[160367] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Masataka Ohta)
Mon Feb 4 17:57:31 2013
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:56:50 +0900
From: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <13407120.4948.1360017571290.JavaMail.root@benjamin.baylink.com>
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Jay Ashworth wrote:
>>> In a layer 1
>>> scenario, it means ISP-1 has to physically go and deinstall their
>>> CPE
>>> and disconnect strand from their OLT, and then ISP-2 can do the
>>> reverse
>>> and reconnect evrything to provide services.
>>
>> No. Just say optical MDF.
>
> Doesn't preclude the need to swap different models of ONTs.
No different from competing ISPs using DSL or PON.
>>> What happens when ISP-1 isn't interested in a quick disconnect and
>>> ISP-2
>>> has to wait days/weeks with end use without service ?
>>
>> You assume ISP-1 quickly stop servicing the end user, don't you?
>
> I assume everyone will behave, because they're all *the customers of
> me, the municipality*, and they have a vested interest in being good
> actors.
So, if the city is the MDF operator, L1 configuration should
change almost immediately.
> Again, *the city* is the OLT operator, in a L2 scenario, and I will
> flip the customer over almost immediately.
See above.
Masataka Ohta
