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I'd be surprised if an urban PON deployment was passive over such a long distance. It's theoretically possible, but the economics generally don't make sense, si
by error503 3y ago
I'd be surprised if an urban PON deployment was passive over such a long distance. It's theoretically possible, but the economics generally don't make sense, since each fibre strand can only support 32-64 customers each without supporting equipment, and that 60km strand of fibre in a dense metro is worth more than those customers can generally generate on their own. Usually it makes more sense to aggregate the customers onto some higher speed / more redundant backhaul within say 5-10km. More likely the OLTs are housed in a nearby-ish CO / datacentre with provision for running on backup power indefinitely, but not all the way in another city.