----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leo Bicknell" <bickn...@ufp.org>
> I am a big proponent of muni-owned dark fiber networks. I want to > be 100% clear about what I advocate here: > > - Muni-owned MMR space, fiber only, no active equipment allowed. A > big cross connect room, where the muni-fiber ends and providers are > all allowed to colocate their fiber term on non-discriminatory terms. > - 4-6 strands per home, home run back to the muni-owned MMR space. > No splitters, WDM, etc, home run glass. Terminating on an optical > handoff inside the home. Hmmm. I tend to be a Layer-2-available guy, cause I think it lets smaller players play. Does your position (likely more deeply thought out than mine) permit Layer 2 with Muni ONT and Ethernet handoff, as long as clients are *also* permitted to get a Layer 1 patch to a provider in the fashion you suggest? (I concur with your 3-pair delivery, which makes this more practical on an M-A-C basis, even if it might require some users to have multiple ONTs...) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274
