[160621] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Masataka Ohta)
Sat Feb 9 19:14:31 2013
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:13:19 +0900
From: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
To: Jason Baugher <jason@thebaughers.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGbD49pqpAwGHZXwG7YYEpm06rKVLg1RJMUROyrO1yQSqEN+bA@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>, "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs@seastrom.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Jason Baugher wrote:
> You are seriously saying I should hire a translator to tell me what your
> document says?
You don't have to, as you are not seriously interested in the
topic.
BTW, it is not my document but an article in a famous online
magazine.
> How about you point out a reference
> written in a language common to North America, since this IS NANOG.
Feel free to do so.
> Anyone here doing or know someone doing 4-1 or 8-1 splits, in a typical
> American town? I believe most people were talking about areas <50000
> population.
The figure of 3.68-1 is by NTT.
> Our main cost is labor. Fiber, fdh, splitters, etc... are marginal.
You never forget labor cost.
Installing more lengthy drop cable, in addition to trunk cable,
means more labor.
Installing a bulky PON closure with splitter means more labor.
Masataka Ohta
