[1st-mile-nm] Sandia Labs Fiber Network

[Richard Lowenberg]

I called Tellabs this morning to get clarification on the questions
raised here last week.   Gary Gomes is quite right, that the 
distinction
is that it is a 'passive' GPON LAN.   Thanks Gary.   You get this 
week's
1st-Mile "No-Bill Award".
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


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[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
CC: 1st mile nm
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

http://www.muninetworks.org [1]

@communitynets

612-276-3456 x209

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.

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