New ONT from Chorus coming soon

Hey everyone,

good discussion here, I'll pick out some of the key comments/questions....

ResponseMediaNZ:
The virtual residential gateway (RGW) will be an interesting on as well. does the customer get a login to manage their side of the RGW or will it all be at RSP level.

Its not actually "virtual" dependent on what you call a virtual RGW.
The ONT has the capability of a built-in RGW which can then be managed via TR-069 (RSP) or a web gui (customer), just like other RGWs.

sbiddle:
Anybody know what the wireless specs are? A single antenna suggests it's only a single chain device.

Wireless 2.4 GHz 802.11 b/g/n 2x2 MIMO
Wireless 5 GHz 802.11ac 2x2 MIMO

Behodar:
I've found a couple of forum posts from India - where they seem to use the same ONT - where people are discussing logging into a Web interface to change some settings. So it looks like it's customer-configurable in the "usual way".

Yes, Bharti use the same device. The are vertically integrated and have the RGW feature enabled. We won't, at least not initially.

DjShadow:
Will everyone be progressively upgraded/changed over to these new ONTs? or just new installs?

Just new installs

antoniosk:
dimensions old vs new (basic HxWxD) of box

170mm x 125mm x 36mm for the new ONT.
172mm x 124mm x 36mm for the old ONT.

antoniosk:
ditto wall power supply, and if any changes have been made to the power plug to the unit (is it still an RJ12 special?). 18W draw though... geez...

I dont have the size of the PSU sorry, slightly different form factor, slim enough to fit 2 side-by-side.
It was never an RJ12, I guess hyou mean the mini-molex - no, it is now a barrel connector.

antoniosk:
internal specs. It may be just a media converter, but cost savings have been made somewhere, and the fact that the old box is being kept for bitstream 3 says to me some features are definetly missing.

It's a bit more than a media converter :)
the NZ UFB services are pretty unique, and this ONT doesnt support the full VLAN transparency required for Bitstream3/3a. It has a more powerful CPU and more RAM than the current ONT.

coffeebaron:
So will this handle the upcoming 10Gb service, or will that be another device?

No, definitely a new device. the trial will probably use a XS-250WX-A

atomeara:
Day 1 they are not offering any of the new features like RGW or Wifi, but have talked about this coming later. Down the track if they are offering this I am not sure if there will be a swap out option for the ISP who wants to use these features.

Correct. If an RSP orders a service which needs a different ONT model, we'll have to swap it (much like the SFP ONT today)

atomeara:
I assume for faults they will keep the existing model of ONT if it needs to be replaced, rather than having to remove it all off the wall and fit a new one.

No, the new ONT will become the standard for new installs and fault replacements. We have a nice simple process to swap the backing plate for the new one.

atomeara:
There are some small changes required to support the ATA voice port on the newer ONT as well

Yeah, nothing too major, it is backwards compatible and no SIP changes, only TR-069, but this is all RSP stuff that most people wont care about.

WHEW!

DarkShadow

BMarquis