[1st-mile-nm] Sandia's new fiber optic network is world's largest

[Richard Lowenberg]

I will try to get some follow-on details and response from Sandia Labs
after the weekend, as I have similar and other questions also.
RL


On 02.03.2013 06:39, Gary Gomes wrote:
> I had a similar initial reaction, but would guess the claim is based
> on one of two distinction: 1) it being "passive optics", based on the
> claim of energy efficiency savings or 2) it is a LAN, not a Metro or
> Wide area network.
>
> Gary
>
> FROM: 1st-mile-nm-bounces+ggomes=soundviewnet.com at mailman.dcn.org
> [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces+ggomes=soundviewnet.com at mailman.dcn.org]
> ON BEHALF OF Christopher Mitchell
> SENT: Saturday, March 02, 2013 5:16 AM
> TO: Richard Lowenberg
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> SUBJECT: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Sandia's new fiber optic network is 
> world's
> largest
>
> It is an interesting story, but by what measure is it the largest in
> the world?
>
> Two coops in the Dakotas worked together to build a FTTH network over
> 10,000 sq miles. If I had to guess, Chattanooga's FTTH network has
> over 50,000 ports between triple play customers and electric grid
> devices over 600 sq miles.
>
> Christopher Mitchell
> Director, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative
> Institute for Local Self-Reliance
>
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> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.com
> [2]> wrote:
>
> February 28, 2013
> https://share.sandia.gov/news/resources/news_releases/fiber_optic/ 
> [3]
>
> Fiber optic network saves energy, money
>
> ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories has become a 
> pioneer
> in large-scale passive optical networks, building the largest fiber
> optical local area network in the world.
>
> (snip)
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