[173689] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Muni Fiber and Politics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Tinka)
Thu Jul 31 02:16:16 2014
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From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.mu>
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 08:15:57 +0200
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On Thursday, July 31, 2014 01:56:40 AM Leo Bicknell wrote:
> I'm an outlier in my thinking, but I believe the best
> world would be where the muni offered L1 fiber, and
> leased access to it on a non-discrimatory basis. That
> would necessitate an Active-E solution since L1 would
> not have things like GPON splitters in it, but it
> enables things like buying a dark fiber pair from your
> home to your business, and lighting it with your own
> optics. That to me is a huge win.
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> It also means future upgrades are unencumbered. Want to
> run 10GE? 100GE? 50x100GE WDM? Please do. You leased
> a dark fiber. If the muni has "gear" (even just
> splitters) in the path they will gatekeeper upgrades.
>=20
> It may be a smidge more expensive up front, but in the
> long run I think it will be cheaper, more reliable, and
> most importantly hugely more flexible.
Agree.
The success of this would be determined by how many=20
purchases were made against the available fibre pairs in=20
Muni's network.
If the number of fibre pairs is less than the demand, then=20
the Muni might end either becoming an operator to meet said=20
demand or contract experts to operate the network on its=20
behalf.
I, too, generally prefer dark fibre options, but I also=20
don't mind buying lit capacity if the price is reasonable.
Mark.
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