[151462] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Thu Mar 22 13:33:15 2012
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <CABO8Q6SCEPgeJ3WZ1J1K7ScLax_OZo6nigmet2f0UUfXuwY6Qw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:31:47 -0400
To: Keegan Holley <keegan.holley@sungard.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Mar 22, 2012, at 1:22 PM, Keegan Holley wrote:
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> 2012/3/22 Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
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> On Mar 22, 2012, at 11:05 AM, chris wrote:
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> > I'm all for VZ being able to reclaim it as long as they open their =
fiber
> > which I don't see happening unless its by force via government. At =
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> > of the day there needs to be the ability to allow competitors in so =
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> > course they shouldnt be allowed to rip out the regulated part and =
replace
> > it with a unregulated one.
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> Maybe I'm missing something, but how exactly does one share fiber? =
Isn't it usually a closed loop between DWDM or Sonet nodes? It doesn't =
seem fair to force the incumbents to start handing out lambdas and =
timeslots to their competitors on the business side. I guess passive =
optical can be shared depending on the details of the network, but that =
would still be much different than sharing copper pairs.
You agree on a price per distance (e.g.: mile/foot/whatnot).
Lets say the cable costs $25k to install for the distance of 5000 feet.
That cable has 144 strands.
You need access to one strand. If you install it yourself, it will cost =
you $25k. If you share the pro-rata cost, it comes out around $174 for =
that strand. Lets say they mark it up 10x (profit, unused strands), =
would you pay $1740 for access? What does emergency restoration cost?
WDM/DWDM add cost to that strand, but also increase the capacity based =
on what your overall lit capacity may be on a route. There are various =
cwdm/dwdm systems that range the usual 10/20/40/80/100km ranges. You =
obviously need to do the math yourselves on this. You may find the ROI =
is better than you think...
- Jared=
