You'd have to provision 18 customers differently than the other 1000 which
is just a headache. A one time purchase of a shelf and GPON4/GPON8 is
better in the long run.
Josh Luthman
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On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 5:07 AM <fiber...@mail.com> wrote:
> If cost is an issue, why not just put an Ethernet switch on the far side
> of the RF link? It's just 18 homes so any 24 port SFP switch would do.
>
>
> - Jared
>
>
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 09, 2021
> *From:* "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
> *To:* "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] extending Calix GPON via RF
> Because a GPON4 or GPON8 card is a chunk of change.
>
> Josh Luthman
> 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 2:27 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Why go to that trouble, and not just packetize it over an RF link? Do a
>> new GPON segment at the far end, or am I not understanding something?
>>
>>
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 9/8/2021 12:09 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>>
>> I am sure this has been discussed before but not finding it.
>>
>> I need to extend service to a small cluster of new homes being built.
>> About 18 homes.
>> Too far to get there with fiber right now. Maybe in a few years.
>>
>> So I want to extend my system up to them. Will take a repeater. So need
>> to probably haul a gig up there on point to point.
>>
>> I would prefer to be able to serve these customers with Calix GPON. I
>> could put an E2 system up there and feed it with ethernet. But it seems
>> someone has come up with a way to extend an actual OLT/OIM type of signal
>> via RF and put it back on the fiber such that the ONU thinks it is talking
>> back to my E7-20 shelf at my C.O.
>>
>> Does any of this sound familiar?
>>
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