| What technology do small towns use? When you read about all of these small towns deploying fiber, what technology over the fiber are they using? BPON, GPON, HFC Overlay, IPTV, PPPoE, DHCP, etc... Is this similar to Verizon Fios technology using compatible ONT's? |
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| dam i wish my small town would do this. we have one tiny post office and a convenient(sP?) store. any longer on 56k and im going to have to be shipped off to the nut house. i say good for them |
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Swayzee, IN | reply to cypherstream
We are using OSI (Optical Solutions) who have just been bought out by Calix in one of our exchanges using GPON solution. In one of our other exchanges we will be using OCCAM. We have been using OCCAM ADSL2+ and they have a product that we will be able to convert subs to their active fiber product. The OCCAM is not GPON but considered "Point to Point GigE." We are also looking at Wave 7 as well for GPON and EPON. For a reference of size we have about 8200 access lines of which 900 are being fiber fed and growing (11%).
We do not do PPPoE and we are doing both RF overlay and IPTV for cable service. Verizon is doing BPON and is desperately looking to make a break into GPON from my understanding so like many small telcos we are way ahead of their curve.
I have a friend who operates s similar sized company in Rochester, IN and they expect to be 100% FTTP in the next few years. They call it "Fiber to the Edge of the World." |
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