> When I get a Cisco router with an integrated CSU and the telco sends a > loop-up my device does it. No reason the same can't be done with > ethernet, other than no demand today.
But your router isn't where the Telco's responsibility ends. It ends back at the card with the blinky-lights on it, usually mounted next to the protector block at your MPOE. It's the DS0/T1 equivalent of the ONT. (They can also send test signals to it as well.) > > I would like to build an infrastrucutre that could last 50-100 years, > like the telephone twisted pair of the last century. The only tech I > can see that can do that is home run single mode fiber to the home. > Anything with electronics has no chance of that lifespan. Anything with > splitters and such will be problematic down the road. Simpler is > better. An interesting claim given that the Telco twisted pair you are holding up as a shining example did involve electronics, splitters (known as bridge taps) etc. Owen
