[177962] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FTTx Active-Ethernet Hardware
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ammar Zuberi)
Tue Feb 10 12:41:28 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Ammar Zuberi <ammar@fastreturn.net>
In-Reply-To: <CALFTrnP9hDJ4iFAYWdSdUXubgmHq02PA7BQ5ZFAcHd1_i4F3jw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:38:48 +0400
To: Ray Soucy <rps@maine.edu>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Hi,
Generally, I haven=92t seen many issues. I see our home Internet slow =
down once in a while, but I doubt its anything to do with the Planet =
devices but more so with the way the provider operates their network.
Ammar
> On Feb 10, 2015, at 7:05 PM, Ray Soucy <rps@maine.edu> wrote:
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> Thank you, this is useful information. =46rom your perspective as a
> user, do things seem fairly stable?
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> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Ammar Zuberi <ammar@fastreturn.net> =
wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> Here in Dubai they have a wide FTTH deployment (almost 80% of homes =
and offices) with almost no copper in the service provider networks.
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>> They use these Planet devices in every deployment I've taken a look =
at so far.
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>> Ammar
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>>> On 10 Feb 2015, at 6:42 pm, Ray Soucy <rps@maine.edu> wrote:
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>>> Price and functionality-wise Planet MGSW-28240F and GSD-1020S look
>>> pretty close to what I'm looking for. Anyone have real experience
>>> with using them on a large scale? Performance?
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>>>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> =
wrote:
>>>> Check out Mikrotik, Planet and TP-Link.
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>>>> Mike Hammett
>>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>>> http://www.ics-il.com
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>>>> ----- Original Message -----
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>>>> From: "Ray Soucy" <rps@maine.edu>
>>>> To: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 7:31:22 AM
>>>> Subject: FTTx Active-Ethernet Hardware
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>>>> One thing I'm personally interested in is the growth of municipal =
FTTx
>>>> that's starting to happen around the US and possibly applying that
>>>> model to highly rural areas (e.g. 10 mile long town with no side
>>>> streets, existing utility polls, 250 or so homes) and doing a
>>>> realistic cost analysis of what that would take.
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>>>> What options are out there for Active-Ethernet hardware. Ideally
>>>> something that could handle G.8032 and 802.1ad in hardware for the
>>>> distribution side (24 or 48-port SFP metro switch) and something
>>>> inexpensive for the access side but still managed (e.g. a 4-port
>>>> switch with an SFP uplink supporting Q-in-Q).
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>>>> I'm really looking for something cheap to keep costs down for a
>>>> proof-of-concept. The stuff from Cisco and even Ciena is a bit more
>>>> expensive than my target.
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>>>> --
>>>> Ray Patrick Soucy
>>>> Network Engineer
>>>> University of Maine System
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>>>> T: 207-561-3526
>>>> F: 207-561-3531
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>>>> MaineREN, Maine's Research and Education Network
>>>> www.maineren.net
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>>> --
>>> Ray Patrick Soucy
>>> Network Engineer
>>> University of Maine System
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>>> T: 207-561-3526
>>> F: 207-561-3531
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>>> MaineREN, Maine's Research and Education Network
>>> www.maineren.net
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> Ray Patrick Soucy
> Network Engineer
> University of Maine System
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> T: 207-561-3526
> F: 207-561-3531
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> MaineREN, Maine's Research and Education Network
> www.maineren.net
