----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean-Francois Mezei" <jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca>
> Is last mile infrastructure really considered "internet" ? If a GPON > system operates as layer 2, it provides no internet connectivity, no IP > routing and would/should not implement any IP use policies such as > throttling etc. About the only traffic management it would do is > provide separate garanteed bandwidth channel for VoIP. (or via QoS) > > > If the last mile is sold only as wholesale (as is the case for > Australian NBN), then it is up to each private service provider who > buys access to reach homes to implement IP policies and connect to the > internet, provide services such as DHCP etc. Though I wouldn't pick GPON over home-run, yes, that's roughly the point I and another poster were trying to make in earlier replies: If you're at layer 1, and arguably at layer 2, then move-add-change on physical patches / VLAN assignments is all you would need to log, since you don't actually touch "real traffic". One of the major arguments in favor of doing it that way. 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
