----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keenan Tims" <kt...@stargate.ca>
> If we assume that a residential deployment pulls one strand (or perhaps > a pair) to each prem, similar to current practice for POTS, there's a > resource allocation problem if I want to buy TV services from provider > A and Internet services from provider B (or maybe I want to provision a > private WAN to my place of work). This could be done with WDM equipment > by the muni in the L1 model, or at L2, but it isn't something that's > often mentioned. I suspect L2 wins here, at least on cost. > > Or are we going forward under the assumption that all of this will be > rolled into "the Internets" and delivery that way and competition in > that space will be sufficient? I was planning AE, and to deploy 3 pair per drop, except on multiunit building, where my overbuild ratio would be between 1.6 and 1.2 or so. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274