Muni fiber: L1 or L2?

[owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong)]

On Jan 31, 2013, at 4:36 PM, Brandon Butterworth <brandon at rd.bbc.co.uk> wrote:

>> I'm saying you put the splitter next to the OLT and then
>> run multiple fibers from there to the subscribers IN THE MMR
> 
> That's the way I'd expect it to be done if planning ahead,
> GPON is today technology and new things always come
> 
> I can see why they don't do this though
> 
> 1. reduced build cost today - smaller MMR, fewer fibres to the
> roadside.

Tradeoff: It only works for one provider and a competitive provider
has to put in their own full build of fiber.

> 
> 2. gpon makes it harder for competing unbundlers to get share
> in your investment
> 

Which is why this whole discussion is about ways to implement
an MMR and take the L1 out of the service provider picture and
make it an independent municipal service.

> 3. no home run fibres means no competitors running their own
> GPON or Ethernet. Why invest in making it easier for the
> competition
> 

The point here is to eliminate that problem. Thank you for making
my point.

Owen