Frank, Thanks for the advice, but I am looking for a low density, low cost solution.
I have found some G.HN briges that are made from MDU enviroments, and seem cheaper than a small CMTS system. Anyone have expierence with G.HN? On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 11:07 PM, <frnk...@iname.com> wrote: > If you need density along the Arris line, skip the C4 and go straight to > the E6000. > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Corbe > Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 8:18 AM > To: Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> > Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> > Subject: Re: Cable Operator List > > Hey Colton, > > We’re using small 16 channel CMTS systems for residential MDUs and > colocating them directly on premise inside of wiring closets and then > connecting them by metro ethernet. We’ve had great successes so far with > this model. > > There’s lots of CMTS vendors. > > There’s tons of used Motorola BSR 64Ks on the market, but be aware of the > lack of useful IPv6 features (like prefix delegation) in older software > releases. If you buy a box and want to run 7.x or 8.x, you’ll need to > relicense your downstream and upstream channels at some additional > arbitrary fixed cost. > > I’m personally fond of these things: > > http://picodigital.com/product-details.php?ID=miniCMTS200a > > You can only bond 16 channels together max though because that’s all the > box supports and you can’t bond across boxes; however, these things are > less than 4 grand if you buy them in bulk so they’re really fucking easy to > just spam everywhere. > > Blonder Tongue makes a pizza-box style CMTS too: > > > http://www.blondertongue.com/shop-by-department/catv/ip-over-coax/docsis/euro-docsis/ > > As does Harmonics: > > http://harmonicinc.com/product/cable-edge/nsg-exo > > All three are based on the same chipset, so the real differentiation is > price and firmware features. > > Then there’s Cisco. > > The UBR is a popular platform. And pretty soon there’s going to be a glut > of UBR10Ks on the Market because Comcast is busy ripping their UBRs out of > production because they’re upgrading their cable plant to the CBR platform. > > Then the Arris C4, if you have deep pockets, is a modern version of the > BSR: > > http://www.arris.com/products/c4-cmts/ > > > > On Feb 2, 2016, at 9:00 AM, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Well, maybe NANOG's not a bad place for this post then! I would like to > know more about the data-only side of CMTS systems, and who the main > vendors are. > > > > We have MDU properties where there is either old inside CAT3 phone wire, > or coaxial cable. We have looked and are very familiar with the multiple > technologies that work over phone lines namely VDSL2 and G.FAST. However, > using the coaxial cable seems to be a much better solution than using the > phone wires. > > > > So I am looking for compacts, low cost CMTS systems. Based on the specs, > I am looking for something at least DOCSIS 3.0 capable, with at least 16X4 > output. Something with the ability to upgrade to software upgrade to DOCSIS > 3.1 would be nice, but I doubt that would be a low cost solution. > > > > Whats out there for small operators that don't want a large chassis > based system to feed an entire town with. > > > > So far I have found the > http://picodigital.com/product-details.php?ID=miniCMTS200a which seems to > retail for under $5000. > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Daniel Corbe <dco...@hammerfiber.com> > wrote: > > > > > On Feb 2, 2016, at 8:42 AM, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > Are there any mailing lists out there dedicated for cable/MSO type > > > operators? > > > > > > > I'm curious about this too. > > > > I’m not a cable operator (in that I haven’t successfully registered for > a cable franchise yet) but I do operate a docsis network and I’ve > successfully negotiated the treacherous waters of obtaining and providing > content to my users. > > > > I’m still a bit green behind the ears but I could probably offer some > measure of assistance if you have a specific question. > > > > -Daniel > > > > > > > >
