Possible to not use ONT?

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TangoNZ

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#134013 11-Nov-2013 21:55

This is just out of curiosity really as I don't expect it would be supported, but would it be theoretically possible to run UFB fibre directly into a device with fibre support, such as this one? http://www.gowifi.co.nz/coming-soon-new-products/mikrotik-rb2011uas-2hnd-in-802.11n-wireless-router-with-sfp-port.html?keyword=RB2011UAS-2HnD-IN

ubergeeknz

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#931068 11-Nov-2013 21:58

Simple Answer: NO

Long Answer: I'll leave that to someone else :)

alexj

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#931069 11-Nov-2013 21:59

I believe it is referred to (by Ultrafast at least) as a Fibre Demarcation Interface and is only available with the higher tiered fibre plans at a wholesale level. That is all I have come across in my travels though. Chorusvan might be able to shed some light (mind the bad pun) on Chorus' answer to this.

plambrechtsen

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#931073 11-Nov-2013 22:03

No.. The hardware is supplied and owned by ~~Chorus~~ the LFC.

You will never be able to use your own hardware as it is provisioned and managed by ~~Chorus~~ the LFC.

So you will always have a LFC supplied ONT of some type or another.

Edit: My bad, I should have really said "the LFC" when I said Chorus....

myfullflavour

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#931079 11-Nov-2013 22:13

plambrechtsen: No.. The hardware is supplied and owned by Chorus.

You will never be able to use your own hardware as it is provisioned and managed by Chorus.

So you will always have a LFC supplied ONT of some type or another.

This is not strictly true.

1) Hardware is owned/supplied by the LFC, in many cases that is Chorus, but in others that could be UFF, Enable or Northpower.

2) Nothing stopping an ISP putting together a product that uses the UFB network of fibre but placing their own hardware at either end. We do this when linking locations in our core network and are likely to take this approach to connect clients at gigabit (or more) speeds next year.

TangoNZ

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#931084 11-Nov-2013 22:19

Interesting...guess that answers that one. Thanks for you thoughts guys.

Beccara

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#931177 12-Nov-2013 08:14

BS2 and BS3 Products always have an LFC ONT, BS4 and DFAS products are either LFC or ISP supplied

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#931180 12-Nov-2013 08:38

myfullflavour:
2) Nothing stopping an ISP putting together a product that uses the UFB network of fibre but placing their own hardware at either end. We do this when linking locations in our core network and are likely to take this approach to connect clients at gigabit (or more) speeds next year.

This is an entirely different scenario - you're not linking your customers using GPON so can use any gear you want if you're merely using a dark fibre service or HSNS with no Chorus supplied media converter.

The simple answer to the question is no. In a GPON environment the ONT works very closely with with the OLU and there is no real guaranteed interoperability between GPON vendors.

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#933563 13-Nov-2013 22:23

Beccara: BS2 and BS3 Products always have an LFC ONT, BS4 and DFAS products are either LFC or ISP supplied

For Enable and UFF you will always have LFC ONT for BS2, BS3 and BS3a products. BS4 will always have LFC ONU.