On 12/11/18 12:32 PM, Alfie Pates wrote:
>The cost analysis was already done.
>Costs were not factored in for BBUs on every ONT like should have been
spec'd out for emergency phone lines.
These two things do not quite agree.
I'm sure management did some kind of cost analysis, but ignored normal
IT things like POE for things like phones and cameras. POE is super
convenient in a LAN environment. But management doesn't know or usually
care about that. I'd have asked the PON guys hey, what's your solution
for POE delivery to powered devices? I bet factoring that in alone would
have blown the PON cost up. I can't imagine doing anything as insane as
PON in a LAN environment.
But everyone knows fiber is the best and you must eliminate all that
silly copper, with helpful prodding from vendor sales. Could be sales
didn't want IT involved because they knew IT will kill the deal, and
some management will fall for that because these sales guys must be the
experts. Problems later? The IT guy will deal with it.
I've had jobs where management refused to consult with or consider
suggestions from IT. I once was part of an office move where the modular
furniture vendor started asking questions about cabling was entering and
port locations blah blah. They were told by management they don't need
to know that and IT will just figure it out later. The vendor was like
no way, they need to be involved now or we won't proceed. Then IT was
brought in at the last minute, but if the furniture vendor hadn't
refused to proceed the plan was literally F the IT guys and make them
figure it out all the cabling over the weekend before everyone was to
move in. Management like that just gets worse until you line up another
job and quit.
