----- Original Message ----- > > On Aug 2, 2014, at 0:43, Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> wrote: > > > >> On Friday, August 01, 2014 07:17:24 PM Jay Ashworth wrote: > >> > >> So we'll assume we could get 4 for 22k to make the > >> arithmetic easy, and that means if we can put 44 people > >> on that, that the MRC cost is 500 dollars a month for a > >> gigabit. That is clearly not consumer pricing. Was > >> consumer pricing the assertion? > > > > I think Owen's pricing is based on 10Gbps router ports > > (Owen, correct me if I'm wrong). > > > > This is not the only way to sell 10Gbps services. > > > > Having said that, in context of home broadband, I was > > referring to AN's (Access Nodes), particularly based on > > Active-E (you don't generally place consumer customers > > directly on to 10Gbps router ports). > > > > The 10Gbps ports on an Active-E AN are in the same 1U > > chassis as the 44x Gig-E ports. And depending on how many > > you buy from vendors for your Access network, you can get > > pretty decent deals with good return if you get great uptake > > and have a sweet price point.
That's the assertion Mark made, right there: that you could hook 44 GigE's to 4 10G's, and get "pretty decent deals". Specifically, Mark said (at top of thread): """ If the provider is able to deliver 1Gbps to every home (either on copper or fibre) with little to no uplink oversubscription (think 44x customer-facing Gig-E ports + 4x 10Gbps uplink ports), essentially, there is no limit to what services a provider and its partners can offer to its customers. """ So that implies he really did mean 44x GigE to end-prem, from 4 $5500 10G ports -- or, $500/home in MRC *cost* to the provider. I'm confused. 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
