On Jul 22, 2014, at 12:04 , Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Scott Helms" <khe...@zcorum.com> > > >> I've done open access networks for several cities and _today_ the cleanest >> situations by far (that I've seen) had the city handling layer 1 and 2 >> with the layer 2 hand off being Ethernet regardless of the access >> technology used. > > Yes; when we did this back in '12, that was my proposal: city handles layer > 2 aggregation and the ONTs, and we'll hand you off 1q ethernet... or, if you > really *want* to put gear in our rack room, we'll cross-connect you to the > relevant fibers, and let you handle layer 2 yourself.
I'd be sort of OK with that approach, though I'd actually rather see the default reversed. Owen
