I guess when I started I was using Occam, and they always referred to
customer equipment as the ONT, and the switch as the OLT.

On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 5:03 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well, I guess when someone says ONT or ONU, I think they mean GPON.  That
> is not necessarily so.
> On AE, I would call the far end a media converter but PON does not have a
> monopoly on the ONT term.
>
> *From:* Jason McKemie
> *Sent:* Monday, March 27, 2017 4:00 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] FTTH install practices
>
> No, I thought the post was just speaking about FTTH, not specifically PON.
>
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> That speaks GPON?
>>
>> *From:* Jason McKemie
>> *Sent:* Monday, March 27, 2017 3:28 PM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] FTTH install practices
>>
>> RB260GS units currently, although I may be switching due to availability.
>>
>> On Monday, March 27, 2017, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Whose ONTs do you use?  Calix does not  have a POE version as far as I
>>> know.
>>>
>>> *From:* Jason McKemie
>>> *Sent:* Monday, March 27, 2017 2:24 PM
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] FTTH install practices
>>>
>>> I've been using outdoor ONTs, powered via PoE.  I splice at the side of
>>> the house, and put up a splice tent if necessary.
>>>
>>> Another option would be using pre-terminated drop cable with storage on
>>> the side of the house for leftover slack.  I have not seen anyone keep
>>> enough slack on the side of the house to get all the way out to a
>>> truck/trailer.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you guys typically use an outdoor ONT or indoor?  I see pros and
>>>> cons.
>>>>
>>>> If it's outdoor I assume it's POE powered and you just run CAT5 into
>>>> the house, correct?
>>>> And inside your NID enclosure I imagine you splice your drop cable into
>>>> a pigtail with a factory end.  That seems like the simplest, cleanest way
>>>> to me.
>>>>
>>>> On the other hand, I'm finding at least some vendors (Alphion) who only
>>>> sell indoor ONT's.  So in that case, I'm thinking the splice enclosure goes
>>>> INSIDE the house because you're splicing to an indoor tight buffered patch
>>>> cable which I run to the ONT.
>>>>
>>>> On the third hand, if the NID enclosure is outdoors, then I need slack
>>>> loops big enough to bring the enclosure (or splice tray) inside a truck to
>>>> work on it, whereas I could splice in the customer's basement without an
>>>> issue, so maybe I only need 10' of slack down there.
>>>>
>>>> I guess I'm dumping my thoughts so those of you with more experience
>>>> can criticize my wrong headed thinking and tell me what the right choices
>>>> are before I f*** this up.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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