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Re: Favorite GPON Vendor?
From: Jérôme Nicolle <jerome () ceriz fr>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:22:24 +0100
Hello Jay, Le 09/11/2015 15:49, Jay Patel a écrit :
Who is your favorite GPON OLT/ONU Vendor? Why? I am looking for recommendations
I've had great operationnal feedback with Alcatel's gear. Not the old 7302 series, rather the 7360s which support up to 16 ports/slot. The best part is their provisionning system, because it's a "service template" driven logic. It scales well, as long as you don't try to produce L3 services right on the OLT chassis (better trunk to a 7750 SR or any other L3 router). The 7360FX line also has a P2P linecard, which is usefull when you want to serve both residential and business accesses from the same device. Higlights : - Up to 32k GPON subscribers per chassis - Up to 1152 gigabit ports per chassis in PtP setup (ideal for B2B) - Unlimited customers from the same mamangement server (5620SAM, optionnal but worth it past 5+ chassis) On the financial aspects, well, it's surprisingly cheap as soon as you have to scale past the chinese pizabox OLTs. Over 9 trees out of a single PoP, you're definitely more effective with such devices. Best regards, -- Jérôme Nicolle +33 6 19 31 27 14
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