[119798] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FTTH Active vs Passive
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Curtis Maurand)
Wed Dec 2 11:36:51 2009
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:37:26 -0500
From: Curtis Maurand <cmaurand@xyonet.com>
To: "Mackinnon, Ian" <Ian.Mackinnon@atosorigin.com>
In-Reply-To: <61D4116B957C2843AACB49664C8AB2230382D650@UKCWRX004.uk.int.atosorigin.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Mackinnon, Ian wrote:
> <snip>
>
> In the UK more homes have fixed wire telephony than mains sewers or
> water.
> Not sure what that means to this discussion :-)
>
>
In the US as well, but if you're trying to run a new fiber network and
you want it uderground, the sewers in metro areas are a good place to
start. In the rural areas, however, everything is on poles except for
new construction where trenching and conduit are required.
I worked briefly for a small ILEC/CLEC here in Maine that does not
replace copper trunks with copper any longer. If the copper goes bad,
they're running FTTH.
