@xyonet.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curtis Maurand [mailto:cmaurand@xyonet.com]
<SNIP>
> >
> I'd look more to what they're doing in Rochester, NY:
> http://rocwiki.org/Sewer_Fiber_Optic_Network
>=20
> Run it in the sewers.  The sewer system runs to every building and
> household in the municipality.  No need to re-trench anything.
>=20
> --Curtis
>=20

In the UK more homes have fixed wire telephony than mains sewers or
water.
Not sure what that means to this discussion :-)

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