[160713] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Mon Feb 11 19:05:00 2013
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <21944158.5821.1360617889635.JavaMail.root@benjamin.baylink.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:03:11 -0800
To: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
>>
>> I think the ILECs got this part right: provide a passive NIU on the
>> outside wall, which forms a natural demarc that the fiber owner can test
>> to. If an L2 operator has active equipment, put it inside--and it would
>> be part of the customer-purchased (or -leased) equipment when they turn
>> up service.
>
> Yes, but that means the ISP has to drill holes in walls *and push fiber
> jumpers through them*; I'm not at all happy with that idea.
Why not? Someone will have to.
Owen
