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The cost to deploy 1G-PON and 10G-PON are very close to the point if you're talking about deploying fiber it doesn't really change the viability.
by zamadatix 2y ago
The cost to deploy 1G-PON and 10G-PON are very close to the point if you're talking about deploying fiber it doesn't really change the viability.
- throw0101d 2y agoThey're already at 50 Gbps: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Speed_PON https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Speed_PON (G.9804) * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_in_the_first_mile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_in_the_first_mile The main point is to deploy fibre everywhere, and not necessarily which service speed is offered. (A separate question is whether to go with PON or with 'active' networking.)
- zamadatix 2y agoThose higher speed PON can actually be a lot more expensive to deploy right now, though they eventually come down with time of course. Deploying active direct fiber everywhere would be quite the undertaking in terms of funding. I agree though the goal should be to deploy fiber everywhere. I was just responding whether or not it's utilitarian to roll out the higher speeds like 7G while waiting for that - it is at it costs next to $0 on the infrastructure side for the areas already having the fiber independent of resources we dump into rolling out more fiber.