On 13-02-08 03:36, Masataka Ohta wrote: > The problem of PON is that, to efficiently share a fiber and > a splitter, they must be shared by many subscribers, which > means drop cables are longer than those of SS.
Pardon my ignorance here, but could you explain why the cables would be physically different in the last mile ? It is my understanding that the last mile of a PON and a point to point would be indentical with individual strands for each home passed, and then a drop between the cable and each home that wishes to connect. Why would this be different in a PON vs Point to Point system ? Wher I see a difference is between the neighbourhood aggregation point and the CO where the PON system will have just 1 strand for 32 homes whereas point to point will have 1 strand per home passed. But the lengths should be the same, shouldn't they ?
