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The letter specifically calls for symmetrical speeds of at least 100Mbps. Let's hope that this is the death of PON-based FTTH.
by CKN23-ARIN 6y ago
The letter specifically calls for symmetrical speeds of at least 100Mbps. Let's hope that this is the death of PON-based FTTH.
- CodeBeater 6y agoI'm not trying to be aggressive here (specially since I'm WAY out of my lane when it comes to networking), but what's wrong with PON?
- CKN23-ARIN 6y agoIt's asymmetric, providing far less upload capacity than download.
- vel0city 6y agoIt doesn't have to be. I'm on a PON, I've got symmetrical upload speeds.
- ralph84 6y agoIt can be, but the two biggest PON operators in the US (AT&T and Verizon) offer symmetric speeds.
- toast0 6y agoAT&T fiber in San Jose was GPON which is a 2.5 G down/1.25G up, split to several households (where I was, it was sixish lots per pole, but some lots had several units, and I'm not sure if the fiber to the pole was split earlier). They sell 1g/1g service on that, and it's clearly oversubscribed heavier on upload than download. 2:1 down:up is way better than most DSL ratios, and I usually saw better up than down speeds.
- kondro 6y agoPON doesn't require asymmetry. It's just a way of coupling to fiber without requiring a power.