[Hidden-tech] WiredWest needs feedback needed on your telecommunications needs.

[Reva Reck]

  Active Ethernet is a bit more expensive to build, but not 
a huge amount. How much more depends on who you talk to. 5% 
10%? 15%? Converting means replacing just about everything 
but the fiber itself, so it's a big deal.

As I said, there are a lot of factors in this decision. I 
don't want to get into all of them here because it would 
take me way to long to present them in any useful way. Also, 
depending on which "expert" you talk to, some of the issues 
are major or don't exist at all, etc. But please note that 
I'm not asking what kind of network you think we should 
build, but what kind of bandwidth needs you, yourself, have 
or that your clients have.

/Reva Reck/

/reva//@//revareck.com/


On 6/3/2011 2:02 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
> At Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:57:43 -0400 Reva Reck<reva at revareck.com>  wrote:
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>> Dear Hidden-techies,
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>>       WiredWest, which you may already know plans to bring
>> fiberoptic internet to 47 towns in Western Mass, is in the
>> process of deciding on a network architecture. We would like
>> feedback from those of you whose businesses or local clients
>> have heavy internet/telecomm needs.
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>>       One option is GPON, basically what Verizon uses for
>> Fios. The other is Active Ethernet, often marketed as
>> MetroE. Without getting technical, and at the risk of
>> over-simplifying, Active Ethernet gives you the same speeds
>> uploading as downloading and is capable of providing more
>> bandwidth - up to a gigabit and beyond. Fios/GPON goes up to
>> 25 meg and can be symmetrical for high-end customers but is
>> almost always offered with faster download speeds than
>> upload speeds. GPON is usually used more for consumers to
>> deliver phone, internet, and TV. Active Ethernet can do that
>> too, but is needed by business with high bandwidth needs,
>> and is better for delivering specialized services.  For
>> those of us struggling along with satellite or slow and
>> unreliable DSL, Fios seems like plenty, but we also need to
>> consider the future and how our network will help spur
>> business growth.
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>>       There are many factors which go into making this
>> decision, but the one we are interested in hearing from you
>> about is whether or not you see your business or your
>> clients' businesses needing the more expandable bandwidth
>> offered by Active Ethernet now and over the next decade or
>> so. Or is GPON good enough?
> Does the choice now (between GPON or Active Ethernet) lock WiredWest
> into a partitular technology forever?  That is, if you go with GPON and
> then in 10 years discover that it is not enough, how hard would it to be
> 'upgrade' to Active Ethernet?  Also: is there a large price difference
> between the two technologies?  Eg is Active Ethernet 10 or 100 times
> more costly that GPON or are the two technologies similarly priced?
>
> If it would be a hassle to upgrade later and if the price difference is
> not great, I'd say go with Active Ethernet.  *I* don't need enormous
> amounts of bandwidth, but don't see that there is any reason to use a
> lower end technology, unless there is a big price jump.
>
>> Thanks in advance for your input,  Reva
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>> /Reva Reck/
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