Re: ONT diagnostics (WAS: Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?)

[Jason Baugher <jason () thebaughers com>]

Some in the industry are pushing the idea of reaching deeper into the
customer's network to provide more value, to generate more revenue and more
stickiness. Don't stop at the ONT, use something like TR-069 to manage the
customer's gateway device.


On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:50 PM, joel jaeggli <joelja () bogus com> wrote:

> On 1/30/13 5:01 PM, Jake Khuon wrote:
>
> > On Wed 30 Jan 2013 16:58:28 PST, John Osmon wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone make an ONT with a blinky light that you can toggle on/off
> > > remotely?  It'd be great to say:
> > >     Go look at the "it works" light.
> > >
> > > If the remote tech can control the light, the end user would have a
> > > better idea that the upstream provider really *was* in control -- rather
> > > than trying to placate the caller.
> >
> >
> > I don' know of any but that's a great idea.  Sorta like a UID light on a
> > server...
> We're totally at the wrong end of the usability specrum  if we even have
> to ask questions like this. you can tell of a cable modem is online or not
> at a glance.
>
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